as Glenn's coach continued him on the way to success and fame.

In 1933, Glenn's junior year, the Kansas star went east to do
his first indoor semming te big meets. He won every race he started
thet winter, including the Wenamaker mile, Baxter mile and Columbian
ales

At the Big Six indoor meet that year he set » new record in the
880 yard run of 1:52.2 in addition to winning the mile. At the
National Collegiate meet in Chicago he almost duplicated that double
victory, setting a new record in the mile of 4:09.9 and losing only
by inches to Chuck Hornbostel of Indiana in the 880.

1934 was Glenn's last year as an entoreretuste and he set three
nae work records that year. tadper'ss in the Columbian mile, he
set a new indoor world record for the mile of 4:08.4 and outdoors,
in the Princeton Invitational mest, he yen the fastest mile any man
had ever run up to that sien. 4:06.7e He also established a new indoor
world record in the 1500 meters of 3:55.42.

In 1935 Glenn was eaking greiente work at the University of Iowa
and most of the running he did was dabeeres “He Lewepedl kis indoor |
world record in the 1500 meters to 3:505 and ran the Baxter mile in
4:09.86

Each year at the University of Kansas one man in the thousand or 80
members of the graduating ohese is named “Honor Man" for that year. Glenn
Cunningham ie named “Honor Man of 1934" for his achievements scholasti-
cally and in athletics.

The previous year s had won the Sullivan Medal awarded each year

to the amateur athlete in the United States who by his example and

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