W. M. RICHARDS
SUPERINTENDENT

EMPORIA
KANSAS

 

December 17, 1943

Dre Forrest Ce Allen, Director
Physical Education

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Dre Allens

I thank you very much for your prompt reply to my letter
and for the good news which it containede We should be very happy
to have George Dick's applicatione

We have not made a definite decision on our salary schedule
for next yeare I am sure we shall have to make some rather drastic
changes in our schedule in order to get the men and women we desiree

In discussing this matter with Mr. Dick, I wish you would
‘set forth to him as you see it the advantages of beginning his work
in Emporia. Emporia has always paid salaries as high as any city
of the second class in this state. We have not made any great
revision of our salary schedule since the United States entered
the ware This we shall have to doe

Another thing that you can point out to Mr. Dick is that
this is a good school to move from after he has become experiencede
It has been a part of the philosophy of my supervision to get
good young men and women, help them to develop to the limits of
their capacity and then to assist them to get a better jobe I
think this meskes for a better school than that of keeping persons
of mediocre ability on the pay roll for indefinite lengths of
timee

Yours truly, (a badbd
We M. Richards, Supte

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