UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
THE SCHOOL OF LAW
LAWRENCE

November 5, 1938

Dr. Forrest C. Allen
Director of Physical Education, University of Kansas
Lawrence.

Dear Dr. Allen:

It was very thoughtful of you to send me the copies of the
correspondence enclosed in your letter of the third of September. I
em distressed, however, by the dilemma presented by the resulting
choice. The honor and distinction offered to me by the opportunity
to serve on the proposed new Senate Committee on Physical Welfare
and Recreation is not one to be lightly put aside. I deeply appre-
Giate the proposed offer so what follows is said with much aiffi-
culty.

A deep sense of fair play and proper appreciation of the

position of the several departments of the University operating, each
in its owm field, for the whole family, causes me to conclude that
the proposal overlooks a fundamental point. When the present committee
for which the proposed new one is to be substituted was created the
organization of the University was not the same as at present. Now
we have a separately organized department in which training is done
toward a special degree. I can see no more reason for a committee
which must dominate that department's policy and conduct than 4
similar committee over the other separate departmentwof the Univer-
sity. The new department is the Department of Physical Education.
No one proposes such a general committee domination of other depart-
ments and no reason is apparent to me why the Department of Physical
Fducation should be differently treated by Senate Committee adminis-
tration. This leads to the conclusion that the old committee should
be discontinued and that the proposal should be abandoned.

With kindest personal regards, I remain

Sincerely,

 

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