THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
AND SCIENCES

OFFICE OF THE DEAN LAWRENCE
October 1, 1942

Dr. F. S, Allen
Department of Physical Education

My dear Dr. Allen:

I am writing to urge that the men in charge of the required
physical conditioning program be asked to make a very careful
and immediate check on the enrollments of all those men who

are substituting ROTC drill for a part of the physical educa-—
tion requirement, Men who make this substitution must change
their enrollments to O hours credit if they enrolled originally
for one hour of credit, Will the men of your staff please see
at once that they have a card from the office of the dean of the
school concerned showing 0 oredit, which indicates that the stu-
dent is enrolled in that way on our records here?

Since this substitution of ROTC drill was allowed at the last
minute, it will probably take a few days yet to get the class
cards correct, and I am suggesting, therefore, that your in-
structors retain their class cards a while longer until the ad-—
justments can all be made, so that every card, when turned in
to this office for our records and for the making of the class
rolls, will show the enrollment of the student for one hour of
credit or for 0 credit.

It has been intimated in some quarters that requiring students

to enroll for physical education wouldn't necessarily compel them
to attend class. I hope we will not make a mockery of this regu—
lation by being in the least careless about regular class atten-
dance, and since nine deans might handle absence reports in nine
different ways, I have told Chancellor Malott that in my judgment
it would be best to report all absences very promptly each week
to some central committee which would treat students from all
schools alike, If the Chancellor has not already acted in this
matter, may I suggest that you discuss the matter with him? It
is my feeling that some such plan of central administration will
be by far the best method of obtaining regular attendance in the
first place and of handling a few students who may not care to
play ball,

Sincerely yours,

VAL

Paul B. Lawson, Dean
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