FREDONIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS H. F. WILSON, SUPERINTENDENT Riley, Kansas June 8, 1938 F. C. Allen University ef Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Ceach Allen: In my last letter te yeu, I stated that I weuld be unable te attend a ceaching scheel during the months ef June er July. My plans have changed and I will attend yeur ceaching scheel frem duke 13 to 18, I weuld like te knew at what time yeu expect te start and at what building. Sincerely yeurs HE. Qanabonge R. E. Armsttohg : June 9, 1938. Director of Physical Edueation, . Varsity Becketball Coaches. wny 28, 1958. } Geriner, Tansate Tear Chucks I am looking forward to having Bill in my coaching eehool here at the University this sumere ia it ; Sincerely yours, dune 9, 1968— lire Te Je Stottlo, Kirbyville, Missourie | losermey set mags 4 Sho tae of the other coaches who will eooomescy es al bb ti ee ee a other acaches have be sure to mike note note of them that you can bring up these questions, as our e : a ie } _ ‘your special probleme Looking forward to seeing you next Monday noming, I om Dbrestar of Hiyeion) Béucetéony Kirbyville, Missouri June 8, 1938 Mr. Forrest C. Allen. Versity Basketball Coach University of Kensas_ Lawrence ; Kansas Deer Sir: Received your letter of June 6th and wish to inform you that I intend to enroll in your basketball coaching school, and also the course in the treatment of athletic injuries. 2 One other basketball coach intends 70.5: Come with me and probably two. They will also went to take both courses. Sincerely yours, i, Stottle Kirbyville, Missouri June 5, 1938 Dr. patleat OG. £1000 Director of Physical B@uecetion University of Kenses Lewrence, Kanses Deer Sirs / I am interested in sng coe ching school ganres you ere holding this summer. Please send me informetion concerning the course and dues. Also the detes end places you will hold the course. T1, Matte yours, = dume 6, 1938, lib. Te Je Stottle, Mimnks you for your Lind letter of dime St asking about the coaching sehoole 3 ca. cents Os send & Nokes Gees inc school here et the University for ome week, fran Jume 13th to 1éth, inclusive, In eddition to the course a ee oS ee at tue same times. The price for the OO.» This will be a private venture on my part, arid no acndaxic eredit will be given for the COUTEGs T would be glad if you would write me and let me imow if you are expecting to mtrioulate, as I em talcing only a limited mumber of coaches so that we can have a more efficient group to teach. It would be a _ Pleasure to have you with use | If there are any other questions you desire to Ce i oe te ee ee ee Very sinceroly yours, Weietie ot Aelia Webiiten, Vaisity Daskotball Conchs z 296) o a ane piel CS 1690R THE COMPANY WILL APPRECIATE. SUGGESTIONS FROM ITS PATRONS CONCERNING ITS SERVICE” 1201-S CLASS OF SERVICE SYMBOLS DL = Day Letter NM = Night Message This is a full-rate NL = Night Letter Telegram or Cable- oe Sita its de- ferred character is in- dicated by a suitable LC = Deferred Cable symbol above or pre- NLT = Cable Night Letter ceding the address. R. B. WHITE NEWCOMB CARLTON J. Cc. WILLEVER Ship Radiogram FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT eee at CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT The filing time shown in the date line on telegrams and day letters is STANDARD TIME at point of origin. Time of receipt is STANDARD TIME at point of destination. Received at 646 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, Kansas. Phone 2764 KAR27419 NL=GALVESTON TEX 10 FORREST C ALLEN= _ : ‘UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ese JUN iQ PM 8” 5 ARRIVE IN LAWRENCE BOMBAY 9: 15 PM. STAYING AT HOTEL ELDRIDGE. LEAVE WORD WHERE AND WHEN | SHOULD REPORT MONDAY. MAX BRAND MAX BRAND ANICO COACH. 9:15 Py, THE QUICKEST, SUREST AND SAFEST WAY TO SEND MONEY IS BY TELEGRAPH OR CABLE dume li, 195d. lire Max Braid, Dear Bre Brands We ere very happy to imow that you will be forward to seeing you Monday, duue 136 You may report at 830 Monday morning at room 105 febiusen Gymasium on the University Director of Physical Education, Varsity Basketbell Coache Director of Physical Bducation, Varsity Basketball Coache Juma 13, 1938. I om @ conching school here thie week, starting this and continuing through Seture day, tho 16the i am giving an intensive course in basket~ I would be glad to have you enroll if you feel %o cave for the reminder of the courses Thanking you for your inquiry, T om ‘ t 5 Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, o- c Varsity Basketball Coach. Pleasant Hill, Mo, June 12, 1938 Director of Athletics University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Sir: I am interested in attending a Coaching School this summer, I would like to know if one is to be conducted this summer at the University and on what dates it will be held, I would appreciate all information concerning this. Very truly yours, VW Mbheane Le : Aaaty William W, Kosky Pleasant Hill, Mo, dune 14, 1938. . Mreetor of udueation, Varsity Be Coathe ee eG ee Bapomy BA &8 ees 3 OF Cre tL S24 Ake _ DESCRIPTION OF MOTION PICTURES TO BE USED FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 17 WEIGHT EVENTS--one reel--sound This film contains demonstrations of the shot put, discus throw, hammer throw, and javelin. Slow motion photography is used, together _ with repetition to give the student ample opportunity of observing every detail of technique in each of these events. The general poise of the body, the method of holding the shot, and the leg action, are clearly demonstrated. The method of gripping the hammer, the arm action, and the lee pivot are included in the hammer throwing sequence. Two styles of form are demonstrated in the javelin throw, together. with techniques of holdine, release, and lee action. Two styles likewise are demon- strated in the discus sequence. In each of these events champions are shown in action. JUMPS AND POLE VAULT--one reel--sound In this subject as in others, full advantage is taken of the techniques of slow motion photography for purposes of detailed study of form. The film includes demonstration from actual competition in the running hizh-jump, running broad jump, hop, step and jump, and the pole vault. The film provides opportunity for detailed study of the varying forms employed by champions. DISTANCE RACES--one reel--sound This film includes races from 1000 to 10,000 meters and the steeplechase. The style of the distance runner is contrasted vividly with that of the dash man, Differences in typical physiques are also clearly shown. The increasing popular steeplechase event forms a substantial sequence in this reel and shows various methods employed by participants in clearing the barriers in the course of this gruelling race, Here again, full advantage is taken of successful cinematographic techniques. Note: The above films produced in cooperation with the Amateur Athletic Union with the assistance of Lawson Robertson of the University of Pennsylvania, Dean Cromwell of the University of Southern California, and Brutus Hamilton of the University of California, all Olympic coaches. MODERN BASKETBALL FUNDAMENTALS--two reels--silent Produced by Eastman Teaching Films in cooperation with Dr. Allen of the University of Kansas. GLENN CUNNINGHAM: THE WORLD'S GREATEST MILER--one reel--silent (see attached sheet for description of picture) aa SE Ta GLENN CUNNINGHAM THE WORLD'S GREATEST MILER Early on a winter morning in 1918 a small eight-year-old boy and his older brother arrived at a little frame schoolhouse on the bleak prairies of Stevens County, Kansas. The older boy was to light the fire before the other pupils came. It was very cold; the fire was slow in start- ing. He threw kerosene on the stubborn coals. The explosion which resulted get the schoolhouse on fire, and the two boys were terribly burned, The elder brother died; the younger fought his way back to life through six months of suffering. It was feared for a time that this boy--who even in his pre-school days had loved to race with the wind across the wide plains-- would never walk again. But he did. He walked; he ran. And how he did run! That boy was Glenn Cunningham. How he overcame his almost insur- mountable handicap to become the "King of the Miloers" is as fine a story of courage, determination, and a fighting spirit coupled with conscientious training end clean living as can be found in the annals 9f sport. Holder of four world's records, two American records, Ruusrous intercollegiate and meet records, and winncr of the coveted Sullivan trophy as the outstanding amateur athlete in 1933, Cunningham is undoubtedly one of the greatest ath- letes of all time. He may deservedly be called the world's greatest miler. The way hasa't been easy. Glenn's legs were a mass of scar tissue and the circulation was somewhat retarded. Running would be the best treatment, the doctor told him. ‘So Glenn began to run at every op- portunity, to and from school over the prairies, everywhere he went. As he ran, those flame-scarred legs which were to carry him to fame the world over strengthened into the tapered, well-museled limbs of a runner, and he devel- oped that lung power which was later to make him the barrel-chested iron man of the track. Glennts first chance in competition came when the officials at a county fair asked him to run in the mile race against a group of high school boys. Although stili of grade school age, he won rather easily after leaving the pack behind at tho half-way mark, In high school he tock part in bas- ketball and football as well as track, which however remained his major in-- terest. Completing his course in three years, this Elkhart, Kansas, high school boy was a senior in 1930 when he won the national iuterschnolastic mile at Stagg Field, Chicago, in the time of 4:24.7, a record that still stands. Coming to the University of Kansas, Cunningham continued his track work to the exclusion of other sports, as he was advised by Coach Brutus Hamilton. The 1932 season found him for the first time in inter- collegiate competition. In the Big Six meet of that year at Lincoln, Nebraska, he established new conference records, running the half in 1:55.3, the mile in 4:14.3. A week later in the national intercollegiate meet in Chicago he set a new record of A:ll.1, at that time the fastest mile ever run in an outdoor meet in this country. Throughout his college career Glenn was a valuable asset to the varsity track team, usually winning two or more events in a meet. From 1932 on Glenn piled up a remarkable list of new triumphs, races won, and records broken. He gained a place on the American team for the Olympics of that year by beating Gene Venzke in the tryouts, and finished fourth at Los Angeles in a field of international stars. In the 1933 national A. A. U. games at Chicago he set an American record of 3:52.3 for the 1500-meter run. In 1935 at Madison Square Garden he lowered this mark to 3:50.5, a new world record, only to lose in the same event the following year to Gene Venzke, who ran tho distance in 3:49.9. Venzke's mark, however, stood only util the 1936 Olympics, when all of the first three men, including Cunningham, bettered it. In this race Glenn ran a very close second to Jack Lovelock, the only importent miler he has never beaten, although he has a better record for the mile distance. Cunningham's world records for the mile, both outdoor and indoor, were made in 1934. At the Princeton Invitation meet he ran the outdoor mile in 4:06.8. He es- tablished the indoor record in the Columbia Milc at 4:08.4. On March 3, 1938, at Dartmouth he established a new indoor record of 4:04.4 which is the best time for either the indoor or outdoor mile. At the Knights of Columbus games, Madison Square Garden, in 1935 he set a new world record of 2:10.1 for the indoor 1000-yary run. At the 1936 Drake Relays Glenn ran the outdoor 1000-yard distance in 2:11.2 for a new American record. In 1936 also be established a new world record of 1:49.7 for the 800-meter run at Stockholm, Sweden. As recently as June, 1937, Cunningham, running for the New York Curb Exchange, created 4 new American record of 3:00.8 for the three-quarter mile distance at the New York A. C. spring games. Throughout this impressive record, made in competition with such stars as Venzke, Bowthron, Beccali, Lovelock, and San Romani, Glenn Cunning~ ham has ever shown the highest type of sportsmanship, win or lose. His Getermination and will to win have carriec him cn after many said he was through; and though his flying feet have brought him many honors on three continents, Glenn still has his ready smile and unassuming manner which which heave made him immensely popular everywhere he has gone. Glenn Cunningham runs a good race, a heacy, intelligent, clean race, a race that should be an inspiration to every aspiring young athlete in the country. Here is a truly great person, 4 man %4o be admired and respected and followed. Because of his sterling qualities of sportsman- ship, leadership, wiseifish service, and character he was able to rise over many obstacles to become the worlc's greatest miler. No higher nor more fitting award could heve been bestowed on him by his Alma Mater, the University of Kansas, then to name him Honor Man, the graduate of the class of 1934 who was most outstanding in scholarship and student activities and in service to the school. 10. it. 12. 3s 14. ae 16. avs 18. 19. SCENES AND TITLES IN THE MOTION PICTURE GLENN CUNNINGHAM, THE WORLD'S GREATEST MILER Cunningham holds the world's indoor and outdoor mile records, (Close-up of Cunningham) Modesty and winning personality made Glenn popular with fellow students. (Shot on the campus with group of students) Glenn is always ready and willing to help young athletes. (Cunningham with junior-high boys) Even the very small fellows come in for attention. (Two shots with a little boy) At the age of 8, Glennts legs were severely burned; but he lived to run again. (Running on far side of track) Training and determination overcame the handicap of flame-scarread legs. (Close-up of scarred legs) Training includes a warm-up before each race--practicing a start. "Peddling" and other exercises. Glenn runs a mile or more before a race. (Shots of three laps around the track) And sprints at the end, Form is important in the mile run. Cunningham's effortless stride shows years of training. Leg action. (Slow Motion) Foot action. (Slow Motion) Arm motion and breathing. (Slow Motion) Glenn's famous "kick" in slow motion. Glenn plans the race with Coach Hargiss. Cunningham and San Romeni start a mile race. Form and endurance tell as Cunningham wins a thrilling face. J.m@ Zl, 1958. 3 a sf if i We i's th Bi YOurss ) ‘Divector of Physical Education, Daren of Visa dume 2h, 19586 ‘ Hide wan 6 pao Of cur Bemew Seekion veurenhion nirvotar of Piyeten) Biusationg Director of Physical Education, dily 25, 193Se I held © cosching sohool here at the University of for one week, dime IS to 18, inclusive, but at the iL , | oxpeet to be here in Lowreme most of the @amer, and if you want to come up and go over in the treatment of athletic injuries I should be the necessary arrengasentae There are one our ery PE bt r | ef 4 : Morton, Miss, July 20, 1938 Dr. F.C, Aller Director of Athletics University of Kansas Lawerence, Kansas Dear Dr. Allan: t I wrote you some time ago in regard to your coaching schools that you planned for the summer. You wrote, giving the date of the one to be held at the University of Kansas but did not give the date of the one that you — to hold in the ‘ east. I would like to know if you have already held this school and if not when and where you plan to hold it. I am not interested in the basket- ball end of it but am especially interested in the training part. I plan to take a trip up east in the next week or so and thought that 1 might work in a sehool or two while I was up there. Thanking you in advance for a Prompt reply. Sincerely yours, ee a 7) ae | | : uv fe Na a eee : one ee.