oT, ™, wath ne le \ - pale ; +o 2 ‘ cade j~ _ ~— aad wimg, SF pon et . Tu, ; ~ DON EBLING © . = = be = “coset” — 7458 es re Bu Ae whet Bb. << nd wt i oe ee ehaeies Bee? see mes me on A Ae oe wietlosn ae Keach Gut tg | = Ge. aoa weer UK Comat. PRB pe pein Pipe ange alate. Fowhsd (dee anata LO rh Gore retnomnng. “ Vuusractths - ees bene pet 0 : ee coe aoe eet 2 a ee é a een a ener pe scaterareeteny = Fah owe . a ae a TR OAKS CDotilins olerer, erm Ta Sp coe —_~ aran. OLN Hs . aa > KOE Ce oe Se : ian tas ea ooge. Le June 4, 1943. Mr. a R. Bvans, 412 2. @ ‘eg HoC.0.T.TS.5 B. 3, B.T.C. 4, Miami Beach, Florida. Dear Ray: We were delighted to hear from you, and will follow your instructions regarding the gold basketball when the I will make this letter short, Ray, because we are getting out another mimeographed letter to the boys in a short time and will send you one. Bob is arriving today, along with Eleanor. Eleanor graduated Wednesday at Pennsylvania and Bob will have a week or so before he starts his lant half — in his junior year in medicine. frust everything is going well with you. With best wishes, I om Sincerely yours, 7 Director of Physical Education, PCALAH Vargity Basketball Coach. Basic Training Genter Miami Beach Schools MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA Peg. gate RAM a Ate AM fine ptt. (T1730 Monee — be fer ma ee Lie ho gt 2..8,AT a as 2m J abe ARMY AIR FORCES TECHNICAL TRAINING COMMAND ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA BD te pr. pili — ne oo ATES An teri om An GAbA ee, fr 8 | ee ee CO PF PR Or D pnw Aa ah pergls. aa ys. | oT BAT fr SU AT arom Ae Ley A FS Bm On of ARE Fy ef 2G Chin 2 whe ae nae 7 OS fee Be Fores 7. - ee plle,, — Ary she Jeyter’ Rtn foo Pe Nighy Sail pnd D tatty, ofp teiekig Viyn D A iinncdensd be ee I cet itben se f-9 Tat 4 Arye KV. Ate ich wa, on 9 Toten Arrge Arch 2 yt moment fre Ant np mtine om ha BML, J Orn re pT Ding ahr Ftre Loy aa. Hemet npn fo pe Rey April 23, 1943. Mr. Bill Eeklund, Seranton, Kansas. Dear Billi: I have your letter of April 19 and am happy to tell you that I. started coaching in a high school, then I coached Baker University, Haskell Indian Institute, Central Missouri State Teachers College at Warrensburg, Missouri, and in 1919 I came to the University of After finishing the Independence, Missouri, High School I came to the University of Kansas and then I studied to beaome a physician. it was necessary for me to know something about the physiology and anatomy of the boys with whom I was working. I played basketball from the time I was 12 or 14 years of age until I had finished college. I would say about 12 years. | We have & four-year school of Physical Bducation here at the Univer- sity of Kansas which teaches you the things that you should know con- cerning coaching, physical education, and teaching academic subjects in a high school. You asked ms what oollege I think you should attend. Of course, at your age you are not quite sure whether you want to study lew, engineering, medioine, or whether you want to be @ coach. I will send you @ catalog and you oan see what subjects a student would take up &fch year of his work at the University if he wanted to be a coach end physical director. After you have studied the catalog if you care to write me I will be glad to answer any questions. — You ask about the baskets. I would not raise the baskets for high school boys but for sollege boys I would raise them two feet higher than they are NOW. | . Regarding the length of the war, William Allen White sayé it will end on February 9, 1945. The Germans will be whipped a yoar earlier and it will take about one year for us to smash the little almond-eyes -boys over there. 3 | I think your selection of the Naval Air Corps is very fine. The Japs did @ mighty dirty trick in shooting some of our fihe aviators, but the other boys in the air service will make them pay double. With all good wishes to you, Tam Sincerely yours, | : Direstor of Physical Rducation, FCA:AH : Varsity Basketball Coach. ) 7 : b hachttbatt ter Jae Naw” ot a We Yow O pechude Z ws ey ; : : 2 ! : y N fy) fi : ( oe tate at a ot oC ve a. ot WR 0 A 1 tat AMAlhyedg ir. George Biwards, Basketball Coach, Uriversity of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. — _ Dear George: | Sinee Bruce Drake, you end I talked about this episode at Oklahoma City with the ehief of police, I am sending you & letter from the former chief of police to show you thet definitely I got this informetion regarding these boys. You will notice that he does not mention Ug Roberts in his letter, but at the time of the conversation with him This does not call for a reply. Very sincerely yow's, Director of Physical Education, PCA :AH | Varsity Basketball Coach. March As 1943. Cordially yours, Director of Physical Eduoati PCA:AH : Varsity Basketball Coach. tog EnCe Pobruary 27, 1943. Captain EB. R. Elbel, ; 2nd Dist., hase Ade Yorous Teciation, Training Comant, 455 Lake Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri. Dear Hidie: — I just called Bi21 Quakenbush, of Lawrence Lodge $6, and he tells me that the procedure for you to follow is to yey six months duce at the Portage Lodge #675, and esk for a denit. unkenbush, secretary of Ledge 76, Lawrence, Konsas, and: petition for neubersh ip heres Iam sure thet you will have no trouble making the grade. Dean Schwogler, Bill Quakenbush end I are all members of #6, an well om are & Erent neber of other Pamulty mabere here on “the hill. “tae teed very 22 0Aln hege nf whoring the gee last ‘night due t the fact that the brase-coller, Col. Briggs, at Omaha, refused to let Charlie Black play basketball although the medioal doctors had certified him as being physicplly able to play. However, Col. Briggs is afraid of public opinion. The only possible conelusion would be that we were in collusion with the medical doctors to preserve him for basketball. S I tock a slap at the spineless and "intestineless" Athletic Board. I am writing you polite terms. Im Hugh 8. Fullerton's AP colwm from Now York, February 25th, he states, “When Joo Gardner, Georgetowm Univer~ sity’s graduxte manager, reported that big John Mahnken's in- dustion had been postponed until after the basketball season be- eause he was having some dental work done, local coaches began inspecting their squads like horse traders trying to learn a nag's age." Here is a parallel case in which an athlete is deferred for dental work. Charlie Black was deférred on account of his lungs, but could not play for Kensas. Hope everything is going well with you. Sincerely yours, | : Direstor of ical Biucation, — FCA:AH Varsity | Coach. SALLE GLAS ax CS BFF FIFI EP BP PPP PPL IPP | ORIGIN OF THE JAYHAWhH By the Late DR. F.W. BLAGKMAR Delivered on the Annual K.U. Radio Nite Program, Dec., 1926 Coo. Tue “JAYHAWK” IS A MYTH. It has no historical use. It is neither beast, fish nor fowl. The myth had its rise in the characters of two birds that frequent the Missouri Val- ley, namely the blue jay, a noisy, quarrelsome, robber that takes delight in pouncing upon smaller birds and robbing their nests of eggs and young birds, and the sparrow hawk, a genteel killer of birds, rats, mice and rabbits, and when necessary a courageous and cau- tious fighter. Just when, where and by whom the names of the two birds were joined in “Jayhawk” and applied to human beings, no one knows. However it is known that the term “Jayhawk” originated i in the home ter- ritory of these birds. somewhere between Texas and Nebraska. -It is known that it was applied to an overland company of gold- seekers on their way through Nebraska to California. It was applied to Jennison’s band of free-booters, to Montgomery’s rangers, to Missouri guerrilla bands of border ruffians, and finally in a general way to the free-soilers of Kansas. In the early days of uncertainty of gov- ernment, life and property, whenever bands were organized requiring purpose, courage, boldness and reckless daring, they were al- ways candidates for the name either through choice or through the derision and hatred of enemies. It is significant also that “jay- hawking” became a general term to express marauding or plundering. It is not known. how-the name gradually became applied to all residents. of- Kansas. Perhaps it was because Kansas was nationally known as the center of disturbance and jay- hawk became a nationally. known byword. Probably Jennison’s band of fighters and free- booters, followed historically by Jennison’s “Jayhawk regiment” in the, Civil war had something to do with causing the name to adhere to Kansas. But Kansas accepted the totemic appellation with good grace and every loyal Kansan is proud to be a member of the Clan-Kansas that now stands for nobler things than “jayhawking.” The “Jay- hawk” myth has become a spirit of progress and power. Gone has the spirit of robber birds; gone the reckless spirit of the law and disorder bands of the stress and storm period. Only the spirit of comradeship and the courageous fighting qualities to make and keep Kansas free, remain. The spirit of the modern Jayhawk is to make Kansas great and strong and noble in good’deeds. It is a be- nevolent spirit.* - - Kansas University seized the word as a shibboleth and attached it to the earth with “tock chalk” and brought out the K.U. yell, the greatest lung developer of all times. It is the voice of the clan. It is a call to courage and the fighting spirit; but more it is a call to comradeship, truth, learning and right- eousness. The artists have tried to express the mythi- cal bird in clever totemic designs, which range all the way from a “dicky-bird” with a huge bill, wearing boots to a disconsolate crow and to a fierce looking fighting bird. All very well as a totem of the clan to express unity and loyalty, but the spirit of the Jayhawk refuses to be photographed. But no matter about the origin of this mythical creature, about its uncertain his- tory, about its early use by people whose ac- tions were sometimes questionable; today “Jayhawk” embodies the Kansas spirit, the University spirit of unity, loyalty, honesty and right living. Rock Chalk, Jay Hawk K.U. cok Y 23, President Frep ELtswortH, ’22, Secretary Alumni Office, Lawrence, Kansas MePhenee. Kativos ALUMNI ASSOCIATION of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLISHER OF THE GRADUATE MAGAZINE HeapguartTers — Room 2 Franx Strone Hati LAWRENCE, KANSAS eR GAME TIEN HRS February 19, 1943 Dr. F. C. Allen Athletic Department University of Kansas Dear "Phog": Your point about the coaches lobbying for continuance of athletics is well tekene People will accuse you of changing sides on the question and of all kinds of other things, but after all, this war is getting serious. We have found that the boys at the front prefer to have news of the sports back home more than anything else and I have been feeling that we should keep them going as a release and a morale builder for the people at home and for the boys on the battle linese I believe with the proper vision, other things can be substituted to do this job. Also, I am glad to see you quoted in the Journal World column regarding the use of the word "Jays" in reference to our team. This was started by the Topeka Capital several years agoe Mickey Ryther protested against its use when he was still at South Dakota, and I used his letter with some added Gomments to battle the habit. - I wonder how widely you sent your word about it. Couldn't we get out a personal letter to the sports editors in various key papers and news services and send them the enclosed leaflet. This leaflet proves to be # useful piece of printinge I give out an average of between fifty and a hundred of these a year in re- sponse to direct requestse For example, we sent one to the Jay- hawk Shelter in England. Professor Mix didn't know the background of the term "Jayhawk" so he could tell them and someone finally directed them to this office. He was not alone in this ignorance. Cordially, Secretary FEslb DIRECTORS Frank L. Carson, ’13, First Nat’] Bank, Wichita Dotrx Simons, ’25, Journal-World, Lawrence Joanna GLeep Wacstarr, fa’21, 1730 Indiana, Lawrence CrareEnce L, Burt, e’o9, Hutchinson Barour S. JEFFREY, 28, Nat’l Bank of Topeka Bldg., Topeka W. T. Grant, fs’o5, Business Men’s Assurance Co., Kansas City, Mo. Harvanp B. Hutcuunes, |’16, 1207 Grand, Kansas City, Mo. Oscar S. STauFFER, fs’12, Topeka State Journal, Topeka Huco T. WEDELL, ’15, I’20,Supreme Court, Topeka Bertua Lucxan McCoy, ’og, 1315 Rural, Emporia : ee January 16, 1945. Mire Roy A, Edwards, A-8&. V7, U.8.N.R. Midshipman's School, Room 710, Tower Hall, 820 Tower Court, Chicago, Illinois. Dear Roy: De@ighted to hear from you from Chieage. I was sure that it - would be some different than what a fellow expects, but of course any change from college life is always a downhill slide and not an uphill glide. College life is the happiest time in all the world for a young fellow, I believe. oe I wish you might have been here when we smeared it on Mr. Jack Gardner. And then of course Missouri and Oklahoma and Oklahoma Aggies — tripped on the Kansas machine, but we looked pretty poor against Okla- homa Aggies last Wedtiesday night. Ray Bvans always plays his seintillat- ing, earnest, hard-driving game. He is a great boy and I have never | had a finer chap on any team than Ray. He is modest, ginsere, cooperative and an A Number One fellow in every reapest. You and I ce: agree one hundred per cent on him and I am glad that you have been able to show him as meny fine sides of the existence of life as you have. I have al- ways noticed how considerate you have been of his welfare, and I know - that through the years when Ray is a big fellow in his own right and he is in position to help young men he will do a great job. : | We have finally determined on the five-man "ironman" team. They go through without a hitch most of the » but in the last few games I have been inserting Bill Brill-end he has been doing a good job of it. _ He always goes in if anybody is off their game a little. Bill hurt his knee, you know, and is not in tip top shape, but fits very nicely into 7 ‘ Views Alums 308 end Jeebel ave: i) Fike, andthe: Heneee creel ave back on their old happy vein when the Kansas team is rolling. I tell you frankly I did not expect the fine record the Kansas team is making. i I do want to tell you one thing that stamps Ray as a great chap, end he doubtless is responsible for the team's success as mich or more than anyone else. Ray won the Fordham game with a last minute goal after a fast drive down the floor anda lay-up on the backboard. Charlie Black had been disqualified when we were leading Fordham by 14 points, on four personal fouls. Our lead scon melted away and Fordham went ahead. Ray took hold, and although very few people know it, wrote Charlie a very fine letter after the game and said, "Charl ie, the thing that gave me courage to fight was seeing you on the side lines standing up and cheering Ze and yelling for the Kansas boys." This cemented a friendship between Ray end Charlie that was great, and to think that Ray would have the foresight at his age stamps him as a leader of men that few young men attain at his age. fharlie thinks the world and all of Ray now, ale. though before I think that he was a trifle jealous of the many compli- ments thet I heaped upon Ray for his wnusual manliness, his fine bearing and courage in all situations. That boy will go far, and I am only Raging Wa’ Ne WARS aut be GialAiaetoned with hie Tine auGiock Sona’ life. ~ Roy, I am glad to hear biecsis hitkee bn eee hear from Clint Kanaga quite efter, and Ere. Allen every night morkions Clint as if he were her son. She is afreid that fate will be wmkind to him, but I am just hoping that everything turns out tip top and Clint and the rest of the boys will all be back efter this nasty thing is over. Luck and kindest regards to you, Roy. Sincerely yours, a See Director of Physical Education, PCA: AH Varsity Basketball Coash. e danuary 22, 1943. Mir. Charles Elliott, Sports Publicity Director, University of Kansas. ‘Dear Chucks Your write-up of the Zlst was fine with one exeeption. I. have scored it here in red pencil. I would like for you to give Dean break every once in a while because he is the trainer and has been ing on Dixon. Every chanee you can get to legitimately ‘rks nek vadean Uh Soe aaa a bad hiatus which unnecessary. ‘They natenacie aoa the trainer ys with charley horses, but they would wonder why I to handle the bo a ke drgtams sure you can see the point. So for better relationship all around let's give Dean the credit that is due him. By the way, Chuok, I would like to see the pictures of the individuals and the group that the photographer shot earlier in the season. You remember you said you would bring them over when you had some printed. I have not seen them as yet. I heve just talked to Owen Carl about the pictures. He says Buescher‘s is terribly dark and not good. Why can't you make arrange- mente to take another picture of Buescher? ‘Then we want rather a formal one of Blaok in his basketball togs holding a ball with no action, but more like Engleman‘'s, Bob‘s and Miller's, and the other boys who had quite a bit of publicity. I believe one of those would be a good thing to have, so let's arrange to have one of Black and Buescher taken over - Buescher’s an action picture, and Black's more formal. Then Owen wants one of me with my warm-ups on. I have an old gietians hase: Set See biinn: Sabin. Weliennh: Selle tae Hh 8% iat a betber than anything else. it might be well for you to arrange for the photo- grapher to have one taken of me when you arrange for Buescher and Black. ~2= However, I would suggest that you take the one I have in the office down to Owen to fill in for the time being. Thank you very much. Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, — FPCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach. , ItALLIE We stand for the liberation through from the handicaps education of the individual and society of beverage alcohol. ll ow Vol. 12, No. 8 WASHINGTON, D. C., MAY, 1943 — Price 10c Some of the 50 Members of Washington High School Allied Youth Post, St. Paul, Minnesota The Post membership represents every field of activity in the school. Dick Kaess (top left), captain of the high school championship basketball team of Minnesota of 1943, is president of the Post. Mr. Elliott, sponsor is shown at top right. Through Allied Youth these young people meet for recrea- tion and enthusiastic discussion, learning the true value of sport as an out- let of youthful exuberance, a clean source of enjoyment. Page Two THE ALLIED YOUTH Ray Evans Goes to War By “Phog”” Allen Ray Evans was inducted into the United States Army on March 6th, at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. He was in the ERC and was able to finish the basketball season, going over to Leav- enworth after the game. Ray abstains from all forms of al- coholic beverages, narcotics, and the like. He does not use tobacco in any form, nor any type of alcoholic bever- age. He is a perfect trainer, a very modest chap and a man of exceptional mental and physical powers. He is by far the most popular man on the campus at the University of Kansas and has made both the all- American foot-ball and basketball se- lections. I have had the pleasure of coaching him for two years and have never had a finer boy on any athletic team. It is a great pleasure for me to make this testimonial for Ray. An Athlete Sets the Pace N today’s blackest headlines, “Yanks” doesn’t stand for a baseball team— but for American fighting men in action. Stars of yesterday are remembered most favorably when we read of this one’s promotion in rank, another’s well executed leap from a plane out of con- trol, still another’s gallantry in battle. One officer tells of coming upon a familiar name in the list of those whose _ outstanding usefulness made them look like non-com, perhaps officer, material. Where had he heard or seen the name before? It seemed to have come in from the civilian—perhaps undergradu- ate—section of his memory. A sergeant told him promptly that this man had been a track star. He specialized in relays, so he was a good team man.. He’d been trained by a coach who doesn’t over-emphasize his athletes. “T recognized the name the second time I hit it on the roll,” the sergeant reports. “ ‘Another celebrity!’ I grum- bled. We’ve had a movie actor, some millionaires, a bridge champ, who couldn’t quickly realize that ‘this is the Army, Mr. Jones!’ “T took a look‘ at this’ track man. Nicely built, but green. I figured him “hard maneuvers. at first for a fellow who’d take a long time to learn our stuff. “Probably he’d been good in his specialty, but it wasn’t an Army spe- cialty. And if his headlines had given him a swelled head or made him crave the spotlight wherever he went, that track-meet prominence might be the worst possible introduction to Army life. “T decided I’d keep my eyes on my new man—and what a treat my eyes did get!” Makes His Muscles Obey For the thoroughbred of the inter- collegiate tracks proves to be one who can make his muscles respond instantly to the signals of the nervous system. The non-com finds him to be a man of quick perception, excellent balance and even disposition. This trained athelete could rest standing up. On hikes five minutes of relaxation and_ breathing routines restore all his vigor. A small amount of food, a few swallows of water, keep him going energetically in He’s a cool and clever marksman. ““He’s really got everything,” the ser- geant admiringly admits. ‘‘He’s a better man than the headlines ever claimed he was. May, 1943 mou ie = ‘“Phog”’ Allen “Phog” Allen, teenth championship in his won his nine-. twenty-fifth coaching at University Forrest C. year of basketball of Kansas last year. He has never had an offensive machine to compare with his 1942 outfit in his entire 32 years of coach- ing. “Td call him a Grade A soldier, even if I’d never heard the name before.” The sergeant told his officer that the track man has been quietly setting the style for alcohol-free Army life. Mates noticed that the long-geared, unwinded newcomer didn’t reach for a “gasper” when time came to fall out for five minutes. Someone asked him if he never smoked. ‘That’s right!” he agreed pleasantly. Casually he made known that he “trained mostly on water.” ‘You can’t run on alcohol,” he said, “so I got a habit of never using any form of liquor.” “Athlete, eh?” commented his cor- poral. “I guessed as much. Id have a squad to be proud of if every man on it could keep up with you on the march, at the range, and in learning new stuff!” Learn from “Long Legs” Almost as an afterthought, the ser- geant remarked: “T wonder how many of us that fellow has shamed out of drinking, without preaching, or in fact saying much of anything. I for one took a good look at myself and said, ‘Heck, you don’t need that stuff—so why not pass it up like Long Legs seems to enjoy doing?’ “T’m glad he came into our outfit— though I don’t usually have any use for celebrities on my roll-call.” PHOTOS BY PHOTO SECTION, ELLINGTON FIELD, TEXAS “AVIATION CADETS SPREAD THEIR WINGS” to keep in top physical condition along with their training schedule at Ellington Field, Texas, one of the nation’s largest training schools for bombardiers, navigators and ad- vanced pilots. ai cite a RS PY ®%, Jumbo Post Card Co.—San Antonio, Texa8=- April 29, 1943. Pvt. Charles W. Blliott, Squad. 115, Bldgs 1887, AsAcP GoGo = SeheAsO.Ces San Antonio, TOxAS » Director of Physical Education, PCA:AH . Varsity Basketball Coach. May 3, 1943. Mr. Donald P. Bbling, ©. Sp., U.S.MN. Radio and Sound Lab., San Diego, California. Dear Donnos Q Just a short note to let you know that I am always thinking of you and your better half. This mimeographed letter regarding basketball should give you some of the depe on the boye. Lots of good luck to you end the lrs., el- though I am sure that you are not together. Sincerely yours, : Director of Physical Education, PCA :AH Varsity Basketball Coach. duly 23, 1945, ng oeteclee on canton flannel ‘Very simerely yours, Director of Physical Education, POAsAH Varsity Basketball Coach.