NORTHEAST MISSOURI

STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE

KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI

   

OFFICE OF THE DEAN

October 17, 1940

Secretary to Dr. Forest C. Allen
Department of Physical Education
University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

My dear Secretary:

It am addressing this letter to you for it is possible that Dr.
Allen will be away from the campus and would hot be able to answer.

I was pleased to have his letter of October 4 and I am looking
forward with pleasure to visiting with him here at our Homecoming
on October 26.

I have recently been selected by the homecoming committee to act

as toastmaster at the banquet, and in this capacity I shall intro-
duce Dr. Allen. I wanted a few facts and probably some fiction to
help me in this very pleasant privilege. I should like to have

the dates Dr. Allen worked in Warrensburg where I knew him personally
also how long he has been connected with the University of Kansas.

I should like to have from you or from him any interesting anecdotes
or jokes on him concerning his athletic career. Of course the
veracity of a toastmaster can never be questioned so I can manufac-
ture something if you cannot furnish me something of interest.

 

. I suppose Mr. Cornwell has told him some of the activities of the day.
In the morning at 10:00 a.m. we have a progam dedicating a memorial
to John R. Kirk who was president of this institution for many years.
At 1:00 p.m. there is a big parade of floats and the football game
begins at 2:00 p.m.

We had hoped that he would at least be here by then in order’ that
many of the celebrities who were here for the Homecoming could be
introduced at the time the Homecoming Queen is presented. The
banquet at which he will speak will be at 6:00 p.m. followed by
the homecoming dance at 9:00 p.m.

Yours very truly

LU fae f

Dean

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