Excerpt of letter from Dudley 5. DeGroot, Director of Physical Education
at San Jose State College, San Jose, Californiae

"In answer to a few of your questions, may I say, first, that although
Burt has had little occasion to do research work, I would have no hesitancy
in saying that he is well qualified. He has a very analytical mind, and,
from the few jobs of this sort which he has tackled, I feel sure that he
could handle normal research satisfactorilye He has been particularly
interested in teacher training work in physical education and I am sure
would accept any assignments you might hand him along this line, with un-
usual intereste Second, Burt has talked with me a number of times about
proceeding with the doctorates He is anxious to do so but has felt that
both for financiel and geographical reasons, it was out of the question, at
the present timee I am sure that he would be very much interested in making
an early start on his final degree, if located at Kansase

In addition to his work in track, Burt was a good football and basketball

player and a better than average swimmer. His work in coaching has been most
successful in football, basketball and tracks"

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