DEPARTMENT
OF

INSTRUCTION May 17, 1939

Dr. Forrest C. Allen
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kensas

Dear Phog:

Thanks for your highly complimentary letter of May 12. I am only
sorry I can't be of as much service to you as I might wish,

Offhand, I can think of no young fellow with a PhD. I would care to
recommend to you. I do have in mind one of the fellows I wrote you
about 4 couple of years ago, who is well on his way toward a PhD.,
who still might be interested, I think, in your situation and who
would continue work, I believe, on his PhD. until he secured it.

This young fellow is Nicholas Schreiber, about whom I wrote you
under date of May 3, 1937. Schreiber has a lot of ability,

excellent personality, is hard-working, ambitious, progressive, etc.,
etc. I would have no hesitancy in recommending him to you without
any qualifying remarks, Nicholas Schreiber would make good, I am
sure. I think he also might be in your price range,

It may be, of course, that since I saw him last he has changed his
mind about continuing in physical education, but if he has not, he
would make you an excellent man.

I will keep this matter in mind, and as I come across names of
people who, in my judgment, could fill your bill, I will write you
about them,

I will be glad to do something on the eleven=-foot basket, but of
course can't start any active work on it until next Fall. We have

a couple or three excellent fellows here who would give it thought-
ful attention and in whose judgment I have a good bit of faith.

When they have finished a study on it, I shall feel that I have
something really worthewhile to report. I will give them your points
as outlined in the memorandum you gave us at the Rules Committee
meeting and will have something, I feel sure, that will be positive
and cerry with it some degree of assurance,

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