7 [dey P gmorial High Schoo! Ralph E. Graber LAWRENCE, KANSAS Principal + October 13, 1944 Dr. F.C. Allen Athletic Department University of Kansas Dear Phog: I want to thank you in behalf of the student body, foot- ball boys, and queen of L.M.H.S. for making a fine address at our pep assembly program this morning. The remarks you made were timely and inspiring, and your dynamic peronality was enjoyed by everyone. It is wonderful of you to give your time, and I assure you that we appreciate it very much. Very sincerely yours, lph ¢ oS 21634-mle THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA TULSA, OKLAHOMA DOWNTOWN COLLEGE OFFICE OF DIRECTOR October 16, 1944 Dr. Forrest C. Allen Director of Physical Education The University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Phog: I appreciated very much your nice letter of October 10 and also the visit which you and Mrs, Allen paid me while you were in Tulsa, While the "Rebounds" is a little too young for me, still I enjoyed reading of the men who are in the armed forces, I think it is a fine thing that you get this infor- mation out to them each month and I know they appreciate it, Cordially yours, HWGsro H. Wi. Gowans October 2, 1944. Mr. Joe Me Goodwin, County Agent, dian County Farm Bureau, Dear Joe: Thank you for your letter of September 25th. I have remembered the date of October llth at Mound City. Harry Morrow, who used to be with the Blue Mound Sun (7), is now with the Lawrence Journal-World, and he will doubtless drive down with me. So I will not get lost, I assure you. I will have a good pilot. I doubt if Mrs. Allen will be able to come. How- ever, I do thank you for your kind invitation. I will remember your admonitions and suggestions, and will be look- ing forward to seeing you on the llth. Véry sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, FCA: AH Varsity Basketball Coach. Phone 131 Linn County Farm Burra Mound City, Kansas September 25, 1954 Dr. Forrest C. Alten Lawrence, Kansas. Dear Dr. Allen: This is te varify our telephone conversation relative to your appearing as eur guest speaker at the Achievement Day in Linn County. The meeting will be held at Cadmus. It is on Highway H-7, about 15 miles down from Oswatomie. We would be very glad to have Mrs. Allen come with you. We are planning to begin our dinner about 7:30 in the evening on the llth.(Oct) There will be some singing and propably some awards and your talk will be the highlight of the evening... We plan to have some g games following your talk. I would suggest that you follow this road down. Come to Princeton, which is 6 miles South of Oswatomie on Highway 59, turm te your left and you will follow the road east with a few jogs till you come to Oswatomie. At the first intersection after you cross the-railroad, coming this way, you will turn to the right. That is K=7. You will come South on K=7 till you get to Begil where you turn left. Then you will follow the concret concrete all the way down to Linn County line. Here you will hit the gravel. From Linn County line to Cadmus is 3 mbles, There is just the store on the right side of the road and the Grange Hall on the left side of the raad. That is where the meeting os te be. Itm going to let you select the Subject you want to talk about, but we hope to have a good showing of adults as well as boys and girls. And you know that the adults needs as mich peping up as the boys and girls. Again thanking you for your courtesy, I am Very truly yours, ©. Ganda Joe M. Goodwin JMG/w County Agent October 10, 1944. Mr. Harry Gowans, University of Tulsa Downtown Office, Tulsa, Cklahoma. Dear Harrys i . It was good to see you even for a short while. I am sorry that you were not feeling well. I did not learn whether you got to the game that night or not, but if you did the game didn't add anything to your mental well-being if you expected Kansas to make a showing with the high-powered Tulsa aggregation. I thought Henry Prnka was # real gentleman in his eon= sideration for his visiting guests. In my opinion Henry could have run the score up to sixty had he so desired. I was well pleased with our boys who are youngsters and not in the same class as the very clever, versati le end aggressive Tulsans. I an sending you a Jayhawk Rebounds, a letter I get out each month to cur boys overseas. Aaah ad 4% nay poaee tala esting reading as you browse over some of the names, too many of whom, of course, are unfamiliar to you. With all good wishes to you and yours, I en Very sincerely yours, | : “Director of Physical Education, FCAsH | Varsity Basketball Coach. a October 10, 1944. Mr. Joe Goodwin, Mound City, Kansas. Dear Joe: Thank you for your letter of the 25th. I plan to bring former editor Harry Morrow of Blue Mound with me. He is very mich at home in . he will enjoy the drive, and I am sure I will enjoy having him with me. He is sports editor of World here, end news-gatherer plenipotentiary. We will leave here at 6 o'clock which will give us ample time to get there at 7:30. I will be glad to see you, Joe. Very sincerely yours, | Director of Physical Education, FCAsAH Varsity Basketball Coach. Liberty Memorial High Fence! 2 Ralph E. Graber LAWRENCE, KANSAS Principal September 25, 1944 F.C. Allen Department of Athletics University of Kansas ‘Dear “Phog"s Please find enclosed a check for your services at the Manhattan game last night. IJ want to Géhank you end assure you that you did a swell job even if you were all "wet". Very sincerely yours, Cra RalpH E. Graber 21572-mle 7 ve _ Bnes. Liberty ne High Dees! Ralph E. Graber | LAWRENCE, KANSAS Principal September 15, 1944 Dr. F. ©, Allen University of Kansas Athletic Office Lawrence, Kansas Dear Phog? Please find enclosed complimentary season tickets for our home football games. ‘ou will be admitted upon payment of the tax. I want you to know that we will be happy to have you as our guest and hope it will be possible for you to attend our games. Very sincerely, a i, Graber 21507-mar Enc. AVE HEADQUARTERS A.A.F. Pilot School (Basic) WACO ARMY AIR FIELD WACO, TEXAS In reply refer to: 5 February 1945 Dr. Forrest C. Allen Basket Ball Coach University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Doc: + have just finished reading my copy of "Rebounds" which came in the morning mail. I was quite thrilled to learn what a lot of the boys are doing and where they are stationed. It sure tends to bring back a lot of fond memories. Wouldn't it be swell to have a big get together once all this trouble is over with. I noticed where Jack Ballard has been at Camp Bowie, Texas. This is about 150 miles from here at Waco. We played the Camp Bowie basket ball team a couple of weeks ago but Jack wasn't with them, so possibly he has shipped out. We return a game with the same team in a couple of weeks and I wiil try to look him up. The Kansas Basket Ball team is still knocking them over Doc. We read the scores all the time and I always look to see how Kansas is doing. Sure will be pulling for you to cop another one. \ We have had a great time here at Waco Army Air Field this basket ball season. Our Commanding Officer is quite a sports fan and we have all the support in the world. I had a two months pre-season basket ball practice using all the fundamental drills I used at Kansas. And maybe you think they didn't pay off. We won 16 straight and finally lost a close one to Rice 39-35 on their court. A margin of four free throws. I wasn't with the team that night as I was sent to San Antonio on Temporary Duty. All in all we have beaten TCU once, Sm twice by 13 points and Baylor by about 40 points. Our record to date is 20 out of 21.