li i Y th Hien Babs } august 10, 1959 it Wg Hae ait iE oe eal eo eae ly yous, Very i Be Hh i ! ; ; | Ht : il if He sa j | eee THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS LAWRENCE OFFICE OF THE DEAN May 29, 1939 Mr. Forrest C. Allen, Director Physical Education Kansas University Dear Dr. Allen: Kindly change the date on the concert to be given by Francescatti on the University Concert Course from December 4th to December 6th for Hoch Auditorium With best wishes. Sincerely yours, =p it D. Me. Swarthout DMS :AF Dean _ on? THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS LAWRENCE OFFICE OF THE DEAN s March 30, 1939 Dre Fe C. Allen Athletic Dept. Robinson Gymnasium My dear Dr. Allen: The dates for the 1939-1940 Concert Series run as follows; Nove 6 = Marcel Dupre, French organist Nov. 20 = Eva Jessye Negro Choir Dec. 4 = Zino Francescatti, Violinist Febe 19 = Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra | (Afternoon & Evening concerts. This— March 4th - Walter Gieseking, Pianist April 29 - Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone April 30 = Young American Artist Program, yet to be announced. The annual Christmas Vespers will occur this year on Sunday, December 10th. We shall appreciate having from Wednesday, December 6th on to build the stage, construct scenery and rehearse the many people concerned in this project. | With best wishes, Sincerely yours, ~~ OA “4 a De Me Swarthout DMS :EE Dean fides fy Hid: < gt Sa ek a3 ee say a. : sipise itt : H Aik Re aay 3403 ad ii HE , a HE ae all, In i a Bic. id ai mei THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS LAWRENCE OFFICE OF THE DEAN February 8, 1939 Mr. Forrest C. Allen - Director of Physical Education Robinson Gym My dear “Phog*: This acknowledges your letter of February 3rd which reached me in the midst of enrollment activities and which I have been unable to answer until right now. I believe, after my sojourn here for some fifteen and more years, you know me fairly well and I believe also that you know that I will stretch our schedules and procedures over here almost to the breaking point if we can help you out with your own problems there and not jeopardize at least minimum standards in our courses of regular university work - carrying university credit. Any sort of a compromise such as we both are having to consider in the use of the University Auditorium will always have its points of possible friction, and I presume can never be worked out to the complete satisfaction of everyone interested. You will recall when arrangements for a division of time was worked out by yourself, myself and the Chancellor's office that you asked only for the afternoon of the day previous to a home game for your boys to practice in the hall. This was arranged. A later request that we allow you every afternoon from 3:30 on,excepting when the hall was used by the larger groups such as orchestras and bands, was also allowed. May I say that all of this means con- siderable adjusting and at times inconvenience to our teachers using the hall, but in it they have shown a fine willingness to help your work in any way they can. Lessons demanding concentration and attention have been given numerous times to the distracting accompaniment of the erection of bleachers and setting up of basket ball equipment. The Band Clinic, a required class for all public school music students and enrolling from forty to fifty students, has given way on its regular rehearsal time on Monday at 3:30 to try and meet ona “catch as catch can™ plan, meeting sometimes in Marvin Hall, again in the Union Building ball-room, and this past semester have had to miss two or three most important drills where conflicts came up with these other halls. We have gone over the organ schedule with Professor Anderson and because of the fact two students with organ majors finished their courses at the end of this first semester he is again willing to make an adjustment by taking one of his most advanced students, a Topeka organist, to the small practice organ in the Ad. Building, so he can open the afternoon somewhat for you for the next three weeks or so - to the close of your basket ball season. This is because Mr. Lynch of Topeka is willing to take a lesson there, which I feel is a real concession on his part as he is entirely deprived of any instruction in advanced organ regis- tration, owing to the small number of organ stops on the practice organe THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS LAWRENCE OFFICE OF THE DEAN February 8, 1939 Mr. Allen - 2 The Orchestra of seventy players must of necessity continue its regular weekly meeting there at 3:30 to 5:00 pem. on Tuesday, and the Orchestra Clinic of fifty to sixty players will have to meet there on Wednesday from 3:30 to 4:30, but we can vacate the auditorium during the next three weeks leaving it open for you as follows: Monday = from 2:30 poem. Tuesday - from 5:00 p.m. Wednesday - from 4:30 p.m. Thursday = from 2:50 pem. Friday - from 2:50 pem. Saturday - from 12:00 noon. This is a matter that we shall have to work out with you each successive season as it must depend on how heavy a load the organ department is called upon to bear. Students doing their practice on the great organ pay an extra high fee and are quite upset, we find, when they are not consulted on any change in plans that affect them. You may continue to be assured that we are ready to do what we can to help you out during the basket ball season in this rather perplexing problem. You are fully aware, I know, that we ourselves are having some major problems on the satisfactory placement of regularly prescribed work of the School of Fine Arts, as we deal with it all. I shall keep you informed regularly as in the past of the dates of our concert engagements. Although we plan but one concert of the Kansas City Philharmonic on the regular concert course, every year since the orchestra started coming here we have arranged for the matinee concert on the same day for the children of Lawrence and this vicinity. With best wishes. Sincerely yours, Gao be are DD. M. Swarthout DMS :AF Dean vobmussy Sy 19396 thy 3 ot fy i i tis t bead ln i re it tit Hf it | i 4 Hl ity fale nioanbe Wie amt Fi i ja 2 et iif! ue j uit iF + at ai! siti i i ie Hi Mt il Ha i ij iy | if ait gk He "yi sit! | Wa 3 rt | Fe iH 4 3 ages afi i Heine Hit Hal il i do not 9 win math to for ¢ tah move Coaghs + apo nd oar o> aes court, © ts that for Direetor of Varsity ag i Ay i ie A > dss May 28, 1938. ’ 4 is made up each year at the time of the Big Six neet in Lincoln, Nebraska, on the third Friday and Saturday of Maye We, of course, camot make up our schedule ahead of that times | Next year it is possible that the conference schadule will be made up at the December meeting in | We are very glad that there are no conflicts in our two progrems for next years With every good wish, I an Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, f Varsity Basketball Coachs . OFFICE OF THE DEAN THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS LAWRENCE May 27, 1938 Dr. Forrest C. Allen Dept. of Physical Education My dear Dr. Allen: The dates contracted for next season for the University Concert Series run as follows: November 14, a recital by Guila Bustabo, December 1, The Don Cossack Concert, January 16, Gladys Swarthout in reoital. February 13, The Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra. March 21, Joseph Hofman, pianist, Music Week will begin on April 23rd next year, running through the week. There will be one Ballet or other attraction scheduled somewhere in these winter months, probably early November, of which I will advise you just as soon as final arrangements are made. I trust everything is coming on well with the arrange- ment of the basketball schedule which we should appreciate having at your earliest convenience. With best wishes, Sincerely yours, _—=s_—>—— ae _ “On : ~ ~3—> i wea op De. Me Swarthout DMS :EE Dean