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