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HOSPITAL 215 SOUTH ST.

DR. KENT R. DUDLEY

VETERINARIAN

fOLA, KANSAS

March 17, 1945

Forrest C. Allen, Director
Physical Education, Kansas University
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Doctor:

So glad to receive your very nice letter and may I at
this time thank you for your very courteous consideration of
my request? | oi

You will probably hear from Doctor Lenski relative to
the reason for our asking that Ruth Dudley be excused from
physical education. All her life Ruth has been mable to
Stand up to gymnastics and calisthenics. She has had low —
blood count and has had some thyroid trouble, however, at :
this particular time, her blood count seems to be up. We a
have had to get her excused from this type of exercise all
through high school, even although she had tried it three
different times. It seems that it brings about a state of
complete exhaustion, and this, of course, reacts quite severe.
ly on her nervous well being. This is easy to understand, since
as you know from your own professional knowledge, how easily ©
people are affected who have any tendency towards a thyroid
deficiency. : . | es

, As I stated in my other letter, she is getting about six
miles a day walking, and she seems to be getting about all th
she can stand up to. Last Thursday, she came home from the Hi
and called her Mother and she was crying just simply because
she was so exhausted. Now, you can readily understand thet if
this continues, we will be forced to take her out of school, ©
and that in its self, would be rather a tragedy. So, under tt
circumstances, I would be very appreciative of any consider ti
that you could give us. - 2 Lee

 

Again thanking you and with the kindest personal regards,

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