: ‘ a. gif it zg ir Hie inn : rhe ie aa) Gab aa Et san EH . gee star ty e. ao BS op sie THA i! rif sLetati® sae pa ty ial i ibs ya] ai Gh tail iH 4 wae ae | it ities i ue pe Hal ep i aie ds f2 tre gfe : i j ip, ih a ui aie li Hy i pes cal Hibyes “ay EE shit He then he mentioned, “fourthly, keen athletios and clean sportsmanshi pe" Ne quoted fran Williem Allen White's book, "A Puritan in Babylon", he seid, "lo onc lmows just what education is", and then quoting President Coolidge's definition of education, he said, "Edueation is, after all, the process by which the individual creates his ow universe and detere mines the dimensions." a the very thing that you receive fran professors is inspiration and knowledge and it is well to achieve intellectwal superiority. And any coach who exphasizes the undue value of athleties is not giving the boy the right perspectives Team morale is had when the boy shows as much energy in his work toward obtaining e profession as he puts into athletics when he endeavors to learn fundamentals and win a ball games . , Lots of good luck to you, liax, wherever you go, and may you rest assured that if we should be fortunate enough to have you choose the University of Kansas we will be very happy. | "th al] good wishes, i an Vexy sincerely yours, \ Directoy of Physical ducati on end Recreation, a Varsity Baslketbell Coach,e : Portis, Kansas Apbil 15, 1340 Dr. Forrest C. Allen Director of Physical Educ ation Lawrence, Kansas Dear Dr. Allen: I have your letter of April 10th asking that I come to Lawrence for the Relays next week end. I had intended writing you anyway and so I will cover éverything in one fetter. I want to especially thank you for the ticket for your game with Indiana in Kansas City. We surely enjoyed it and I hardly know how I can repay you for the courtesy. I had hoped K.U. would win but I guess fate was against you that night. Indiana is good but I think your boys would have played a much closer game and possibly have won on any other night, As to the Relays. I had hoped during the year to attend them and see some of the fine oreformers. However, our Portis track team is entered:in a meet out in this section April. 20, and since we have been entered for some time, it. will be just about impossible for me to get away. I am interested in track and want to qualify for the state meet. if I can. I participate in the shot, discus: and javelin. The past basketball season was a great one I thought, and I enjoyed it from all angles. I saw your.team play the games at Topeka and » LKHat- ast one, I. want to thank you for the tagibation to the Relays and wish that I could attend but feel sure it will be imvossible. With kindest regards, I am, Very sincerely Max Kissell “May 1, 19406 Mrre Je Eo Kissell, Portis, Kansase Dear Mre Kissells ) I have just written Max a letter and I did not want to impress upon him the fact that we are endeavoring to proselyte hin ee ee ee selection of a schodle I do want you to Imow this, Mr. Kissell, thet we would be glad » wink Se kere ar lore cack ce SU glad to give hin a job that will help him in his quest for en edusa- San 7 en ee ee Viax is a fino boy and will mke a fine basketball player, school can him, and not for what he can give the school. A many years have to elapse before a boy or a graduate can give back to the school the debt that he owes that school. When I see great and the general lay members of society do create a false prenise that athletics are more important then the academic idea and education received in college halis. I say then I can see how these prejudiced, pang re maga gn vole thahen pepe entamgstieien. once en gy in the curriculum, and I find myself semetimes agreeing in part, not in whole, with their attitudes : <2- % he should be, even the worlde I have in mind =~ that were "busts" when they got thought that the whole world would continue just because they had physical excellence on the Waldo Bownan over at the 3 Beebe eusdegas 28 et ia th befiss slyly des biiggeha ist Reabeggity a | sgeiteatHigsibnes's a Hr td #sbai8 gSgeangiey Hi: afta, Fete Eada Gg Elg sg! Buia @ i380 Be Bo as : ab bghsised ze yell ios aswel ey bia geedae eels lide, ; afi ; Laan tH i is BESS epee ap “os esgas cag . ena, Sebthyde ieee £3 Had ie . i, S328! nat is 1243s ia iat Hees a °$22 s age HGR FTES s Fea a as 6a z FE oF sgegegi i Zi Agad tend weet d moor a zeppelin to the Enpire State.. Al Smith mde a statement when he took over the Building that in his wri Bowmen, statement in his Mmge= and showed why that was an untruth, Smith ealled Bowman up end told him that he no right to make statements such as his statements were founded upon truth » Challenged the fallacy of such a they coul tings ineering News Record, Bowmen told Smith that thate and accuracy and engineering acumen, and he defied Smith to show hin otherwise. Smith said, “Well, you should have at least called me up before you made that statenent. ¢ ! ‘are not in thehmbit of calling people ups We are in t eae oe vesti gating matters and reporting our findings for the benefit public and our patrons." | And then I think of Paul Mndacott, who was captain of this - : 1925 team, now executive vice president of the Phillips Petrolew Companys of Tusten Ackerman, who has one of the finest jobs with the ‘Equitable Life of New Yorkg of John Bunn, Dean of Men at Stanford Universitys of "Dutch" Lonborg, at Northwestern; "Frosty" Cox, Glenn Cumninghem, and a great group of athletic men who have a fine physical body = but more than that, they had intelligence and they directed that intelligence along lines that kept then modest while they possessed _ an assurence that they wanted to be scnebody. | «Tt 4g Bo easy to let the athletic virus so tale hold of a fellow that he is thinking about being a world chempion in athleties and not being a world champion in other lines of endeaver that are I would like to work with Max and see Max out along with the leaders not only in basketball and track, but in the great game of life for which he is so well endowede Please give Mrse Kissell my ‘dindest regards. It ms a great pleasure to visit with hers 3 ‘ linge Allen left Seturday morning for Louisville to visit our daughter and her three children, then she and Director of Physical Education end Recreation, FCA sAH : Varsity Basketball Coaches Portis, Kansas, April the I3th, Nineteen Hundred Forty. Dr, Ys Gi Allen, Lawrence, Kansase Dear Die Ac? I do not want to pile up letters onto you and take your time since I know ¥ou are’about the No. One busy man, but thot I should write you a little. First, when I paid my telegraph for last month I noted the wire you sent me had been paid there. This I felt, should not have been as it was on me and you had done more than I could hardly expect in get= ting the oress seats and also the other fine seats.’ Our party had a fine trip and we of course enjoyed the game sreatly. I am attaching a one-bill to take care of the wire and I assume that Will be enought to do it, And thanks again for all of us) It is warm to hot here today and’almost too much so to talk basketball but must play that game over a little, I thot it was a case of Indiana being at their very best or top and Kansas perhaps off form some after the strenuous games of the weeks pr eceding. Of course, I’do think that Ind, had a fine club, The game was hard for me to figure. I thot Miller was not up to par the first half and figured he would come back the last half to lead a good rally, but when he fouled out » L practically lost hope e For a brief time in the last half I thot Kansas might beat back but those Hoosiers were hitting too many unconscious shot. I doubt that they could ever hit so many in another game. Be that as it may your team surely made a grand record this year and i talked to many, many people at KC and other places who were liberal in their praise for you and the part you had in outting the event over, I was glad too, and know you must have been mighty proud that Bob es did so well in the KC games and was named on the ALL team, “e deserved it, tho I saw only that last game at KC. Thot the Ku band was fine and also that Naismith memorial and the whole Set=uUDe : ' We came home that night and got here in time for nap, breakfast, and then church and Sunday School, Fine weather here but need rain and don't know what crops will do. Considerable doubt as to the wheat outlook and only regular rain will save or make it, Max is out for track now and in two meets has placed in all of the three events in each meet he has tried and at ohe,of them won three firsts. He is in shot, discus and javelin. He is not outstanding in any of them but very good in all of khem. He throws dise 130 to I35 ft. Shot 40 ft. and Jave. about 140, He would be a good hi school decathlon if such a thing were run off. By the way, is there any vart of the track work that would hurt his basketball playing in any way, that is any particular muscles or general agility. ; : Must close and get this on the car train, : Kindest regards to all and thanks again for the past favors, par= ticulakky the tickets at Ke. Most sincerely, i * estat of of : eee the edi university college either in Company, of “aldo not @ local whan 5 Sedo of ed ‘pea Retroleun tate and it is not « @nd of the state. It is a ayes es ‘ : t si HY tte a i a ue ae Hi 7 Bhd § if nla es i Gira em) py 4 i | By eilliaey! yo} : a 7 spb ea’ datas & “t i a ) Hate I li ut aby i bal Dg a a aad a gt Portis, Kansas, May. the Third, Nineteen Forty. DR. F. CGC. ALLEN LAWRENCE == KANSAS, .Dear FC, Sir and Friend: I received your fine and very welcome letter today, and was glad you could spare the time to write me so much of interest. I'll say « at once, Allen, that it was differeq% than many of the letters I get, that is in reference to college and Max. : I just happen to have time to get this on the mail and thot would answer to advise you about the’stop you mentioned on Hill City trip. If you happen thru here, it will be perfectly agreeable for you to stop but at present I expect to be gone that day (15th Inst I think you sfad) and believe the hi school has their river dinner. Since we have talked to you I do not know that there is much more to say just now, The thing stands like this. Max has not decided what he will take and I have not decided what I think he should take, hence we are at a standstill till I get some more "dope" from some places. > Of course, I guess there is plenty for him to pick from at KU, at least all most any school of the state or mifidle West could offer. However, if you happen thru it might be that some of us would be here and would be glad to talk with you a while. I may be in Hill City that day but not that night. I assume your address is at night. There is a lot (seems to me a terrible lot) of pressure heing brot on Max and myself for Max to go to KState and we get letters fre- quently and men are here to see Max and last evening two men were here for quite a while. I judge our coach, A KStater, has made a semie promise that he would steer Max there. I see various accounts in pa- pers all arourd as to where ilax and other boys will go, but I do not know where they get the news. Largely guess-work I believe. I see some papers have a gréup of supposed=-to-be good hi boys lined tp to go somewhere together but they do not seem to know where. I have some letters as to “ax from some persons I do not know and they seem to be wanting to find out if he would promise to go to some school if he were assured that several other good boys would be there to thus somewhat assure that school of a good team in year or two. I was careful in answer ing such letters and may have at least a little fun out of it. I am writing Gerald Tucker today as his name was mentioned and I may get something from him in person which would be only confidential correspond- ence. Has he ever indicated, that you know of, that he would attend KU? About train time and must close. I thot I read a good deal between the lines in your letter, Max said he had letter too from you and he said, "Doc Allen sure writes and talks differently thah some of them do." Just the other day a coach was here and offered Max everything under the sun to go there, that is full expense for four years, trips t% ui Mad. Sq. Garden, Canada and I guess maybe to Mars and Jupiter trying to let. Max fircure things out for himself some and you can make a good player out of a fence pos PERG him he could not depend too much on the coach; that he would have idkeup the ball himself occasionally. More later when time permits Sincerely, I wish thet you would have Max £111 out the enclosed application — blank and also send in a copy of his official transcript of record, which has to go from one registrar to another. I would like to have the above informtion sent as soon as possible as the time is drawing nearer to registration, which takes place © on the 16th of August tothe 20th of Auguste at (Signed) GEORGE A, BARSI het at i i i wl, ian I oo i r sis ai aa :! tag uy j Hilt iis aE sib ft pie 7 ills i ‘ Hil eth Hi At fie Ht fi iF fl by iH liit apt Hig sf oe i ni 1 “85 inns vid come i their and Recreation, ie: q% aes coy i is 4 3 fu i: A 8g) ; #4 ak il et a i halls itn iggy Gill abe pails L vile fisae stideds cS : a + | Bee pala | " © prtgne’ bags - $2 he agai it bie Egtaxip Hii 8 i i, I _ eoopere: to sce that he the Uni you it and T go % and the : hava : a ‘With all good wishes, I an ii rafts i ae ia’ i. jiatal f a2 anna aay rey? Mat ii . ag Teall FCAsAH — PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY ) J.E.KISSELL, EDITOR, OWNER AND PUBLISHER THE Portis INDEPENDENT x” PORTIS, OSBORN Co., KANSAS \ ‘June The Twenty-Ninth, ed are cree Hundred Fortye y m4 Dr Ba Gs ‘gnaen,. Lawrence 5 Kansas. : Ses a ee Dear Dr. Allen:. ; , When we last saw you there week azn. a? told you ir might get hold of something in regard to Serald Tucker and whether he considers KU at alle S@ far I have not been a »to do it, as he has been away from home some , . but I think that I may get something soon; that is whether, or not, he will’ consider the University. ard cet anything of interest, I WiLL seb’ din touch with yous ’:: I have heard, indirectly, that Tucker will go to Oklahoma U. but that he is as’ ‘yet. not Tt decided. By | the way, I have detter, from Bruce Drake about Maxe | “e had heard we ~ a mi chat be interested: in Petroleum Engineering and so wrote. His letter, tho, isi'very nice and not at all out- of=place and he wants Max to | come down and see him., He said in letter. he had assumed Max would — el stay in Kansag,,¢hat he would be wklcome at OU. ~ , Before I forget, I wanted to say a word adout ‘gome boys that you might be interested ing At least I: promised them/or’some of their folks that I would.. Don Dougherty, who -has. been .at Washburn ‘two years, is I hear transferring” to KU. “e has a year of eligibility © and is a nice ball players r do” ‘Hovchnow what: happened. at Washburn. Then a friend of miné, Wint ‘Smith of Topeka, askcd me to) mention his nephew, Max Smith, of Randall who likely wants to.go:to KU but needs help. He is a good basketball player and MaxXand he have played against each other the past two years, Both made the aoe ae team at Concordia. Smith is a jean, lanky boy and ef good character. | Anether boy from game territory is Ernest Nelson. of. Kackleys te, is a corking scorer J and wo-hand shot something like John: Cooper of* Missouri used to be. 4 “e scored heavily last season. Ni¢e boy but I ‘think has no money at 7 f Biba kisi inti lM sd jaw i cuacmiscst alls also good student and fine on track anda’ T ‘believe now has the state pole vault “record and he runs the half mile not,too slows Now these | boys may lack stamina to ‘stay with it but I: mention them because I had a promised.to do SO» a en ve any ed ‘ a | I wish you would tell. .me this, Allen. About | what can echo such ae as Max or any other, realize there from ‘his labers in the course of oo a year if he makes grades and is good enough to help the team he is on? That may be a direct question, but it is one that confronts me as I must be making some definite plans for Max before long. I told you about some of the."big" offers. liax had from some Kansas coaches and Iwas going to write you about one or two from out of stat but will instead send the enclosed letter which you can look over. WN I do not “take for geented" all those rch Anke some of them are ol I am sure, provided Max makes grades and is’a gentleman and can help the team. Santa Clara had a man here to sce Max play and there i a sportsman who offers to take care of his expense. But he will n take it, I am sure, since wil isa long ways off and besides is ¢ nee page. 3 a erin li het Ba et a Doc Allen---page two. .school largely. That‘might not make a lot of difference but since we are not of that faith, perhaps it would be better for him to not go there, A man named Martin will be thru here in July and will want Max to go back West with him to look the school over. Bo doubt you know Barsi and of Santa C. they are going out strong after athletes and they tell me will have one of the nation's best football teams this coming fall, and are lining up a-fine basketball outfob for the next séveral years. They claim, £00, that last year they were practically as good as Southerm Cale wm ‘ Max has-a number of offers like that, some of which we do not con- sider at all, but some are I thinkjsound. One real good school makes just the same offer but he would be required to work as much as he could to apply on the favors granted. I do not know what to think, Allen, about a Boy (or any student) working too much whale in school. Not that I am opposed to work or e not that lax would not work, but it costs so much to go and there are 4 so many things there that a student could (and should) take in, that I. can't make myself believe that I ought to have Mam working a lot ata small wage when the time could be spent in a way that would produce | a bigger dividend, I would feel that the time might be spent in hearing : lectures and programs, some music or choir work, dramatics (Max likes that) @nd doing some church work. I think you understand me on that. I feel ny it would be better to arrange some way for what money the boy would’ carn = and let him be free to get all he could out of the life at the U. That of course, depends upon the boy, as if he loafed it away, he had, better be working. And I also think that some work or responsibilityfs a good thing for the student. Sbieat eee eae tut eats Fe a That is the reason I oe about what a boy would be able to make in working there, and what time he would need to spend daily, and if it would tie him up so that he would miss some good activities? such s information as you might offwr will be appreciated. es We all enjoyed a lot our visit with you the other day and was sorry that we perhaps kept you away from business longer thanwe should have. I think Max has some doubts relative to fraternities and he was going to mention that to you, but other things came up and he did not, I guess a dozen different fellows have told him that many things pro and con relative to fraternities, You mentioned writing to me the other day, but I failed to note the letter when I got home, I mention it only because you may have said something that I should know. If not, perhaps ou® takk covereds the field anyway. Sa | The newspaper man I went to see there, reduced his price two thou- sand dollars that day but it does not look very good to me because it is a democratic paper and I am not a democrat. I may call on him again, very, very dry here and we’need rain terribly bad. Some good wheat bWt acreage small, Gardens, potatoes and other stuff is gone due to lack of moisture. Our Solomon river here is dry right now and this is only June. Kindest regards to you and your people. Did Bob get the erass mowed alright? Tell him if he wants to go to KState, __ 2 Oy secs trys to get him in and maybe? he could make the basket theres po (Barsi letter is confiden=__ ‘Sincerely, i e2 5 please return i Gee May 1, 1940. Mre Je Ee Kissell, Portis, KANSAS» Dear Mr. Kissell: I have just written Mex a letter and I did not want to a ee ee ee aie te ; a or that we are trying to make any undue advanced toward him in his selection of a schoole However, I do want you to lmow this, Mre | Kissell, that we would be glad to have Max here and we would be . glad to-give him a job tiat will help him in his quest for an educa« Sams TGS et when I wes in Cobay eet falls ci aia Max is a fine boy and will make a fine basketball player, but there is a lot of difference between high sehool basketball and conch who grands erent dai of hie ‘nm dowoloping the funanentale in a boy will see his team get better as the season progresses. The coach who endeavors to attract the outstanding star players to his — school and who does not spend the very necessary time developing Santana did Gis aeeete ditimia ‘Ox’ 1s Uk ietheney oman aon se tees ee ee tare Os og in their own firmament. ig pits soe aaa a EI SES ots ot i Sonne AS sR Aaa MN as one aoe Pata pal aloe SE oat tare a il eee ot nett ee but I do not want it to appear that I am putting an emphasis on ath<— | leticse ‘The boy should choose his school for the great value that the i: school can give hin, and not for what he can giv the school. A good — i many years have to elapse before a boy or a gradi te can give back to — the school the debt that he owes the school. When I see creat 2 scientists here at the University who have worked for a small salary i very patiently through the years, then i draw a comparfrson between - this great scientists who has given so much to humanity throu:h his labors, and the boy who feels that he is going to give the school a i big break should he enroll at the Universitye ‘Then I can see why so iA many of the faculty members are so dead set and prejudiced against Pi tbises athletics. I do not say that all buys have that idea, but coaches and the general ay members of society do create a false premise : that athletics are more important than the academic idea and education — received in college halls. I say then I can see how these prejudiced, stay arvoraliid ENG wnecs os ceome Gut liiteaes cf chee 46 Fe ican Cae een ee Peer: e in whole, with their attitude, i You and I both imow that the boy has got to have more than mere athletic ability to be the hero that he should be, though he is one of the greatest athletes in the worlds I have in mind now so many stars =< college athletes ~ that were “busts" when they got out of school because they thought that the whole world would continue to cheer for them just because they had physienl excellence on the athletic arente Chi ether wight 1 bad diemer with Meide Bown over at Vis. em home of Professor W. Se Johnson, head of the English De artment here | at the University. ‘eldo Bowman was a little, frail slip of a chap here from Linwood, a little towm about 15 miles from Lawrence. lle was not a good basketball player, but he had a wonderful brains In his first year he did not make the team and barely made the squade _ During one of my summer coaching schools here he came up to me, very impatient, and said, “Just what is the matter with me anyhow?" I os didn't tell him that he had a very fragile physique, but what I did is” say was, “Yell, Waldo, about everything. You will bounce the ball to aoe ‘the floor when it is not necessary. ‘You pivot when it is wmecessary, and generally you pivot into your man without looking when you should always pivot to the sideline, because the guard plays between you and the basket, and if you would pivot toward the sideline you would always» have possession of the ball. Then if you were careful enough to look — before you bounced the ball or passed it you would be in position to make a good passe You arejittery, jumpy, you do not have control of _ the faculties that will either mike you a player or a poor one." And then I showed him some other things, and all - me with his intense eagerness. FOS OF WE Merion tint he ws rene ful of the things that I was saying to a babe and ; eeey day after tha ist ~ * . ein sie DY . ok lk cl ai lle aa eas i Sha AA el a ae idan lids ‘sisal at d i E : § Soe ksh kn ate ateey to le tee pees es ever=victorious team of 1923. He went in as a substitute in one of the S| most crucial games in a series at Columbia, Missouri, and it was his sparkling and intelligent play in that game that turned the tide to victory. ‘The nost the boy ever weighed in college ws 127 pounds. Tie ; The other night I eat in bis presence and I we thrilled at a1 his leadership and intelligence. At present he is editor of the ba 4 Engineering News Record of New York Citys edly tig engineering prejeek. in the United States comes under his scrutiny for write-up and criticisms — i guenalal Attias Intern mas cic e cab of ae maeetns he graduated from this Universitye He is now on a tour of the United — States, calling on the big engineers of the coumtry, and I say b ee engineerse His word carries much weight in councils of ° ‘eo Al Smith made a 0 stetonent wheel Same over the Empire State ae Building that they could ra os to the Empire Statee Bowman, eae in his writings, challenged the Macaig ge uch a statement in his Eng= | ineering News Record, and s howed why that was an untruth. Smith called ‘Bowman up and told him that he had no right to make statements such as thate Bowaan told Smith that his statements were founded upon truth i a ll A ato hia Srp Lake i ‘ 2.4 era 4 Pasa ee aa : Seid sii i abi ole ee aad | “AC d @ ee! i Seneitiny sd te Ned fake 40 chow bin, ee otherwise, Smith oid, “Well, you should have at least called me up eee before you made that statement.” Bowman said, “In our business we an, are not in the habit of calling people ups We are in the habit of ine ts aa ee ee rp public and our patrons." ; tee “And then I think of Paul Mndacott, who ws captain of this peligaa 1923 team, now executive vice president of the Phillips Petrolem = opaeiie Gan Geer hoe ean, Te ee Equitable Life of New York; of John Bumn, Dean of Men at Stanford University; of "Duteh" Lonborg, at ster; "Frosty" Cox, Glenn Cunningham, and a Yee Hl Tae aug asashay! it it Pay ap nite Hi rai i ab cH i by Bashi 333 i ij iitadlid if He oir moe hae master's ‘aaeren tn p vas le ieee é ae coma tes whyatetanen 4 ander wepar | - wing to present all of our da spa Sf there is any finde — a ie rie wim oe i We Director of Health and Physical Education University of Buffele Buffale, New York Dear Dre Hoanoe ? ‘pia ahicisiiiiiiaidh siete abated bliin, eunitian eendidin th Basketball" were delivered to me last spring by Mre Floyd As Rowe, Chairmen of the National Basketball Rules Committee, Cleveland, Ohiog together with —— issue of the "Journal of School Health." ‘ F este Wire Win; ne 62 Silky BE, Weattng Mink T ercid withs yan Inter: eee, cn den Gun er a ee re Le ee te tive work after returning from my vacation has been ex= eae wy and it has prevented me from writing sooner. However, since : this is the beginning of the tesketball season, doubtless this communication regard= ee er eee may I wind thes irs delta Remy ot poedenh Venn Gt’ ten 40 Otesterd University, pleyed on my Varsity team back in 1919-20, later he was my assistant coach efter which he went to Stanford University as Director of Basketballs Persomally, I have very definitely opposed the elimination of the center juap, but as a member of the Rules Body I have always believed in the denocratie way of doing things, that of registering a protest, but if you are out=voted to go along in good faith with the majority. I believe it would be a very difficult thing to restore the center jump in basketball, Several years have passed now with the elimination of the jump and it would of necessity require a on cone eens Se ey Setteredy . 1 qualities Uinnistthy hageanth She Walbddinds oo tedieuibis nc Wide the pause that it took for the official to put the ball in play) again gave the spectators a mental breathing spell as well as the somewhat exhausted pleyerse I thought it was-a good thing for the game to have this leteup,from all angles con- . ' I view the game as a shuttle~game as it is now played, entailing playing time, because the rules, as they were played fornerly, did not provide for a wee ee eee ee cerned. Bae Le f g i BE. Hite ge Bees i 2H i ee Drs Keene Page Two | Decs 7, 1940 -_ Our Chancellor of the University as well as a great number of business men and some professors told me that they cannot stand the emotional presenteday strain of a tasketball geome. They love the game but they find themselves in such us state after a of this sort that they resolve to stay away from the next one to guard their healthe Certainly if this is true to spectators it is bound heve many fatiguing qualities on the players and I am in very hearty accord with your criticism, especially when we consider the intermediate, the junior high school re However, I am not so sure that the restoration of the center jump would Gliminate 411 the troubles, when we endeavor to put our fingers on the cause of the physical breakdown in youths : era : oe I am sending you a sopy of some work done by one of our Physical Bdueation students the past year, Ernst A. Uhrlaub, who wes captain of the bas : - 3921, He bas had many years of experience in teaching and coaching in the Kansas _ High Schools and last year returned to the University to take his Physical Education. ‘This study of his, which is being sent under separate cover, largely refutes the charge that physicians complain of, but on the other hand, we have eminent medical authorities who are emphasizing the possible injury to the youngsters Of our nations | 3 | I agree with that it is high time that we intelligently cooperate with each other, and that all of us willingly present our data for serious study, I am | very glad to cooperate fully in endeavoring to find anything in our game thet is detrimental to the health of our yomgsters, and so far es I em concerned, I for one would be glad to hasten to recognize such an emergency and change the rules to the ' point that there could be no criticisms Our games should be health builders not | While T am not @ menber of the High School Basketball Rules Committee, 1 do See a much greater danger to the growing youth in the high sehool game than occurs to & more mature individual ina collegiate gamts ae a ) __ There has been a great desire toward mification of rules in our Joint Basketball Rules Committee. This Joint Committee comprises the National Collegiate Athletic Association, National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations, Young Men's Christian Association, Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union and the could not be followed with certain modifications for the high school youngsters who x need @1] their vitality to mature their bodies, = _. £ em of the opinion that junior high school youngsters should not have inter scholastic competition. The intramural games, it seems to me, are sufficient to stimulate the best in them in the way of body building and im the wy. of self-denial : without the strain of outeof-tom trips and interscholastie competition. The emotional strain is too severe on the growing boye Personally, I am in favor of @ limitation in the number of games that the youth of our high schools should play in any one year. | Assuring you of my interest and of my full cooperation and thanking you for oe ‘Very cordially yoursy ‘Director ef Physical Edueetion and Recreation FOAslg Varsity Basketball Coach OC, 7 Lend Cowe- : ee CLEVELAND BOARD OF EDUCATION June 29, 1940 fo: MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL COMMITTEE Gentlemen: Under other cover I am mailing you two exhibits. One is a copy of fhe Journal of School Health, Vol. X, No. 5, May 1940, directing your attention to the editorial beginning at the bottom of Page 165, Following the reading of this editorial I wrote to Dr. Keene and, after some correspondence, received from him a copy of the paper which he delivered in regard to the subject of the editorial. This paper constitutes the second exhibit sent you. At your convenience, will you kindly take the time to read both the editorial and Dr. Keene's paper. While they represent the thinking of one man only, still this one man, Charles H. Keene, M.D., is, I believe, qualified and fair-minded. Were it not for these reasons, I would not be taking up your time by asking you to read this material. Prior to sending the material to you, I wrote to Dr. Keene and asked permission to send the material out, indicating that he might get ‘some correspondence from committee members in regard to it. Dr. Keene replied that this was all right with him, but from June 15 to September 1, he would be without stenographic assistance and, there- fore, could not answer any great. volume of eye. until after September ist, After you hete\ gone over this ubtertia, ttsn ih in one write to Dr. Keene, I should be glad to have you forward me a copy of your letter to hin, Oe OR et ee ee es the situation, og personal regards, and trusting you have a good summer season, am sisesesiy yours FLOYD A. ROWE Chai rman FAR McG THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS UNIVERSITY EXTENSION DIVISION DEPARTMENT OF EXTENSION TEACHING BUREAU OF CLASS INSTRUCTION BUREAU OF CORRESPONDENCE STUDY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE BUREAU OF GENERAL INFORMATION BUREAU OF SCHOOL SERVICE AND RESEARCH LAWRENCE LECTURE COURSE BUREAU BUREAU OF VISUAL INSTRUCTION July 18, 1940 Dr. F. C. Allen 105 Robinson Campus Dear "Doc": They say a good thing is worth waiting for but I think you have waited long enough for my appreciation of your cooperation in the golf tournament during Commencement week. You did a splendid job and I think it was well worth the effort. Cordially yours, i) Tyke GVK: mle Assistant Director duly 19, 1940. Summer Session Kansan, University of Kansas. Dear Bille You had a fine story on the Oklaham Ae & ile : tasketball games, but your facts were not correct. Zi Cidlahama As & Me beat us but once lest Director of Education end Recreation, PCAs Al Versi Coachs