Mre HePe Johnson Ge Page 2 Dece 12, 1940

I have been pretty well acquainted with Kansas athleties because
my brother, Cole HeBe Allen, who is now Commandant of ReQeTsC. at Stanford
- University, was a tackel back here in the early 1900's. He played with Hicks,
Pooler, Brummge, Donald Jenkinson, Bruner, Michaelson, and so forth. I
entered the University of Kansas in 1905 and played all three sports; in fact,
I played with Tommy Johnson. I coached basketball here in 1908 and 1909
and we won the Missouri Valley Championship both yearse a

_. 1 assure you, Mrs Johnson, that no one is endeavoring to promote
basketball here at the University over footballe There is no competition between

_ the two. Personally, I very much desire an athlete who is a student who plays
on the football team to play basketball than I do one who does not play football.
Football has become so basketballized and basketball has become so footballized
that they are first cousins to each others Generally the agsressive, versatile
football player is a great basketball player, and vice versie

os > Yes, I am well acquainted with the traditions tack of the femous

Rock Chalk yelis I am sending you a brochure of the origin of the most famous
‘college yell in America. Years ago, when I was Director of Athletics, I had
these printed to keep alive this fine traditions ae

3 _ Myre Johnson, I want you to kmow that there is not a single member of
the basketbal] team receiving any subsidy whatsoever no soft jobs, no board,
room or tuition. The most that anyone of them ¢ for work is 35¢ an hour and
cat | are paid only when they work, But we -do,jine in very responsible positions:
Paul Endacott and Waldo Bowman of 1928 are two such peoplee Bndacott is Executive
Vice-President of the Phillips Petroleum Company, and Bowman is Editor of the
Engineering News Record of MeGraweliili and Company, New York Citys Charles Black,
who was Kansas greatest living athlete, is an executive of the Ohio Glass Company
of Toledoe Tuston Ackerman is one of the executives of the Equitable Life in

 Chicagos John Bunn of the 1920 team, is Dean of Men at Stanford University, and
was their basketball coach. He made three letters each in football, basketball
and baseball at the University of Kansase Arthur "Dutch" Lonborg is Varsity
Basketball Coach at Northwestern University and is assistant to Linn taldorf,
and so it goess I sould mention nearly 100 boys that have graduated under mde.
None of them have been fed subsidies and have been made to feel that because
they competed in athletics the world owes then a living. a.

I have six children of my own and four grandchildren, and none of them
were adopted, so you can see that I know something about raising children, and I
do not believe that you can take any athlete today and make as good a man out of
him as when he is foreed to work and pay for what he gets. | 3

3 - I am very glad that you are interested in Kansas football. In fact, I
learn that there is a Century Club organized here in Lawrence among the businesse

. men in and out of the State who desire to help with the fortunes of the Varsity
Football Teams This Century Club derives its name from the fact that each man

who wants to see Kansas have a better football team contributes $100.00. Mre
Armond Woestemeyer of the People's State Bank of Lewrence is their treasurer, I
understands I know that they would be very happy,if you feel like it, if you would