E os er i get ae ey ae ue ti $553 i : 122. il; LE ae Rea apbsde ah a isa, [sadl it i rabade gity gatd! ae 3a gable Ae pe ups AU ak pies sagity op EGE aay: 7 fe eat an el ah eh i; a Hf; a baba i ‘3 28 “agp : aig et: : ssl i; Ga : at a ghee te fy aM Af i ij it a ie tz tee eels : Tt whe peed to en sins thee ofthese week ut Ue Teton Station. ro ee With every good wish to you, and with kindest porsonal regards to your good fomily, I am g z sail 8 a 4 is) i a i ie | ult yl ba ly ‘ : Hi 4 sail i aE Ft 8 a cea lM a Hi i sea 8 i ayiael a3 ff PRs rns Aha -eeince_off Ake ADA FS. BE erin Lawrence, Kansas. July 25, 1938. Dre Fe C, Allen, Director of Athletics, Kansas University, Lawrence, Kansase Dear Sir: Confirming our conversation in your office, the Adult Educational Project will hold and Institute for some of its workers and supervisors in Lawrence, in the University Build- ings, from August 8th. to 27th. inclusive. We will have a larger number of workers here for this Institute, and we should like to furnish them with some rece reational activities while they are here. We are particular- ly interested in having access to such equipment in-doors for the hot afternoons and out-doors for early evening. This I believe, might consist of such as Shuffle Boards, Ping Pong, : In=door Tennis, Volley Ball etc., including the use of the 4 swimming pool, provided a life-guard can be provided by the 2 University, as we do not have a life-guard on our project. I 4 do not believe that this group in so short a period would be 4 particularly interested in highly skilled games such as Archery ‘ etce 4d I shall be glad to hear from you relative to what accom- a dations you can furnish us, and what expense if any, would be ae connected with this, in order that we my complete our plans as quickly and all inclusive as possible. Y i rrdo lee B, Jo Rs 1823 Bar Avenue.s : d Z i i ui ait f weleane to use the here or on the groundse you, you ere this the better plen? 3 s A : 5 Director of Physical Education, Varsity Basketball Coach lawrence, Kansas. July 28, 1938. Dre Forrest Ce Allen, Director of Physical Education, Varsity Basketball Coach, Kansas University, lawrence, Kansase My Dear Dre Alien: I have your letter of July 27the relative to the use of the gymmasium and equipment for the workers on Educational Pro- ject while they are attending the Insitute from August 27th. to 27the inclusive. $ Since talking with you refigetly in your office, I have been informed by the State Office of Topeka, that there is a lady in our group who is qualified as a Red Cross life guard. It is the thought of the State Office that if the group using the pool were @ small group, doubtless this lady could take care of this situa- tion for use And again, since we find that there is one qualified workers as a life guard, it is possible that another or a man and woman could handle this for use May I ask, should the State Office desire the University to furnish a life guard on what basis would the University be able to do this ? Also, on what basis could some of the more perishable equipment be obtained 7? I shali be glad to hear from you as early as is convenient for you in order that I my relay the informtion to the State Office for their final disposition. Yours very truly LE, rfrnen, Le Ee Jo 1823 Bar Awenuee July 7, 1938s bir Se Ellis Johnson, ee “iy doar Friend Joknscas | Aang with the ‘hones of other coed wishes fren your i og Acyl x pomotion to tw densi a Your | me your | : clm mater at Wisconsin. Tenet vega end eotkineed vine ia intinative | ing and character. You deserve every honor that hes come to you, end I, along with your other fric greatly adsire you 8 AE 1 oem ew eee se i pe aie Se ene mn i | : dg | : : | \ Director of Physics] Education, — PCAs A Versity Basketball Coachs UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING OFFICE OF THE DEAN July 11, 1938 Dr. Forrest ©. Allen Director of Physical Education University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Doctor Allen: It has always been a pleasure to me to receive word from you because I feel that in each letter there has been evidence of the fine sportsmanship and loyalty which I have always felt marked your personality. I value, indeed, your good wishes and only regret that I have not been able to see more of you. I shall look forward and hope that you may find it convenient to call upon me at Madison. With personal regards. Sincerely yours, FEJ : vwb : : gi3. 3 Sed, 83 $ % ef ta2 a ARs (as in Ses if TB fall ae atl Me ey aitdy dane fll it tay td Gdia faite saris ity Be a Paget deb ate tia cy ae ai ell Haat ets a ag nie fe a tea en i a. § Bess | : wa goa. 3 5383 is oe i a3 ial jill i i bh if Rae | a is i 7 bat ay 8 ot a ik en i The tall ts the shorter Site thee diy aatih wy & ak] tenes tant dates The ruleemakers have the trouble, because it is the ree You and I both lmow that it is the tall of positions the defensive side to pull the arms dowm of a Many coaches argue about the tall fellow that bats xr a low basket that is the real difficulty. llow still beats us wmder a low basket, because the basketball ball in the air. ce ie Gas vannt player to push him out yet gotten te the seat of under I still argue for a 12«foot bas By rais at suet tag eee fers at referee awards the player driving in wnder throws, ind the big, tall, husky fellows the smaller men around the basket. pteanl! figs - Rit cee He tits Hee i HF i: a ee jayty ih ula ee i Maal 3 ane intl Hue sits “qe ie fst Une u ait Thal lt: e There the floor, exactly would break rapidly back tiie techies The center play offered sane variation. i my defense for the fast break ball handlers. My contention played is entirely too mechanical and then a break dow I say the players first, because it is the health of the players that is foremost to be considered. Im another year I look to see the wise coach swing- » and on the defense a very slow set and tantalizing offense. Certainly if I an anvens I would play the slow set, screening game The game is for the players first, and for the sak iy Game ax spectators secondly. aes is a pag stapled fl itis ote Siw ‘surtioke cd ANd nessibiid ‘Sb years er 'eeak: end continuous college basketball. At the present time I be is now coashing collegiate basketball. lave geen & peek tea rules changes since 1900, since I have been pla: high school, ‘eollege end independent basketball, and have coached high school, pendent and college basketball. But in the SO years I have coached 30 years of college basketball. During that ee ee ne I played in a college game when the colleges could sit diab ta art | the ce bniswe, and then Stuy poms thes the colleges to dribb:; end changes have cone thiol and fasts : The rules makers have been saying to leave the rules alone, but just thie last your the yulea malore legislated into the game the most drastic change that has been made in yearse Ten years ago the rules committee legislated the dribble owt of basketball. _The dribble was so spectacular « it is akin to the broken field ‘@m in football « that I personally took a shot at the rules camuittee for doing it. Knute Roclme was lecturing at Des Moines before the National Education Association on the pedagogy of football, and I was lecturing at the Drake field house before the same body on ! This was before the organisation of the National Asndébaletini of Basketball Couchess I received 160 telegrams from coaches over the United States who were adverse to the elimination of the dribble. We, the coaches, met in Des Moines at the time of the Drake Relays in the latter part of April, and voiced our disapproval of the rules bodys' change. fone Sivenk Sa ud bx. Onhahgn at Une thus oF Sls Uecumie Ocliociate AshsUe Track meeting in Jume and form a coaches’ associations By i eee 7 tie diab. X whe elected Cree proniduns of Mer Nettinind Aneiieittin of tealaXehsi Conthons I was veeelected the second year. At no time have I ridden the hobby of trying to get through sano pet rulee I have considered in my estimate of the changes what would be good for the players and Aine wat voit bo we aggre wags cilia aacelaaai ad | : Use Se It is my opinion that he responsive than most any coach nany fine plays mechanical. Dre leismith is a man of fine temperament, fine ‘balance, and fine persomlity. It is imteresting to me to see how spectators at a hockey match ave satisfied with a score of 1 to 2, or 5 to 3, and yet they want scores up in the 50's, 60's, 70%s, 80's, or even 90's in basketball, as Stanford scored against Duquesne, much over I have a feeling that spectators will became — satiated and entirely too much fedeup on the ball being rolled through the basket. Apparently the defense has surrendered to the offense and now it locks like the trend is to fill the baskets continuously full of basketball. I still go back to the same statement thet I made at the begiming.s It makes very little difference to the team that ss Even with the center jump virtually eliminated for the 1938 season, ball pee still possess enough thrills to enthrall her tuliewrs. The advocates of t 4 tiem of the center jump contend that the game will be further speeded up, that ¢ TF i lll Aw eden to cena dita Wig 008 ed, with sleepers laying back surprise shots after goals by opponents, the fast break will be enhanced. They further that only © few toams ever possessed tall centers so that the game will now be more © i that scores will be higher; and that the center, who heretofore aid most of the jump: now reserve his strength for better team and floor plays Fouls will be decreased, they - the officials will be rid of much of that troublesome bugaboo of throwing the ball many additional thrills to the game. Drs dante Vadenktth, the erighebor Ot thee ipilly, attendance at a meeting of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, asked a gro which of the following situations gave then the greater thrill: (1) When the ball was 4 air about 2 ft. above the baskets; (2) when the ball went throughs — os the cylinder of the basket and you wondered, ‘Will it go through or not?'™ — fe “And so with the tip-off," says Dr. Naismith. “When the ball is tossed up at ¢ 2. there is the same intense interest and the seme parallel questi On the other hand, under the new rules, when a field goal or free throw is SC: a eee It will go to = the game, not at the center tip-off but rather under the oftenstve - et : ot, and that the elimination of the tip-off will have no bearing on the tall pla; a a ae Sue But the proponents of the center jump contend that the rule makers have placed a premiun on mediocrity rather than upon excellence. Now the team scored upon automatically secures possession of the ball out of bounds, whereas heretofore both teams had to fight for = possession at center after each goal end free throw. The weaker team will now have a. bettee s chance to hold the score dom, for with the ball in its possession it will have the option of either driving down rapidly or delaying the offensive to suit its play situations 4 As a result of this new ruling, scores should be higher, now necessarily on account 4 of faster play, but because 6 or 8 min. of action will be added to the actual playing times ‘ Previously, there were letups in action on the center tip-off plays. These additional : nimites of playing tine ‘a this already stremous gme my prove too great physical strain ox the heart and the kidmegs of the playerse Heretofore, the spectators had an opportumity to — : res for « fv snoie wie th bl me tng Drove bck to enter for the tmat after, an exciting field goal. Now, only strong hearts that can stand long-sustained excitement xk should venture out to the games. There will still be held balls during the game because research has show that, in games played with the tip-off in use, there were held-ball plays for every three tip-off q playss Im the future, the jumpers will be players of mequal heights, whereas the center jump invariably brought together the tallest men and the best jumpers of each teame 4 The proponents of the elimination of the center jump contend also that the team having the shorter center fought harder for the possession and control of the ball, and : thereby added fight to the whole team, while the team controlling the tip-off uswlly, be- 4 cause of a tall center, coumted too much on its height advantage and wmconsciously loafed on the jobs = "Just a lot more of out-of-boumds plays at the endline added to what you had before is the analysis of one coach. The defense will soon learn to drop back fast enough to a thwart any so-called quick break, And as for that rapid-fire offense allowing sleepers to 4 work against then, there still will be a premium on good ball handling end on all-eromd fundamentals. Any time that a sleeper, awaiting a pass from his teammates, tries to drop out of the defensive picture, he will discover to his sorrow that the added man on offense a aa ane staan Sor Se ent tates ee. ee ee ae es ive tatemie 0 sho teen possession of the ball as soon as the offense scorese The el: ation of the center jump has denied this old thriller to the crowds of the future. oie : two or three minutes remaining to be played, a team behind in the score would capture the ball after each tip-off end sometimes shoot two or three field goals to win and to send its” followers away hysterical. This cannot happen now, because possession automatically resides with the team scored upon, And, too, there is now a rules sinectuhan vhtela peieihie « tne: behind in the score fram fouling intentionally after a successful free throw, in order to gain possession of the ball. December 23 Dr. F. C. Allen, University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Dr. Allens Sad fe E ¥ 2 : fy 3 2 : £ i: : + é : : In February of this year, I asked your cooperation in a survey I was then making concerning the popularity of a move on foot to take the center jump out of basketball. At that time, you were kind enough to furnish me with much material which proved to be very valuable. Now, with the tip-off play legislated out of the rules, I'd like to have some additional comment from both you and Dr. Naismith, since you have now had an opportunity to observe the tip-less game in widespread use. From press reports, you still are against the type of basketball now being played. Might I ask if you think the rule--eliminating the jump--would be all right if applied only to colleges? There are many observers who believe that removal of the tip was a forward move in college ball, but that the tip-less game is toomuch, too hard, too fast for prep basketballers. I have also heard the criticism that Dr. Naismith is still “in "his peach-basket days." Mind you, that is not my opinion, hence I would like to have Dr. Naismith answer this charge of the opposition. Enclosed is a copy of an article written from the material I collected by Bernard Crandell, a United Press staff writef, which may prove to be of some interest to you. I would appreciate any comment you care to make about the article. Although trying to remain unbiased so as to make an honest approach to the various coaches’ opinions, I find myself disapproving of the super-speed of this year's games. Therefore, I will await your answer with considerable expectation, hoping that you or Dr. Naismith may have some more effective approach to getting this ruling stricken from the basketball rulebook. Yours 4 | George J. Johnson 345 North Walcott Indianapolis, Indiana P.S. I am making a new canvass of all those men whom I contacted last February in the hope of shedding more light on what seems to be the most difficult problem which basketball has faced in many years. It has been sAid that the fans like the present type of game much more and would leave the country's fieldhouses in droves should the center jump be re- introduced. What do you think about this? G. J. J. 3: —" - So oe ss ak fs oe ges é ts. LB January 4, 1938, Mire George J, Johnson, 545 North Walcott, Indianapolis, Indiana. Dear Mr. Johnson: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 23rd ultimo inquiring about my attitude regarding the elimination of the center jump. i am sending you an excerpt from my new book on basketball, “Better Basketball", which is just off the press of the McGraw-Hill Book Company, of New Yorks This was written last sumer concerning the probable effects of eliminating the center jump. You can see by this article that I have written that I still think basketball has enough thrills to enthrall her followers. 4nd so far as the argument which is brought out in your postscript is ag that the fens would leave the coumtry's fieldhouses in droves should the center jump | be re-introduced, I might say that last year was the biggest year that basketball ever had so far as spectator attendance was concerned, So, fran my angle of reasoning, I do not believe the postscript holds much logical argument. I would not want to be quoted on this statement because it might cause same re~ flection on the Pacific Coast games, but here is my analysis why the Pacific Coast has been so strong for the tipless game of basketball, Out West football is king, and just after the New Year's game out on the coast it is not surprising to see blazing banner streamers across the front pages of some of the sheets making a state= ment something like this: Only 270 more days until the next football game on the Golden Coasté It soumds like a bargain counter shoppers alluring ad. So the Golden Coast people, being so ensmored of football, put it up to the basketball group to hockeyize basket= ball to attract attention. By eliminating the center jump, they made it the scrambling, fire-wagon game, sans finesse and adroit playinge Outside of Mrs Luisetti and one or two other boys, the coast players admittedly are not up to the caliber of sections where the game has been played year in and year oute Sem Barry, of course, came from the Big Ten, and stimulated basketball on the coast. John Bum played his last year here wmder me in 1920, and was then my freshman coach and assistant coach until he went to Stenford mine years agoe Sam Barry is the only man on the coast that uses set playse John Bum, Nibs Price and the rest of the boys hurry the ball back end forthacross the court without any design on offense or defense. John Bum uses what he calls the freedom offense, and i think with Mr. Luisetti in the line-up he seems like he is generally free. So I have always said that the coast boys of necessity had to do what they did in jump to have the game attract attention. i am not criticizing their game in the end I do not want this published in this mamer because it : openly the j : B : ! p Sosmgtis ganas sone aaa eee neni si pa bia “20 The proponents of the new rule state that the new rule has increased the playing iat time 7 minutes, This is an impossibility beeause they have not increased the playing time one iota. The ball is dead when the ball goes through the hoop. And had the rule- mikers last year declared the ball dead after a field goal was made and tossed the ball up at center the game would be identically the same length this year as it would have been last year had that rule been adopted. As for speeding up the game, it may or may mot speed up the gamee It is merely owing © to how the opponents play the bell. If the side scored upon desires to take the five : seconds out of bounds before he throws the ball in he may also take 10 seconds in addition to the 5 before he crosses the dividion line. Im other words, it is possible to withhold the ball fron the offensive court fran 15 to 14 seconds after the goal is mades Another argusent, There has never been any effort made to try to equalize the junpe By the rotation jump it is possible to have the jumpers rotate the same as you would have the batting order in baseball. There is no difficulty experienced in the players lined up in their batting order in baseball. If you had a rotation of jumpers for the tap you would have just as little difficulty here as you would have in the batting order in baseball. In the Big Six here on every held ball on the court during play the ball is tossed up in ome of the three 6-focteradius circles, It is always tossed up in the circle that is nearest to the held ball when the official declares it, Many coaches argue about the tall fellow that bats the ball in the aire. You and I both know that it is the tall player under a low basket that is the real difficulty. The tall fellow still beats us umder a lowbasket, because the basketball rules do not permit the defensive side to pull the arms down of a tall player to push him out of positions The rule-makers have not yet gotten to the seat of the trouble, because it is the re~ bounds under the basket by a tall man that defeats the shorter mans | T still argue for a 12—foot basket which makes the beanpole player impossible of scoring under the baskete The referee awards the player driving in wider the basket two free throws, And the big, tall, husky fellows nudge with their hips the smaller men around the basket. By raising the basket to 12 feet for college players and leaving — it at 10 feet for the high school players, most of the difficulty would be eliminated, tT would cout a field goai for the 12 foot basket 3 points and a free throw 1 point. There would not be the urge or the tendency to foul for a player driving in mder a 12 foot basket, because with the 12 foot basket a goal is more advantageously scored out away fron the basket at an angle, than it is close up and wider. The are of of rebound fran the 12 foot basket carries the ball further out on the court, and this fact would cause the guards to pull further away from the basket. A looping shot that would miss the 12 foot basket and fall under the basket would give the emall man an added advantage of driving in and recovering the ball before it went out of bounds. Now, back to hockeyized basketball, This rapid fire shimny game that is now being played also gives the small man a chance because the big man carmot stand up under driving for a full game under the conditions that the game is being played. This game makes for more substitutions and for a larger squad. The coach who does not have a large squad this year is out of luck. He may have a championship team under the old game without reserves, but this year he must have a flock of reserves to carry ome 4 aoe In another year I look to see the wise coach swinging to a very slow set and tentalizing offense. Certainly if I had no extra reserves I would play the slow set, screening game on the offense, and on the defense I would break rapidly back and set my defense for the fast break ball handlers My contention is that this game as now played is entirely too mechanical. There is a break up the floor and then a break down the floor, Simm exactly like hockey. The center play offered some variations The game is for the players first, and for the spectators secondly, I say the _ players first, beeause it is the health of the players thet is foremost to be considerede fhe writer has already coached 30 years of actual and continuous college basketball. At the present time I am the oldest coach in the United States in point of service who is now coaching collegiate basketball. I have seen a good many rules changes since 1900, since I have been playing high school, college and independent basketball, and have also coached high school, independent and college basketball, Sut in the 50 years I have coached 30 years of college basketball. During that time I have seen many rules changese I played ix ‘eollege geme when the colleges could not dribble but just play the one bounce, and they permitted the colleges to ribble, and changes have come thick and fast. The rules mekers have been saying to leave the rules alone, but just this lest year the rules makers legislated into the game the most drastic change that has been made in years, ‘Ten years ago the rules cammittee legislated the dribble out of - ‘basketball. The dribble was so spectacular « it is akin to the broken field rum in football < that I personally took a shot at the rules camittee for doing its Knute Roclme was lecturing at Des Moines before the Netional Education Association on the pedagogy of football, and I was lecturing at the Drake field house before the same body on the pedagogy of basketball. It was just after the rules body had made their change in April, and I flayed then on accout of their dictatorial and uncompranis= ing attitude in not ascertaining the wishes of the coahces before the rule was madee This was before the organization of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. I reeeived 160 telegrams from coaches over the United States who were adverse to the elimination of the dribble. We, the coaches, met in Des Moines at the time of the Drake Relays in the latter part of April, and voiced our disapproval of the rules bodys’ . changes We further agreed to meet in Chicago at the time of the National Collegiate AeAeU. Track meeting in Jume and form a coaches* association. By this time the rules body had changed the rule back to reinstating the dribble. In Jue I was elected first president of the National Association of Basketball Coachese I was re-elected the second year. At no time have I ridden the hobby of trying to get through same pet rules I have considered in my estimate of the changes what would be good for the players and also what would be good entertainment for the spectatorse Dr. Naismith says to me that he is not standing in the way of progress, but wants to be sure that the rules makers are going in the right direction, This is his answer to my query of him after I received your letter and put the question to him of the "neach basket" stage. Dr. Naismith is not hideboumd, nor is he contracted in any waye Doctor has never really coached basketball, but he travels all ar the United States each year and witnesses basketball from the girls aud boys game to the high school, college end independent basketball, wherever played in the Ue Se It is my opinion that he is much more mellow and much more responsive than most any coach in the comtrys ; i } 3 2 3 sits be ze stipe eae insides eee 2 heed é go ombes een wie Ph aeRO sv Bee SE ecg aE alah saas Spits 7 ove It is his contention that they have now eliminated many fine plays around the _ center, making the game entirely too mechanical. Dr. Naismith is a man of fine tempera= ment, fine balance, and fine personality. It is imteresting to me to see how spectators at a hockey match are satisfied with a score of 1 to 2, or 5 to 3, and yet they want scores up in the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, or even 90's in basketball, as Stenford scored against Duquesne, much over 100 points for | both teams. / I have a feeling that spectators will become satiated and entirely too much fed-up on the ball being rolled through the basket. Apparently the defense has surrendered to the offense and now it looks like the trend is to fill the baskets continuously full of basketball. I still go back tothe same statement that I made at the begiming. It makes very little difference to the team that is well versed in proper technique, proper ball handling, whether they play the slow break, set plays, or fast break. The good ball handlers will . still come out on top, in the majority of cases. ; However, there was such a thing as a beautiful basket of spectator enjoyment after the goal was made and until the ball was brought back to center for a toss upe Now it is a shinny game and there is no time for spectator enjoyment mless it is lightening fast, end then the game is not fully able to satisfy. I have tried to present every argument, both pro and cone I do not think the skills can be as highly developed, nor the plays as classic, nor do the spectators have time to enjoy a beautifully executed play as well in the new game, I have observed this, however <- that the coach that is generally doing most of the kicking on changes in the rule is the fellow who is generally not wimning consistently. If a coach has a good line-up, good material, he will win a big percentage of his ball games if he is a good coach and takes advantage of everything. I certainly am not kicking on the changes, al- though I think it was a mistake. I have gone along with the rules body because they wanted to try it oute However, I re-state that in my opinion they have put a premium on harum-scarum, war cry, fire engine basketball, wherein many of the players cover a multitude of mis- takes by incoherent action and not by well-played designing plays that a discerning public eventually desires to sees I am sending you same dope on the new book, so that you can see how the details are handlede : Very cordially yours, Director of Physical Education, FCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach. | Judge Harold E. Johnson, 426 Lord Street, Osage City, Kensase Dear Judge Harold: .s«Y eertainly.will be glad to send you the cheek thet is due you just as secon ap I can get it. I had « momo in my desk to do that very thing, and this morning I called the Business Office to sce if the checks wore in yet. Tt seems the shecks have been oxpested for several mys, tut as yet have not been received from Tope. I"m sorry Por this deley, Hareld, but just as soon ae the sheoks come I*ll send GEORGE E. RAMSKILL JUDGE COUNTY COURT PROBATE COURT JUVENILE COURT OSAGE COUNTY LYNDON, KANSAS July 14, 1938. Mrs. Alberta Hulteen, Secy. Phys. Educ., University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansase Dear Mrs. Hulteen: Would you do me a big favor? I am badly in need of the check for the work that I performed during the last payroll terminating on June cOthe Would you please get the check from the business office when it arrives and mail the same to me in Osage City. I began work for the probate judge on the lst of July and the next day I took the oath of office of pro tem judge for the summer months so that I might act in that capacity in the absence of the judge--that is ~~. issue marriage licenses, perform wedding ceremonies (be- lieve it or not) and sign and place the seal of the court on other legal instruments that are filed in the probate or county courtse The judge was out of town the other evening so I was called over to Lyndon to handle the pre- liminary hearing of three men arraigned into court on misdemeanor chargese The county attorney was also out of town so the only manner I had of determining “even a guess on the fine and costs of the action" was to refer to a previously recorded case in the docket of similar nature. My regular duties, however, are stenographic and recording in nature. The county has a new Underwood wide carriage typewriter with an electric carriage return and an electric shift key that make typewriting a pleasure. Also I have a “Error? No" copvholder with a sort of a magnifying glass attachmente Please excuse my unnecessary divulging into how my summer months are being spent, but I thought you might be interested and I do enjoy writing about £4. I would deeply appreciate it if you would oblige me by sending my check to my Osage City address. I am living in Osage City and I communt to Lyndon daily with the co. supt. of schools whose home is also in Osage City. Please give Dr. Allen my personal greetings. Sincerely yours Harold E. Johnsén, (420 Lord Street, Osage City, Kansas.) GEORGE E. RAMSKILL JUDGE COUNTY COURT PROBATE COURT JUVENILE COURT OSAGE COUNTY LYNDON, KANSAS July 19, 1938. Mrs. Alberta Hulteen, Secretary to Dr. Allen, Bepartment of Physical Education, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Dear Mrs. Hulteen: This is to acknowledge receipt of letters of the 16th and 18th with check and interesting news. Certainly glad to receive the good information about "Hawkshaw" Sullivan, the gum-shoe sleuth. Thanks! Sincerely yours, thaetl b Gpborem— : 8 gt 3 od Route S, Box S31, Okiaham City, Oldies tear lir, Johnson: : $e oo oy i f : ip Ht ny te an shia a8 Esa sable’ thd it a us relia shai i sae - A if : pa 33 ft fat iti it i aa up ‘1h “Th a FOUTS, — Director of Physical Education, Varsity Basketball Coaches