ESTABLISHED I'900 a e 4 bean” SOUTHWESTERN DISTRIBUTORS FOR MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY 922 OAK STREET KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI Jan, 17, 1939 Dr. Forest C, Allen Dean Phys. Hd, University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Doc: I would like very much to see the boys play tomorrow night and would appreciate it a great deal if you would leave a ticket at the box offices” for me to be called for. I see you have had some tough luck this year but imow that it is just a question of time until you get things clicking, : It is a shame the way they let that boy Miller be slaughtered last fall. With best regards, I am. Very truly yours, A flue Clarence McGuire the teorn gene that we have won outlook is Foote sii ie i el The deer arrived in Lawrence, was put in cold storage, Ve and the and we had some wonderful meate Boy chagrin | game with one to le i He . payer Ha i ih el i a i i ay i TH oth ii Hs Jenuary 28, 1939.6 Coach J. We Me Yates Center, Kansas. Dear Coach McDonalds Your letter of the 27th has been received during the absence of Dr. Allene However, I an writing to give you the information you desire. ‘The price of tickets for your squad will be 2652 each. ‘The ticket sales are handled by Mr. Marl — ee Assoce I am enclosing a schedule of our ‘basketball gemes, as you requested. You will see that we have roe maining four home games to be played this season. Sincerely yours, Secretary to Dre Fe Ce Allone PRINCIPALS: BOARD OF EDUCATION; W. L. GILLMORE, HIGH SCHOOL CECILE MASON . JUNIOR HIGH PAGE ee eee PERE en a ree ea hry a ee ee ere gueNC PS AS A erase a a ei ae rs ee ee en ee i eee ee NELLIE MUSSELMAN, MEMBERS MRS. LUCY SCHNELL, TREASURER Yates Center City Schools . R. WIDNER, SUP YATES CENTER, KANSAS pan 8 ET i - cL annamee, Keane Bin 0. : JS ae) Like ao ee a ochre Rall agek of © a+ oe 2 SOUTHWEST MISSOURI © SP STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE a PRINGFIELD : Bar, g oF (P37 Se OS Kw aleenl, get) Brot & Bil Zancdbces 0 brethedy Kawséu27 LaF Ze PoaDan 7 hha) of foebheg ad Aas Fork We ews hood aI Fo dra tl) Gad Fee giitean. 97 fans Kylee of tig Ci Polaah SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE EX 2Q-0. NEW YORK Se COLLEGE DEPARTMENT MANAGER AND EDITOR IN CHIEF HENRY B.M¢ECURDY ASSISTANT MANAGER AND EDITOR CHARLES L.SKELLEY ASSOCIATE EDITOR CHARLES D.ANDERSON ASSOCIATE EDITOR July 7, 1939 ‘Mr. Forrest C. Allen University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Fog: Your letter of June 28th crossed in the mail a complimentary copy of John Bunn's BASKETBALL METHODS which was sent you on that very day. No doubt you have received it before this time. With kindest good wishes, I am Sincerely yours, a? hbmsafr duly 15, 1959s 34 % a i 5 % - FOAgAH Coldwater, “ansas August 24, 1939 Miss a. Hulteen Athletics Office Lawrence, Kansas Dear Miss Hulteen, I didn't get your letter until the first of this week since I have not been home for two weeks and all my mail that is forwarded to me always gets here about a week later than ordinary. The key you asked for, you will find enclosed in this letter. I didn't know whether I had it nor not but after searching through all my purses, as luck would have it, I found it in an old coin purse. I tried to take the key back several times but the office was always closed at my time. I am very sorry to cause you all this trouble and i do hope you will pardon me for my negligence in not answering your letter sooner. Sincerely, a FT Irene hicAdoo G. W. Williams, Sheriff Office Phone 72 OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF Comanche County, Kansas COLDWATER, KANSAS August 15, 1939 6 he a a8 i : re i} ban a ae it i if i; = ie Ae sa Mth, aa ita i Cy Allene ie i Secretary to Dre Fe Vath aS len November 12, 1938. Mre Ce Ee MeBride, Sports Editor, The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missourie Dear Mac: I wish to thank you again for your notation in your Sporting Comes regating te evar Stet léberty Wepsing mate in looxting Dre a F f ie Bul haps just didn’t realize the territorial difference between Mansas end Nebrasia, or Oklahoma and Missouri and Nevada. When some of these boys never get five miles away from the Bronx all their lifetime, it is no wonder they might think that Kansas — and Nebrasim ere two dots on the earth out here about eight miles apart. Anyhow, I never mind that, but I thank you for the corrections In regard to the President of Carnegie Tech, Iam goingto bother you by sending you a scopy of the October mmber of the Rotarian Magasinse The editor of the Rotarian asked me to write an article on sick nuh Cietiikc chhes tas AML es Haibibtiins delta wrote me the following linoss "Congratulations on your piece in the Rotarians The editor asked me for comment and I wrote as enclosed. Incidentally, don™ go off the deep end about Mhizzer White. Fron what I learned in Colorado he's anything but Phi Beta Kapmee You lmow there are ways of arranging these things. Of course | _ you say in your piece is everlastingly true. Why don't the ¢ admit this sort of thing? Wish I could figure out." His enclosed coment to Mr. Testor, of the Rotarian is as follows: “Thanks very much for sending me the article in the Sutcoar madeer af Ou letnwiiela It is certainly refreshing to find ae about intercollegiate sports." Robert Eq Doherty, President of Gameghe Sesh, ie che octlese president whe came out and told the wide world exactly what was happen~ ing at his institutions For the life of me I cannot umderstand why _ other college presidents, lmowing what is going on, will mintain such + ae Cee > Keating nly She Tens Hay wee Go Talk abawty 7 Mac, I want to explain to you regarding ny book, “Better Basketbell". for over a year now 1 have been telicing about ruming in to buy you that spaghetti. dimer. I felt pretty badly last year shout whet tamgoiael pagundine Gis fads MeGrawllil1 and Company sent a copy of my book to each sport writer in the coumtrys This obtained ‘to the four directions of the compass, north, east, south and west. These texts apparently arrived at the desks of all the sport 5; i in the country about the same times I really wented them to . GiLt this Oi ak an Gan’ 2 anna eae Gs tad ead ced that I desired to send first, but of course being merely the author, AY i ae ii ne : fi i a but the point I wanted to make was that I wanted you to have the book - ‘first, look it over, and write your convictions on the booke . I think "Better Raskethell" is ty far the best book thet I heve ever done. It is just about twice as good as “My Basketball Bible", and of course I would have prized the statenents from you more than from all the other sports writers combined. T Uo senendbee, Get, how Silla you oute Hc mabe ecnient « little later regarding the book, and I doubly appreciate thate But the program was not the way I wanted it, and it has alwmys been a . source of embarrassment to me, and I have always wanted to explain it to yous But I thought over the spaghetti dish I could do it betters In 1928 I wrote "My Basketball Bible", end we had a sale of over 15,000 copies. In 1929 I wrote for Ginn and Company a chapter on the organization and administration of Bhysical Sducation and Athleties for their volume, “Higher Edueation in America", This. text prince cont. Gs ame repamtigaen. ier Teo Aiageelege carcass ted dggehersivet, 4 of Louisville, and it was @ compilation of all heads of the different divisions in American educations The School of Education chapter was written by Charles H. Judd, Director of the School of Bducation at the University of Chicago; the School of Engineering chapter was done te William Ee Wiekenden, President of the Case School of Applied Seience; the School of Law chapter was written by Roseoe Pound, Dean of the Law School at tarverd thiversitys the Sehocl of ledieine chaptor ms : sue contributed by Irving Se Cutter, Dean of the Medical School of North= — western University; the College of Liberal Arts chapter was written by We W. Charters, rector of the Bureau of Educational Research at Ohio State University; the chapter on Student Health was written by . _ John Sundwell, Maneater of Fublse Henke oe een ee : : ee sce ik ac it, Ae book was published so late in the year last yoar that many of the | a new book in the past few years. Of course, I write each and every ee oe eas But I would greatly cccuneiee | it if you would be kind enough ini Gish Ga oe suas tescacaete sotteee ar uke bce fee aoe ke one benefit of both the coach and the teachers ‘The book sale has been. splendid indeed. Tt. came out on the mrket about the first of December ee eco ee at eee ee ee ee I can remember there had been something under 2,000 copies solde - think this is especially fine when we consider so many coaching ‘out at present. ‘Bvery state high school athletic association has their g : 8 monthly publication in which they ask the respective coaches of the state _ to elucidate on their special coaching technique, and then we have the Scholastic Conch published in New York, end Major Criffith's Athletic -Journal which appeals to both the college and high school coach. ‘Then there are many other publications that I have failed to mentions. All of these carry coaching instruction for the benefit of the roaderse So I am not optinistieally inclined enough to believe that Sat Gee uuu said dace Gna Sos ck cae te eee. ee er seles possi- bilitye Do ‘nicks ok item Sobtdemh tenth end Vigetial Rhanten mectiis as Atlanta, Georgia, I wes told ty Mrs Houry Mocunty, who is the head man for McMillan and Company, that although my book ws published by a rival . Concern of theirs, hey (MelMillen’s) considered it the outstanding con tribution by fer on not only basketball but athletic subjectss I also met Dr. Pearson, the editor of lelfillan*’s, and he made a similar remark. And then Dre McCloy, of the State University of Iowa, who is an editor ee ee eee ee ee See ee ee At Now York University and other places ay text is the one adopted for teaching tasketball. I em told of Tilinois, end in at least a mmber of f other large schools. I em just ty i i i e g book before he graduates that opens up a very lerge sale for this pub- lication. It is b limited to the mmber of coaches in the country, ¥ : e ; Ks : e E ¢ FER a iE : red fe Fs Ee Li : plRlery ght ye ae ici! bel rth li nll tf : enntitie Heyes the ehild rhythm, poise, oe tere cere as ae ses ot mociting tesmork and pertiotpatiion with one's fellowse iin somes tence sl i Se seni oan eg tile in £¢ the Shines that 1 mene poate) genegaae aeacien Wane oa forget this stuff because I lmow just before Thanksgiving how busy you ee ee : | . 7 g Po tah sits, B s ge a Hetil pa a | eta ia a HS BTU anata yb Bas ae Wh s wih ie git i i eae: Gl at a, 64 “a at i Sia aly eee etal a gpa AGSGAasarhay Caadeesgic, fps yee iui Wel He . IGA Weel eth g sell _& isai, ; del ieee ar itl PATRI EL ae eg A diane atl Wal aati os ale pedals at, Ped PSM ET ate ay ib Satin ia die i itt 4 ginal aide iy gua ail ante Ue Heth [eae yigee fe a ay 0H Hane iil Ee mew ‘the world had I mow 4t, but now things are fine again end I an happy about ite I just wanted you to lmow about ite With ell good wishes to you and the family, I an