UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

os LAWRENCE
DIVISION OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND

INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS June 28 3 1937

Dear Doc:

Your letter came this morning. I had plan-
ned to write you this afternoon because Kistler was
to let me know today whether he would be interested
enough inthe situation there to take a trip down to
see you. However, my arrangements went haywire and
I have not been able to see him thus far today. I am
so confident that he will decide not to look into the
situationt hat I will write without seeing him. Will
write you immediately if he is interested. I had a
long talk with him Friday, and as I said before there
seems to be a chance for advancement here a the
Salary ¢#here would be about 500 dollars what
we have to offer, but even at that he liked the idea
of the straight teaching position there.

Kistler put me out on a limb a couple of times
and I found that a couple of his questions were pret-
ty hard to answer, In the light of my own experience,
of course I could not assure him as to salary advance-
ments and advancement in rank and so on. In any event,
I told him that twenty eight hundred was the limit and
put the proposition as fairly as I could to hin.

Had a conference with Dad Schroeder regarding
Lapp and have talked to several others regarding hin.
Aside from that I had the opportunity to observe him
around here for sometime before he left town. As near
as I can find he has but one great draw back and that
is the fact that he certainly does not look the part
for Physical Education. He certainly does not have.
that driye that one would want and he is very large
and loo&ly hung together. Depends upon his belt to
assume the responsibility of his abdominal muscles. In
this respect I cannot see him in the light of Dean
Schwegler's critical eye as to posture. I told Lapp
that he could get about $2600 and I am sure that he
would come for even less than that..

Dad says that by far our best bet would be
Arthur Wendler. Has his PhD but only a couple of years
experience. I have met him, but he is not here this
summer. Is teaching Physical Ed theory classes for
graduate students at Alabama Tech at Auburn ,Alabama for
the summer/ He will go on full time here when he
comes back in the fall but since Kistler is ahead of
him he will not get a very good salary. Kistler him-
self would favor Wendler over Lapp. He graduated from
one of the Normal Schools ,in Wisconsin, I think La
Crosse. Could coach cole’ and tennis if necessary.Is
an expert gymnast and Dad" says would be willing to