DEPARTMENT OF
PHYSICAL EDUCATION

E. LeRoy Mercer, M. D., Dean May 16, 1941
Frederick W. Luehring, Assistant to the Dean
Professor of Physical Education

Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen
Director of Athletics
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear "Phog"s:

Recently I heard that the University of Kansas is considering
Dr. George Baxter Smith, Associate Professor of Education at State
University, Iowa, for the position of Dean of your College of Hduca-
tion. Since I have known George Smith throughout his undergraduate
end graduate courses and his professional life up to the present
time, I thought you might be interested to know what his attitude
might be relative to Health, Physical Education and Recreation,
including Intercollegiate Athletics, as an important part of these
programse

George Smith is an energetic, hard worker, who regards our vro-
fessional field as an important and fundamental part of the field of
general education. As an undergraduate he won an appointment as
Varsity Track Manager at the University of Minnesota on a merit basis
in one of the stiffest competitions we had during my nine years as
Director of the Department there. Besides this, he has a fine sense
of humor which helps him carry the many difficult problems which fall
to the lot of en education administrator. He got along fine with our
staff members and seemed to have a deep interest also in our Intra-
murel Athletics ané-in our courses of Physical Education and Recrea-
tion. I believe he would be an asset to any college or university
offering professional leadership in our field.

We are looking forward to meeting your: son when he comes to the
medical school here. I hope you and Mrs. Allen will pay us a visit
when you bring him out here. We live in Swarthmore.

With very best wishes,

Very sincerely yours,

x

FWL: emb F, W. Iuehring