FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE OFFICE: 111 W., SECOND STREET
SURETY BONDS PHONES: OFFICE 17, RES. 984

<UL: OTTAWA, K
August 24, 1940

Dr. Forest C. Allen
Department of Education
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Dr. Allen:

I do not know that anything can be accomplished by my writing you
this letter, but Don has worked very faithfully this summer trying to
straighten out his work at the University. It now seems a hopeless task.

Dean Schwegler permitted Don to enroll in three hours of Algebra
and five hours of English without advising me or Don that it was impossible
for anyone to complete these long assignments in the ordinary summer. Don
worked faithfully from two to five hours a day on the Algebra receiving
an average grade for the first twenty assignments of 87 and the other four
assignments have not been returned to him. After taking his examination
he thought that it was possible he could get a B in the course and was
notified by the office that Mr. Jordan had given him a D grade. I am not
personally acquainted with Mr. Jordan nor do I care to make his acquaintance

I looked over his markings on these papers of Don's and failed to
find a single constructive criticism. His remarks were most of them
very sarcastic. After he Fed LTB Don to copy two assignments because
Don had used a five place AA ..te nstead of the four place table I was
very much disappointed with the course. I have taught Cobhlege Algebra, and
I know that Don does know something about it.

The particular trouble at this time is that we find that it would be
impossible to complete the five hour English course, and after going all
over the proposition enrolled in the two hour football coaching course
which he knew he could complete in an acceptable manner in the time
remaining. This course was paid for, the books purchased and after he
has completed four assignments he is now notified by Dean Schwegler that
he cannot receive any credit for this course because he is not a sophomore.
I fail to see how the coaching of football depends upon the three courses
which Miss Rich states are necessary for him to have before he can be
classified as a sophomore in the Department of Hducation. To me it is the
same old jealousy between departments.

The only thing I know to do is for Don to complete this two hour
course, and if Dean Schwegler refuses to allow the credit we can take
the matter up with the Chancellor, and if after laying the whole matter
before him Don is not permitted to receive sufficient credit to put him
eligible to basketball I will then place him in some other school.

As I stated to Miss Rich there was nothing the matter with Don when
he entered school at K U. He had never failed in any course in high
school, and his greatest fault was the fact that he was good-natured enough
to let some of these instructors bluff him out. I refuse to have the