PTET PRION

Chase, Kansas
Aug,. 25, 1942

Dr, Forrest C, Allen
105 Rob, Gym,
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Dr, Allen

I am writing to you in reference to the physical fittness pro-
gram that will be given to K, U, students this fall,

I am an ardent believer in training with bar-bells, Kansas
University has never offered such training to its students,

I would like to know if it would be possible to have a small «
classiin weight training under the supervision of some member of
the physical éducation faculty, I know several boys who attend «~~
the University that regularly train with weights, It wuld ~'
please us creatly if we could secure your permission to have a
class in weight training,

Pertaining to the problem of materials and instructors--We have
our own weisht training equipment, consisting of bar-bells

and dumb-bells, ‘We have from 155to 200l1bs. sets, We are not
new at weight training, Whe have all had at least two years

of weight trainiae experiance, A friend of mine who is going to
K, U,. this fall, has had five years of training, We have all
taken courses in body building by weights from the great-Bob
Hoffman, editor of the Strength and Health magazine, manufacturer
of York Bar-Bells, trainer of the U. S. Olympic weight-lifting
teams, author of many books, and one of the directors of

Civilian Defense in Charge of Physical Training,