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OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF MEN

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA

February 12, 1944

-Dr. Forrest Cc. Allen

Director of Physical Education
University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Dr. Allen;

I have not been able to answer your good letter
at an earlier date because we have recently been so in-
volved in the new draft regulations that it has kept us
busy trying to get out the necessary certifications.

I dug through my basketball files and found a
somewhat worn copy of the study I made of baskets at
adifferent heights. I am enclosing this for your informa-
tion.

In connection with the fatigue about which you have
asked, you should know that this material is entirely of a
subjective nature. As stated in the report, it was obtained
from the stst ements of those who participated in the tests.
It was not possible at the time to set up any plan for ob-
jective measurements along this line. So far as I know,
there has been no follow up of my study anywhere here on
the coast.

As I mention in the report, I think a great deal
of additional study is necessary before we reach any
definite conclusions. From what I have seen to date, I am
not entirely sure in my mind that raising the baskets is
the solution to our problem. I am not at the moment ad-
vocating any particular change but rather I am in a state
where I feel I need additional objective information to
either substantiate or change my present trend of thinking.
Somehow I have a feeling that the twelve foot basket will
make as much of a freak of the game as the seven foot player.
I would like to be more certain of my grounds before I take

a definite stand.

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I read your letter to Mr. Fullerton with consider-
able interest. You certainly covered a wide range of ter-
ritory so far as a projection of basketball rules is cons
cerned and as usual you did it in your typical dynamic and