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October 27, 1937

Dr. Forrest C. Allen

Department of Physical Education
University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Doctor Allen:-

Several of us have read the Foreword by your son
and your own "Recognition" for your book and feel that in
their present form they do not represent you in the best light
to the reader, or consistently with the rest of the book. The
Foreword is, of course, exceedingly eulogistic, and while it
does give interesting facts about your career, it hardly serves
as an introduction to the book which follows. We doubt that
the Foreword is the right place for a biographical sketch of
this type, and intend to include some of this material on the
jacket; we therefore recommend that you omit the Foreword
entirely.

As for the “Recognition", which takes the place of
the usual acknowledgements, we find several things we—beiteve-
not entirely to our liking. For instance, your acknowledgement
of assistance from your family seems unnecessarily detailed,
and we would recommend a simple statement of one line at most.
Also, we question the wisdom of including the third and final
paragraphs, which seem to have no direct bearing on the book
itself. We suggest omitting them.

Of course, these are only our recommendations, and
if you want the material used as it is we shall do so. However,
we feel that the presentation of the book to the reader will be
definitely helped by these changes.

I em sending the manuscript of the Foreword and
"Recognition". Will you please return them to us with your

comments?
y truly yours,
alee foo

Clinton Simpson
Editor