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OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF MEN

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA

March 1, 1940

Dr. Forrest C. Allen
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear "Doc's |

I have taken up your suggestion of February 22
concerning Mr. Atherton as a possible speaker at the con-
vention of the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
Unfortunately the date for our meeting is a little too early
for Mr. Atherton to be free to accept. He is head over
heels in work pertaining to the many details of operation
of the new code which has been set up here on the coast.
The matter of dispensing interpretations to the junior col-
leges and high schools and, before this, the problem of
clarifying with each of the Conference members all the
technical phases of the code has proved to be more of a
task than was at first anticipated. He does not expect to
be in a position to do anything but attend to the details
of his present task before the schools close, this spring.
You will appreciate the fact that it is necessary to have
the whole machine running smoothly before our schools are
dismissed. —&

I agree with you that he would make an excellent
speaker for our meeting, and I am sorry that it is not pos-
Sible for him to come. ,

You may be interested in a comment concerning the
outstanding possibilities for the Eighth District representa-
tive in the western play-off. At the present time, three
teams loom as possible choices: Oregon State College, U.S.C.,
and Santa Clara. Either Oregon State or U.S.C. will be
eliminated in the Pacific Coast Conference play-off. This
will leave the winner of the Pacific Coast Conference and
Santa Clara as possible choices. At present it appears that
a play-off to decide the one team may be necessary.

Santa Clara is an independent team and one of the
outstanding fives on the west coast. They have lost only
three games this season and made a successful eastern tour.

If they come to Kansas City, they will put on a most spectacu-
lar display. I have not seen Oregon State, but U.S.C. has a