THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS February 19, 1940 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR WHB: wit Dr. Forest C. Allen Basketball Coach University of Kansas Lawerence, Kansas Dear Dr. Allen: Sometime ago Butch Grover wrote me asking that I substitute for Frank Root on the convention committee of the National Association of Bask- etball Coaches. Your letter requesting some suggestions and ideas has been the first call for service on this committee. I only wish there was some- thing I could suggest that would make a contribution. My personal feelings are that this program should be more of a ser- ious nature and in keeping with the ideals and objectives of the educational institution that we represent, rather than too mech of the fun side for which all conventions are severely criticised. This angle could best be left to each individual for his entertainment. I think your idea of trying to secure Mr. Atherton an excellent one. I hope that you will be able to work out some kind of @f an arrangement whereby his services can be secured. In lieu of his appearance my next thought would be to secure a speaker whose standing and reputation in the academic world is unquestioned. Surely there are some educaters who are also sympathetic with the program of physical education and athletics, of which in theory at least, basketball should be a part. If there is a man in athletics of national re- pute whose standing with the academic people has been accepted, he would be my third choice. Along this line I have in mind such a person as D, X. Bible. I have no one in particular at the present moment to suggest an the academic field. Now in regard to the work of this committee. Just how much time do we have for programs? Is our work considered completed when we plan the arrange- ments for the one big banquet similar to the ones that has beén held in recent years? If you could give me a little information as to what is expected of this committee, I will try to make an effort to be of some service. It would be fine if we could get together and talk over this program, as correspondence seems so futile in trying to work out different ideas when we would like to have as many suggestions before us to consider as we could possibly get. I doubt if this letter has made much of a contribution, but I assure you my heart is in the right place. rdi yours, ewe W. He Browne Basketball Coach February 26, 1940. Gai Fe i al a th (oi fi in AE li! i if te ue He ea Very Director On, University of Missouri OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT COLUMBIA FREDERICK A.MIDDLEBUSH February 29, 1940 Mr. Forrest C. Allen Lawrence ha nis 6 8 My dear Mr. Allens I have your kind invitation of February the twenty-sixth to speak at the banquet on March 29, to be held in connection with the National Collegiate Athletic Association basket- ball tournament and the National As- sociation of Basketball Coaches. 2 regret very much that it is impossible for me to accept. With kindest personal regards, I beg to remain Faithfully yours Lawrence, Kansas Merch 1, 1940 President Fe A» Middlebush, University of Missouri, - ‘Very sincerely yours, Chairman, Sth istrict, NeCeAcle _ FCAsAH University of Missouri OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT COLUMBIA FREDERICK A.MIDDLEBUSH PRESIDENT February 27, 1940 Mr. Forrest C. Allien University of Kansas Lawrence eo Dear Mr. Allen: Your letter of February the twenty-sixth addressed to President Middlebush, has been received. The communication has been placed upon the President's desk for his early attention. Yours truly CO a secretary to the President Lf i { i ; eg I sett ii i ie fi i Hut ig getting are you thet I am assuaing But e speaker liner ole District, oA sy Mel M 5th ‘Chairmen, sAH FCA B. T. GROVER, OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT *- THE NATIONAL Assoc DR. JAMES A. NAISMITH, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HONORARY PRESIDENT OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS B. T. GROVER, President Nat. HOLMAN, First Vice-President NELSON NORGREN, Second Vice-President EVERETT DEAN, Third Vice-President EDWARD J. Hickox, Secretary-Treasurer FRANK W. > Edi BOARD OF DIRECTORS W. S. CHANDLER MarsH W. H. Browne VaL. LENTZ EDITOR OF BULLETIN FRANK W. KEANEY, State College, Kingston, R. I. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Bair GULLION, Cornell University, Chairman a a dene eae A. E. Haves, Dome Doane College Jack Gray, Texas Universi . DAHLBERG, Montana State H. A. Hosson, Oregon University BASKETBALL RULES COMMITTEE Don Waits, Connecticut State, Chairman ForRREST C. COACHING ETHICS COMMITTEE C. B. Hoy, South Dakota University, Chairman JAMES BAKER, South Dakota State E. S. Hickey, Creighton University J. W. Hutton, Hamline University JosePH LAPCHICK, St. Johns University ROLLIE F. WILLIAMS, Iowa University VISUAL INTERPRETATION COMMITTEE Nat. Bg come ee N. Y., Chairman W. H. versity mene Stanford University Harowp E. Foster, Wisconsin University CuuckK TAYLOR, Converse Rubber Co. RESEARCH COMMITTEE GEORGE EDWARDS, Missouri University, Chairman H. C. CARLSON, Pittsburgh University Everett DEAN, Stanford University Bair GULLION, Cornell University HIGH SCHOOL COMMITTEE ELLS, a, Chairman ge wae CoLLINs, Omaha South . T. McCotiouas, Crawfordsville High Toul Tracy, St. Ignatius High, Chicago OFFICIALS COMMITTEE Tome Cox, Colorado University, Chairma W. J. FERGUSON, St. a hs College, Pecistenaile Ray OosTING, eae wie _— Connecticut E. L. RoMNeEy, Utah S CONVEN acl COMMITTEE ARDS, i Universi H. W. Browne, Nebraska University CONVENTION DISPLAYS E. A. KELLEHER, Fordham University, Chairman eee T AND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - G. OLSON, Ohio State University, Chairman rE C. ALLEN, Kansas University JOHN W. BUNN, Stanford University PRESS COMMITTEE PauL D. HINKLE, Butler University, Chairman NAT. HOLMAN, CITY COLLEGE, N. Y. FIRST VICE PRESIDENT EDWARD J. HICKOX, SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE SECRETARY-TREASURER March 5, 1940 Dr. Forrest C. Allen Director of Basketball University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Dr. Allen: When I wrote you a few days ago, I forgot to answer your question with reference to the recognition badges for our convention. I do not believe that this has been a duty of the chairman of the Convention Com-= mittee in past years. I know that when I was secretary and treasurer, I looked after the matter and I believe the last two years it has been taken care of by the chairman of the Membership Committee. I will write to Blair Gullion, chairman of this committee, at once and bring this matter to his attention. I hope everything is shaping up fine on your end for the convention. I just now have my program completed and hope that it will prove of value as well as interesting and entertaining. I am figuring on your discussing "The Zone Defense," and its many ramifi- cations during one of our sessions. I know you can do this better than any one I can think of, and I am cer- tain that every one will appreciate it very much. . Hastily yours e crbver, President BTG d WESTERN UNION Athens, Ohio ' March 9, 1940. Dre Fe Ce Allene How much expense do you think we could stand for banquet | speaker? I might persuade our president to come but feel we should pay fm his full expenses which would be about #75000. We might save on entertainment expense and put extra. in speaker. Wire me what you thinke Be Te Grovere Reply == Unless we could get nationally known athletic figure I feel we Seiler eee pay expense of long trip. Since you are president, believe you should talk to your board. #6 could not save much on expense=tr banquet. Had hoped to get speaker in this area to save expensée Forrest Co Allens CLASS OF SERVICE 1201 SYMBOLS : . Tie is a rales : DL=Day Letter elegram or e- MZ a = its de- eee erred character is in- LC=Deferred Cable dicated by a suitable s symbol above or pre- NLT =Cable Night Letter ceding the address. . 8B. NEWCOMB CARLTON J. Cc. WILLEVER \ Ship Radiogram cr CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD The filing time shown in the date line on telegrams and day letters is STANDARD TIME at point of origin. Time of receipt is STANDARD TIME at point of destination KAD28 50 DL=ATHENS OHIO 9 1012A (O40 MAR 9 AV 1@ 50 DR FORREST C ALLENS CARE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOW MUCH EXPENSE DO YOU THINK WE COULD STAND FOR BANQUET SPEAKER’ | MIGHT PERSUADE OUR PRESIDENT TO COME BUT FEEL WE SHOULD PAY HIS FULL EXPENSES WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS* WE MIGHT SAVE ON | ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSE AND PUT EXTRA IN SPEAKER® WIRE i WK= ; HCE p ee ME WHAT YOU THINK= O- a postiey B T GROVER® THE COMPANY WILL APPRECIATE SUGGESTIONS FROM ITS PATRONS CONCERNING ITS SERVICE Pe ili ! vil i ti i te | gi 5 : a a A i ie ea: ; Hs i: i x, Hl aad Hin! ah a il : ee. ba fa : te a : oo we a Lg | et aly i i tts ul i mt a : sft ‘au ; H. E. BONING,JR. CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU 1028 BALTIMORE AVE. PHONE VICTOR 6688 MANAGER Kan SAS City, Mrs SOURI March 11, 1940 Dr. Forrest ©, Allen Director of Athletics University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Dr. Allen: We certainly appreciated your courtesy in dropping in the office the other day and giving us information concerning your three March meetings here in Kansas City. It was good to see you again. If agreeable with your officers, we shall be very glad to provide a complete registration service for the National Association of Basketball coaches, including all the necessary forms, equipment, and personnel. As I mentioned the other day, this will include all the necessary equipment ex cept badges-— and if you prefer to utilize our stock celluloid badges, rather than provide your own, these are available at .05 each. A sample is enclosed, In accordance with your suggestion, we'll plan to open registration at 9 o'clock, March 28th, and as our staff is employed on an hourly basis; we'll plan to work as late as we are needed, If you want us to do sos; our girls will be glad to obtain any information you may want; type your badges; and handle your membership fee and ticket sale. As we use practically the same personnel for all conventionswhich meet here, the staff is experienced and cashiers bonded, If I may make a suggestion however, it will facilitate things greatly for our cashier, if in ordering your tickets from the printer, you have them serially numbered, If this is not done, we'd like to receive any tickets we may handle to take care of this numbering, in advance, here in the office, ; The rate for steno-type operators in Kansas City is a standard one, They Jo charge .60 cents a page, and there are at least three whom we know to be dependable. You may either make your own arrangements for this help direct, or with your authorization, we shall be glad to do it for you, NAS Please let us mow, as things develop, how: we can best be of service. y / Yo very truly, » vy p W/ss) Justine Rodgérs A MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENTION BUREAUS fo yn J Hostess A! Lif ry i Tard ‘CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU H.E. BONING,YJR. MANAGER 1028 BALTIMORE AVE. . PHONE VICTOR 6688 Kan SAS City. Mrs SOURI March 7, 1940 Dr. Forrest C. Allen Director of Athletics University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Dr. Allen: As it has been several months since I've heard from you, I'm wondering if you're still planning to drop in the office one of these days and talk over arrangements for your. National Association of Basketball Coaches! meeting, or whether it will be necessary for us to iron out some of the details by mail. As it's rather late to attempt any direct mailings to individuals, I imagine we'll want to concentrate on advance newspaper publicity, most of which will be handled through Mr. Mc Bride. If we can help you any in this respect however, just let us know. We will need some rather detailed and specific information concerning your registration requirements, As I'm sure you know, we have a trained and experienced registration staff and will be glad to supply (without cost) all the necessary forms, equipment, and personnel to provide this service. If you're planning to be in Kansas City within the next few days, you can of course, ignore this letter, However, for your information, I'm enclosing samples of the registration forms which we ordinarily use, together with one of our stock badges, which are available at cost price-— ~05 cents each. These forms give you a triplicate registration record and enable us to get se -antemaeyek0- CE mesa lampaheatn from the individual, which you may want, Because we'll also need detailed information con- cerning hours, approximate number of people to be handled, ticket sales, and possible registration fees, we'll appreciate your filling out and re- turning to us the enclosed registration form, answering the questions which are checked in pencil, Please call on us for any help we can give you in completing your arrangements here, A Ze , HEB:JR - E. Boning a Manager A MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENTION a REAUS . Registration Form : | Date.Merch 7, 1940 ae Name of organization..National Association of Basketball Coaches of _the United States \ Hotel Continental (5th Floor or Roof) March 28-30, 1940 MPT WE OLR C6 Oe ore serene rr ee ctee ns see kcacbueanensesticte ee eee LN OAL npn Nat, Secretary's Name...Df+. 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Western in its enterprise —Southern in its hospi- tality. 7} Mre Fe Ce Alien, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas N.. A. Boe: National Convention Basketball Coaches Kansas City, Missouri Thursday evening Mar. 28 Board Directors. Friday Mar. 29 All day meetings—Big evening. Saturday Mar. 30 Two day sessions. Tournament in eve. Headquarters, Hotel Continental. Room cost $1.50 per person up. Come and meet your friends, talk over your gripes, discuss the rules, see the demonstrations, look at the pictures, watch the finals in the N.C.A.A. basketball tournament. Some of the boys are driving through to save expense. Then some are making a vacation of it and giving the good wife a break. Friday-Saturday—March 29-30, 1940