Capt. Joel F. Nagle, 0-1583429
Site # 10, Base Air Depot # 2
APO. 635, €/0 PR  WrC,

May 21, 1945,

Dr. Forrest C. Allen,

Director of Physical Education,
University of Kansas,

Lawrence, Kansas,

Dear Dr. Allen:

Your personal reply to my letter arrived today and I
assure you that it gave me a great deal of pleasure, I have
proudly displayed your signature to all my fellow officers and
have casually (but loudly) dropped the remark, "Received a letter
from 'Phogt Allen today...." Thanks again! Your name has always
been news to me, and although I have never seen a Jayhawker team
‘in action I know that you are the foremost basketball authority
in the nation,

To come to the point, basketball has been my primary
concer since grammar school days. JI have followed the game
very closely both as participant and coach and it is my wish
to continue in the field of Physical Education with a basketball
mentorship as the ultimate goal.

There are many colleges throughout the country which
offer the type of training I desire, but there is only one
Phog Allen, Therefore, if I were certain that I would receive
personal supervision from ™ the Dean of them all", I would
not hesitate to enroll at K.U.

I hold a Ph. B. degree, College of Journalism, Marquette
University, 1940 and played three years of varsity basketball
under your friend Bill Chandler, I believe that I could complete
the needed requirements in a short period of time,

I anxiously await your reply and any professional advice

that you may care to volunteer. I assure you that you would
find me an apt and enraptured student.

Very yours,
oS oe
pa r. e,

Captain, Air Corps.