=) g [b 1 giieds R ail Hh, | i tt ee 1 He HH eas nully li ire Pit Ae Hu it iy bp i rt ily WE fai fi i ie ri ie i i ia nl Inuit iuE i : : anit ir HE 3 wn 3 i fs i Util stp 4 8 sai! 5: ce it nue i : ii oF od , Hie rs ir ae ib iat A i P 4 0 Now Year, I am FOAsAll _ EtV. LANYON,VicE PRESIDENT C.F. SPENCER, PRESIDENT K.A.SPENCER,TREAS.& CHIEF EGR, A.F. MZ ELHENIE,V.PRES.& SALES MGR. F.E., DOUGLAS, SECRETARY ESTABLISHED 1885 MINES: KANSAS MISSOURI = OKLAHOMA | ARKANSAS Ap PirrsBuRG, KANSAS September 7, 1939¢ DIV: SALES OFFICES OMAHA ,NEBRASKA JOPLIN, MISSOURI HENRYETTA,OKLAHOMA e WICHITA,KANSAS ee) GENERAL SALES OFFICE Dwicut Buitoine,Kansas City, Mo. Dre Forrest Ce Allen, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Dear Doc: Haven't heard a word of you or from you or by you since school was out and I am wondering if you and the family are altogether and intact. As a matter of fact, I have seen hardly anyone from Lewrence with the exception of Vie Hurt, with whom I witnessed the All Ster game in Chicago last week. I expect to be in Lewrence Sunday, having Ann in tow who will start at the Alma Mater for a glorious career, I hopee I have made her a great speech about the record of the Nettels which, if examined closely, might not augur well for my hopes and aspirations for her, but anyhow she loafed so completely at Stephens that I am a little concerned about what she will do at the University. If she does as good a job loafing there as she did at Columbia, she will no doubt be sent homee Sometime during the afternoon I shall drop by and renew my acquaintance with the family. With best regards, I am Sincerely, GEN : OM Mire We Ce Nesmith, Coach, — Richnond, Kansase , Dear Coach Heamiths Your letter to the Athletic Office was referred to Me I am sure sither ome of the following hooks would A. tt... 77 Geore r. Stas i cod ; Ae Se Barnes Puble Coe, New York City. ZT am sure that either ome of these books would be you on approval. If this is not sufficient inform ation, feel freo to drop me a line at any time and I will Be Re Elbdei, Associate Professar of Physical Bducations Septeiber 20, 195% Cordially yours, . snails ; Education end Recreation, Wuttty maiateat Gentine FCAsAH E.V. LANYON, Vice PRESIDENT C.F. SPENCER, PRESIDENT K.A.SPENCER ,TREAS.& CHIEF EGR. A.F. MS ELHENIE,V.PRES.& SALES MGR. F. E. DOUGLAS, SECRETARY ESTABLISHED i885 CoaAu G MINES: KANSAS MISSOURI OKLAHOMA ARKANSAS DIV.SALES OFFICES OMAHA ,NEBRASKA JOPLIN, MISSOURI HENRYETTA,OKLAHOMA WICHITA,KANSAS GENERAL SALES OFFice DwieHt Buitoine,Kansas City, Mo. September 21, 1939. Dr. Forrest C. Allen, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansase Dear Doc: I am awfully sorry, but I won't be able to get to Lawrence Friday afternoon in time for a golf game. Will probably be there for the meeting. I think I am going to have to leave for Ottewa, Illinois tonight in which event, I shall be an AWOL. Sincerely, GEN : OM October 3, 1939 Miss Ann Nettels, 1616 Louisiana Ste, Lawrence, Kansase Deer Anns Congratulations on your achievement of being pledged to Quack Clubd You are just like your Dad = - you have a lot of athletic ability and you are able to deliver it, besides being a source of great please ure to you in your aquatic achievements. ‘e don't see much of you, but we hope to as time goes on. “Weth Tete nf quod luck, X mn Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, FCAsAH Varsity Basketball Coach, ‘October 8, 1939. lite George ligttels, Pittsburg Coal & Mining Cos, Pittsburg, Kansas. Dear George: if you are coming up to the Iowa State game i want to heve a visit with you on some important thingse I don't want a thing for myself personally, but I want te talk to you about thirty minutes when you and I can be alone. Let me lmow, big fellow, because I want to S86 yous Very sincerely yours, Direstor of Physical Education and Recreation, FOAsAH Varsity Basketball Coach, 3 E.V. LANYON , VICE PRESIDENT C.F. SPENCER, PRESIDENT K.A.SPENCER TREAS.& CHIEF EGR “A. , . . A.F. MS ELHENIE,V. PRES. & SALES MeR. F, E. DOUGLAS, SECRETARY ESTABLISHED 1885 Fo on aa ng eee re / = Coat OPERATORS MINES: KANSAS G MISSOURI i) A OKLAHOMA | <_/\ ARKANSAS IM PirrsBuRG,KANSAS DIV.SALES OFFICES OMAHA, NEBRASKA = JOPLIN, MISSOURI HENRYETTA,OKLAHOMA WICHITA, KANSAS GENERAL SALES OFFICE DwieHt Buitoine,Kansas City, Mo. October 9, 19396 Dr. Forrest C. Allen, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansase Dear Doc: Meant to see you before we left but apparently we left before you you thought we were and consequently missed. I would eppreciete a lot anything you can do for Ann. Your suggestion about working through the boys is right, I know, and more can be accomplished thus than anyother way. If you aren't successful there is no harfrdone and if you are, I shall be very thankful. I believe I can see that Ann is going to meke it all right anyhowe She is showing a lot of interest in school and school activities and I am certain that if she gets through this first semester without being discouraged she will make it in a splendid waye She will get interested in this journalism course that she is taking to the extent that she won't care whether she belongs to the sorority or note I know how she performed in highschool as editor of the school paper and if she has any success at all in that line at the University, everything will go rosy with her. I want you to know I appreciate your thoughts and your desire to be of help. With best regards, I am Cordially yours, GEN: OM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ALBANY DIVISION OF HEALTH AND PHYSICAL. EDUCATION SUPERVISORS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION HIRAM A. JONES, DIRECTOR AND RECREATION BUREAU OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION RUTH ABERNATHY ELLIS H. CHAMPLIN, CHIEF so ELEANOR D. GAGE CASWELL M. MILES ARTHUR J. MULLER October 30, 1939 Mr. Forrest C. Allen Director of Physical Education and Recreation University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Mr. Allen: Under separate cover I am sending you a copy of the November 1938, New York State Association athletic bulletin and the charts referred to in my article. These charts are merely to illustrate the types of facilities that could be provided for schools as shown. There is some Specific informa- tion about lay-out of court areas and orientation of baseball diamond. . I will appreciate your criticisms about this material so that we may improve it on the next re- visicn. Bincerely yours, CM Frrkee CMM: BJ Caswell M. Miles October Sl, 1930. Director of Physical Education and Recreation, Varsity Basketball Coachs RECREATION BULLETIN SERVICE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION Formerly named Playground ¢ Recreation Association of America 315 FOURTH AVENUE, NEW YORK File Heading: Games REGARDING SOFTBALL The mimeographed copies of the complete softball rules for 1940 as approved by the Joint Rules Committee on Softball are now available and may be secured from the secretary of the Committce, Arthur T.-Noren, City Hall, Elizabeth, New Jerseye. Anyone wishing the rules is requested to send ten cents in stamps to Mr. Norene The committee in charge of cditing the 1940 Softball Guide is interested in sccuring photographs and stories of local softball activities. It is requested that anyone having such material to submit send it to Mr,-Noren before November ldthe L0=39 NATIONAL CORNHUSHING CONTEST LAWRENCE, KANSAS | National Cornhusking Contest é The 16th Annual { 2 eee Fifteen minutes before noon on FRIDAY, ovemeee 3rd, the explosion of a huge aerial bomb will start twenty-two husky farmers on a gruelling contest to determine who will be the world’s champion corn- husker. And this year, with the contest staged in the fertile Kaw Valley with a 75-bushel yield of corn, a new all-time husking record may be established. The twenty-two contestants will be champion huskers from eleven cornbelt states, proven performers for the 80-minute race down the corn rows which will be watched by approximately 150,000 people. The field, 3 miles northeast of Lawrence, is surrounded by several hundred acres of free parking space, with surfaced roads leading in from all directions. The “Farmer’s World Series’, as the contest is frequently called, is the greatest agricultural event of the year: a huge midway with more than $500,000 in farm equipment; a tremendous natural resources exhibit; broadcast by more than 100 radio stations; an army of 2,500 men to run the show. Resource-Full Kansas Exhibit WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER lL, will be the open- ing day of the Resource-Full Kansas Exhibit, a display which is certain to draw acclaim as an effective showing of the great natural resources and commercial development of pro- gressive Kansas. Under a huge tent, 50 feet by 500 feet, will be exhibits of many state depart- ments, agriculture, mineral re- sources, leading industries and state schools. Dr. R. C. Moore, state geologist, has developed this important 38-day exhibit under sponsorship of the Kansas legis- lature and state administration. Prepare for several hours of en- tertainment under the ‘“‘big top’. FOOTBALL ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, at 2:30 p.m., after the close of the husking contest, the football teams of Kansas and Kansas State will meet in their tradition- al annual battle. The mammoth K. U. Stadium with seats for 40,000, is located only five miles from the contest field: Admission price is $2.25 for a reserved seat. Farm Power & Equipment Day THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, the roar of a mass of tractors will usher in Farm Power and Equip- men Day. Under auspices of the Kansas Farmer, a Capper Publication, which is sponsoring the national contest this year, farm implement manufacturers are preparing for one of the larg- est implement shows ever staged in America. Every type of farm equipment, including about 300 tractors, will be put thru the paces on this day. Primarily an exhibit for farmers, this show will be entertaining for city dwellers who will be amazed at the scope of the display and the unusual showings of individual exhibitors. Lawrence, Kansas, November |, 2 and 3, 1939 eee Bt clas ing ho sa iDEA elie ak aay Eine eat FREE PARKING FREE ADMISSION Admission to the grounds and to all exhibits is FREE. No charge will be made for parking cars. More than 300 acres have been leased for parking, with large fields located at each corner of the F. H. Leonhard farm where the contess field and exhibits are located. Food will be available at nearly fifty concession booths, where standard prices will be charged. Because of splendid cooperation from several agencies, this is strictly a FREE show. “The Best Community In America... .” is a frequent comment of visitors to Lawrence and the surrounding agricul- tural districts. They are impressed with the friendliness of the people, the schools and other facilities which make Lawrence an ideal home city, the business activity, and the fertile farm lands operated by capable and industrious farmers. Lawrence, population 15,000, is the home of the University of Kansas and Haskell Institute, largest Indian school in the world, both of which bring youthful enthusiasm and top-notch entertainment to the community. Business in Lawrence is good;—for years per capita retail sales have been double the national average. Principal contributing factors are the schools, ac- tive industries, progressive merchants, and good farms operated by good farmers, BRING THE FAMILY! E.V. LANYON Vice PRESIDENT C.F. SPENCER, PRESIDENT K.A.SPENCER,TREAS.& CHIEF EGR, A.F. MS ELHENIE,V.PRES.& SALES MoR. F. E. DOUGLAS, SECRETARY ESTABLISHED 1885 =* == OPERATORS ae MISSOURI Ul DIV.SALES OFFICES OMAHA,NEBRASKA JOPLIN, MISSOURI HENRYETTA,OKLAHOMA WICHITA,KANSAS OKLAHOMA ARKANSAS —-_. GENERAL SALES OFFICE DwieHt Buitoine,Kansas City, Mo. PirrsBuRG, KANSAS January 8, 1940. Dre Forrest ©. Allen, Varsity Basketball Coach, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Dear Doc: I was very happy to have yours of the 27th. with re- ference to the basketball situation. My Boy, you need have no worries over eny idea I might have about the basketball team - whatever you do is OK by me. If you want to schedule 24 gemes end can get away with it, it suits me fine. ‘So long as you can stay out of trouble with other jealous competitors I can certainly see no objections and even if you get into trovble I shall certainly try to help you out. As you well know, the basketball situation at the University of Kansas has been a constructive force and will continue to be so long as you head it. For this and many other reasons you have my unqualified support and should you happen to need it in the Athletic Board, you may count on me as being 105% behind your plans and activities. Best regards to you and the family and hoping to see you before the season is over, I am Most Cordially, GEN: OM Pa pon Qs HAM - ey ow fare 200 dear 2 09: U patie dua wal aconle if st wtih Ae J nero ets 4 7 co — 0 tht 8h arnnthe pte fobs Be baile ts, a ee eee, Ls ae eG Dag Ras 0 facilis Are Ai Ab fe atin rook é tle tibetan ame Aedes Di. QO Lowe nat fase rtten, tie etlare unnth’ gor afards 2 Gina lasted a fe ok soa, Qo gcd aK ALY Mea. pn fi Lemania ee Of ge ase Ae gen reg. onpuare 9 Som A ett doe jm oe Aerts von Kanto pater Ai | 132 andi LS some he Hen» Shang ethan Aus Boom emcee ony wcheting Dn abut 2 bie Ae Niet AKI, 6d paca Me halts. ent PS Af pone hears Robatl te atm atte , | 0 Scone po a : i l : a. 44 ut i 7 3 i i | i a HB AD TAM the pesihea Phe cin ML Ahn X fowe (53) _ < i Sun Sus cook comand Sak yak ace Yhen a Fly coe of snc confidence in get ono one inated oaute in ro lige ae Z T pronieed you oe th the ~, here and I Mire Jack Tash, Tekan, Tate Deas Jacks ere caine a Hee of Physical Pauoation and Recreation, Conchs Basketball Very 8 incerely enti amy sf ds ai : 8 ; 3 ag i itt a lil i 2 dit I ee : bi a st ipa ¥ Tal 183 Hd} i f iN i Hy af i ti i: | 4 une ae I F i : He ul i al 3 fuel a i Mi wd iiiisiete fiitthe e Lakin, Kansas August 18, 1939 Dear Dr. Allen, Ken Campbell, a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, requested that I write you on the chance that you might be able find work for me during the coming year of school at K.U., enabling me to go to school there. I have had several offers to go to other schools and play basketball. I would like better though, to go to K.U. and be able to play under your coaching. I would like to be able to pay for my room and board by working if possible. Sincerely, evack Nash, Lakin, Kansas July 8, 19896: si? saan ¢ 4. fi? 2 : Hi ‘if He Tt a | i Le Lili th oe ie \ i a male Sang 7ovgaRa® sqtaq | nae u il, at i cit aia ec i to (s (FST eae ee foo eee aries ff ag LAT