October 1, 1941

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Mr. Dan Partner
Sports Desk

Kansas City Star
Kansas City, Moe

Dear Dan,

Thank you very much, Daniel, for sending me the tear sheet from
the Shigh -- is that good! I like it and I imagine you are ths
gentleman who coined the cognoman. %

Certainly, I'm not for lopping off the head of the chickens to
exterminate their lice. That's not my jobeeneither is it my

job to save the chickens. It's the business of the fellows who
are interested in it more than I’am. I am interested as head of,
the department of physical education in preserving the best
intrests for educational.purposes for the athletic youthe
Certainly there are intelligent men in the football realm that cen
offer a solution, but the only solution that the educators would
enjoy would be not proseliting the players, and when you fail to
proselite the players you have de-emphasized football. The boys
who play de-emphasized football get far more education trying to do
than the others. pge

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fhe heads of the National Collegiate Athletic Association will
not dare bring down the wrath of emphasized athletics on their —
heads because most of those fellows are heads of departments and
teach other things than athletics. There is such a keen anasti-
mosis end interest in the reletionship between high-pressure ath-
‘letics and the collegiate representatives that one will not say
to the other, "This thing has got to got". Therefore, only time
will bring about its downfall or destruction.

 Shigh was very right when he says, “The National Collegiate
Athletic Association has failed through insipidity or cowardice." ~
"“Goewardice"” is the word that should be usede

It was good to see you and Ray, Dan, and I only wish that I
might have had more time for a real visite With all good wishes I
Sincerely yours,

* Scot ay SRSA IGE ty oo

: - Pirector of Physical Education and Recreation
FCA/pg Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach ;