CHANUTE City SCHOOLS

LH. PETIT © SUPERINTENDENT

Chanute, Kansas
Mey 29, 1941

Dre Fe Ce Allen
University of Kansas
lawrence, Kansas

Dear Doctor Allen:

This morning I was visiting with Mr. Reginald R. Strait, the director
of our physical education department, about some things connected with
our schoolse In the course of that conversation he told me that he
had been talking with you regarding the possibility of a vacancy which
may occur 6n your staff and that if it did occur he would be inter-
ested in applying for ite

Because Mr. Strait has done such a fine piece of work for us and because
I am interested in his advancement I am taking the liberty of writing
to you regarding hime

He came to us four years ago from Kinsley, Kansas, where he had been a
successful high school teacher and coache He came here employed
especially as coach of our Junior College athletics. It so happened
that before school began that fall we had a vecancy in the directorship
of our physical education and we trensferred him to that positione We
have never regretted our choiceée

Mre Streit is an all-round physical education mane He has coached
athletics successfully. As director of our physical education program

he has supervised physical education and playground work in our elementary
schools, supervised the work of the Junior High School department and

has supervised and taught in the Senior High Schoole This has given him
& wide range of experiences He handles himself well both with little
people of the grades and with boys of senior high school and jwmior col-
legee He works quietly and effectively without much noise or fanfare.

He is consistently improving his traininge He has his Master's Degree
in physical education and is working during the summer toward his
Doctor's degree in that same fielde He is above all a fine, courteous
Christian gentlomane

I do not at all relish the idea of losing any of the best men and women
on our staff. However, I realize that these folk who are ambitious

and who are doing good work should move on to better positions and I am
happy to see them do soe If you do have a vacancy in your department

I hope you will consider Mre Strait's qualities.

Very truly yours,

A (het

Le He Petit
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