UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
URBANA

February 27, 1942

Director Forrest C. Allen
Department of Physical Education
University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Phog:

I have your letter of February 23 addressed to
Dre Staley. He is, at present, doing some work with the govern-
ment and will be tied up for a month or more.

I am sending you two sheets giving you a broad pic-
ture of what we are attempting in our physical fitness or Keep
Fit Clinic. This clinic is for those students who rate low
in the Larson test. In addition to their regular physical edu-
cation classes, they attend the Keep Fit Clinic once per week.
Our results from last semester have been very good, showing
an average improvement of 30 percent.

Physical education has been compulsory for freshmen
and sophomores, and we will continue this policy. We are ask-
ing for one extra period per week for all students who are in
the lower 30 percent of the physical fitness group.

Beyond this we have stepped up the vigor of our pro-
gram, giving students who are taking tennis, for example, a
vigorous conditioning drill as a supplement to the tennis
activity. We are also urging those who are not high in physical
fitness to take the more vigorous courses and are reserving the
less vigorous courses, such as, golf, badminton, etc. for those
who already have a high degree of physical fitness.

The best way to get a real picture of our program is
to pay us a visit. If I am not mistaken, you haven't called
on us for some timee We now have some four-wall handball courts
in which, I am sure, you could perform much more effectively
than you did when we had you on the single-wall courts--remember?

Cordially yours,

Are

Ge Te Stafford
Sid Professor of Physical Education