UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

COLUMBIA

July 6, 1942

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Dr. Forrest C. Allen

Director of Physical Education - Varsity Basketball Coach
University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Dr. Allen:

Although the information I am enclosing is not
complete, I think it will answer in part the questions raised
in your letter. We have run our students in our required courses
over the Toughener Course several times, and in addition, many
have competed inthe intramural contests which used the Toughener
Course. Here are the figures for one instructor's classes, a
total of sixty-seven cases. In the initial test nine @& sixty-
seven, or 13.4 per cent, failed to scale the wall. All of
these men, as a result of instruction, were able at a later
time to scale the wall. The best time for any of the fifty-
eight of the sixty-seven who did complete the course was 30.8
seconds. The slowest for any of the fifty-eight was 72 seconds,
and the mean time for the course was 39.35 seconds. Later in
the year near the end of the semester we found that the mean
time for all of our students in the required course program was
35 seconds. In Mr. Stankowski's intramural contests over the
Toughener in which approximately 400 men participated, the best
time was 26.2 seconds. Only three men in the University have
been able to run under 27 seconds,which was the record established
by Mr. Faurot the first week the Toughener was in operation. In
the intramural competition one team representing the Beta Theta
Pi Fraternity had six men who ran between 28 seconds and 28.2.
This to me was a remarkable performance. However, this group
of six was selected from a membership of approximately seventy.
I suspect that the information given above is about what you
want. If it is not and if it is insufficient, please write me
and I will be glad to give any further information you may desire.

Sincerely 4Ps,
id Yorba

Jack Matthews
JM/'b Director of Required Courses

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