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UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
COLUMBIA

Department of Physical Education July 6, 1942.

Dr. Forrest C. Allen,

Director of Physical Bducation,
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
courses over the Toughener Course several times, and in addition,
many have competed in the 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
per cent, failed to scale the wall. All
of instruction, were able at a later time
best time for any of the fifty-eight of the sixty-seven who did
complete the course was 50.8 seconds. The slowest for any of the
fifty-eight was 72 seconds, and the mean time for the course was
539.5 seconds. Later in theyear near the end ter we
found that the moan time for all of our students in the required
course program was 35 seconds.

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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
intremural competition one team representing the Beta Theta Pi
fraternity had six men who ran between 28 seconds and 28.2. ‘This
is to me 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 yours,
(Signed) § JACK MATTHEWS

Director of Required Courses.

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