OFFICE OF THE DEAN

THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
AND SCIENCES

LAWRENCE

April 9, 1941

Dr. Forrest C, Allen
Department of Physical Education
University of Kansas

My dear Dr. Allen:

As long as two classes are supposed to cover different ter-

ritory, they should not be put together, If, however, they

are not doing different things, then they should be together
and should be regarded as one class and described as such in
the catalogue.

In line with our discussion in the Budget Committee and your
letter, I am wondering if your department, after several years
trial of the present organization of the physical activity
courses, would not do well to combine a number of the courses,
and thus enable you to have fewer classes with more pupils.

For example, do we really need to have elementary, intermediate,
and advanced courses in swimming, tennis, fencing, tap dancing,
and equitation? Would not two consecutive semesters of work in
most of these be entirely satisfactory? In some cases, might

not one semester be sufficient, as for example in social dancing,
badminton, and archery. Take the last as an example particular-
ly. Wouldn't a student be better off to take just one semester

of it and then take something different and so get a larger vari-
ety of interests?

A second way to reduce the load of classes would be to use more
rotation in your offerings, offering certain things just once a
year perheps, instead of twice a year. TI believe if fewer courses
were offered each semester, students’ desires would all be met

and your instructors would not run themselves quite so ragged.

Sincerely yours,

Rf OX

Paul B, Lawson, Dean

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