UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION

October 7, 1940

Drs Fe. GO, Alien
University of Kansas

Dear Dr. Allen:

I wanted to let you know about the results of our
first attempt at the Square Dance Party. Friday night
we had 25 to 350 students present, all of whom seemed
to have a delightful time. They were anxious to know
when we would dance again,

As you know liiss Stapleton and I went to Colorado
Springs this summer to take a week's course with Dr,
Lloyd Shaw of the Cheyenne Mountain School. He has
done much to repopularize this type of dancing. We
had enjoyed it so much previously. that we felt it
would be an excellent activity for the social life of
the more shy and retiring student,

I believe this type of a program is going to meet

the needs, particularly, of the independent student

and of the student who has little social.life. The men or
women can come with dates or not as they wish.

Just after we had finished our dance a group of fifteen
or more people came in from the Wesley Foundation.

Next week we will have a longer session but for the
first time we danced for only an hour and a half,

W. A. A. is interested in having this ‘as one of their
projects. We expect, at least for the present, to
have such a dance each Friday night. The faculty
members and their wives are cordially invited to
attend also,

If the interest increases as I feel sure it will, we
will need an amplifying system. Even the noise of
twenty-five shuffling pairs of feet made it difficult
to hear the call.

I believe Sasnak Club would enjoy an evening of Square

Dancing, too,
Sin reise 9
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Ruth I, Hoover