UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION

February 21, 1940

Dr. F, C. Allen
Director of Physical Education
University of Kansas

Dear Dr. Allen:

Again, with the season of basketball well under
way, the menace of the high school and grade school boys
has invaded our gymnasium, These boys come to the gym
after their schools are out and bother class activities
by coming in and out of the gym until the class is dismissed,
They even interrupted the 3:30 class to ask the teacher
when she would get off the floor so they could play. Then
at about 4:50 they swarm in and take possession of the floor.

When the women come up to play their intramural
activities they find the floor occupied. Often they leave
without playing their matches. Sometimes they will stop
at the office to ask when the floor will be free, Then
one of the staff members has to go to the gym and ask the
boys to leave. The women students have been told to request
the boys to leave when they want the floor but they refuse
to do so until a staff member comes out and does the ordering.
The staff members have to act as policemen from four o'clock
on through the night until ten or eleven o'clock to keep
the floor clear of those boys.

The boys not only take possession of the floor but
last Saturday they broke the piano bench, moved all the
ping pong tables, chipping the edges of them, and used the
corrective room back of the piano as a toilet. They tear
down material which has been placed on the bulletin board
and often write or change words on posters to make indecent,
filthy meanings,

I do hope some arrangement can be made to keep these
boys out of the University buildings.

Very truly,
ith SWlottee

Ruth Hoover

RHsek