The University of Chicago

Office of Pbysical Bducation

 

May 24, 1937

Dr. Forrest C. Allen
Director of Athletics
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear "Phog"s:

I was glad to hear from you and to learn of the developments
at Lawrence.

So far as professional connections are concerned of course you
should hold membership in the College Physical Education Association and
the American Physical Fducation Association. The secretary of the former
is Dr. Harry Scott at Rice Institute and the latter, Professor Elmer
Mitchell, of Michigan. The Journal of Health and Physical Education
is the official publication going to all members of the A.P.E.A. It
would certainly pay you or your department to subscribe also to the
Research Quarterly of the A.P.E.A.

I agree with you that your best bets for Ph.D. men in physical
education are from New York University of Columbia. Jesse Viilliams at
Columbia, Jay Nash or Frank Lloyd at New York University are in a better
position than I am to suggest the right man for your department. There
are plenty of good men with Masters but few with Doctors degrees.

If there is any way in which I can help you as time goes on
please let me know. In lining up your four year program in the School
of Education I imagine you could profit greatly by the developments
under a similar organization at the University of Minnesota. My good
friend Louis F. Keller is director of that work at Minnesota and will
I am sure be glad to give you an outline of his program and suggestions
for the relations with the School of Education.

Sincerely yours,

OU A) nate 9

T. N. Metcalf
DIRECTOR

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