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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION March 5, 1942.

Dr. Forrest C. Allen,
University of Kansas.

Dear Doc:

In behalf of the committee in charge, I am
officially informing you that Friday, March 6th, has been
designated as Dr. F. C. Allen Day -- commemorating your
twenty-fifth anniversary as Basketball Coach at the Univer-
sity.

Briefly, you are expected to participate as
follows:

l. You and Mrs. Allen are to be the guests of honor at
a buffet supper at the Union Building at 5:30 pem. at which
there will be nearly three hundred of your friends and former
players present.

(a) Dean Nesmith will take care of the team at "tea
and toast".

(b) You will be able to leave not later than 6:45.
There will be no long speeches which will make
it difficult for you to leave.

2. You will be expected to participate (merely by your
presence) in a congratulatory ceremony at the Auditorium
which will start exactly at 7:30 and will continue until
7:45 (in which we are considering the 50th anniversary of
the founding of basketball).

(a) Coach Edwards has been so informed and has agreed
to cooperate to the fullest. (He felt he could
not attend the supper.)

(b) Immediately following the pre-game ceremony there
will be a ten minute period to allow the teams to

warm up. This is at Coach Edwards! suggestion.
The band will entertain the crowd during this
time.

5. After the game you and Mrs. Allen are expected to be
"at home" at the Union lounge to meet some of the friends who