STANFORD UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Divisions of:

Physical Education Activities (Including Athletics) Division of Informational Hygiene
Professional Education in Hygiene and Physical Education Men Students’ Health Service
University Health Service
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA
June 27, 1938

Mr. Forrest C. Allen

Director of Physical Education

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Doc:

Thank you very much for your letter of June 2 TI ey

see very clearly your point of view in connection withythe en-—
ing of the free throw lane and I think that you would be making

a grave mistake to attempt to push the project over the opposi-
tion of some of your coaches. I have taken the attitude that these
experiments should not be carried on unless they have the very
enthusiastic approval of all the coaches concerned. I shall follow
up your suggestion and write to June Salmon and suggest that he
ask some conference to try out this idea. It's probably better
anyway that the same conference or group of men refrain from doing
too mich of this experimentation. After awhile the rest of the
coaching world get the wrong idea concerning their efforts.

The coaching school in Topeka starts on August 22. As I
understand it, I will have both a morning and afternoon session
for three days. I hope, however, that we can find some time to
have at least one game of golf while I am in Kansas. I would enjoy
the opportunity to see just how much you have been neglecting your
work in the last eight years. You see, I mean I want to know just
how well your golf game hes progressed.

With best wishes, I am

Very cordially yours,

 

JWB: BP