STANFORD UNIVERSITY ae

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

STANFORD UNrversity, CALIFORNIA August 2, 1940

Dr. Forrest C. Allen
801 Louisiana Street
Lawrence, Kansas’

Dear Dr. Allens:

Mr. Edward Burton DeGroot, Jr. is an advanced graduate student in the
School of Education at Stanford University and is a candidate for the
degree of Doctor of Education.

In connection with his program, we would like to have information
concerning his professional work. You have had an opportunity to
observe him, and any information you can give which will aid in de-
fining his strong qualities and his weak qualities will help us in

our work with him. We would appreciate a frank statement from you
giving your judgment concerning his present qualifications and his
promise for development. In this statement, please give attention

to such items as the extent of his leadership in the school and commun-
ity, his creativeness in the development of an educational program, his
seriousness of purpose, his intellectual power and emotional stability,
and any other items which you would consider important in our attempt
to serve his needs. Most of all, at this point in his program, we are
concerned with his promise as a doctoral candidate and with the contri-
bution he is likely to make to education after he has attained the
doctor's degree. Any insights you can give us concerning his poten-
tialities in these directions will be most helpful.

All of this information will, of course, be held as strictly confi-
dential.

We shall appreciate your early attention to this request in order
that we may have your reply before the next meeting of the committee.

Sincerely yours,

Alvin C. Burich, Chairman”

Committee on Advanced Graduate
Degrees