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The Machinists Mates, the V-5 Naval fliers, the vgiz Naval program,
the A-12 Army program - all were to be conditioned by civilian physical education

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instructors, augmented by the Navy personnel as soon as they could be assigned
to locations. Then began a very strenuous hunt for outstanding men to do this
job for the University and for Uncle Sam. It would be necessary to engage eight
full time physical education teachers besides myself to do the job according to _
Uncle San's desires. Fortunately we had in our employjitwo outstanding ‘tenchers -
Henry Shenk and Reginald Strait. Henry Shenk came to us from Junction City, Kansas,
where he was director of physical education and coach of the city schools. He
ead made an outstanding record at Junction City. While a member of the varsity
football team here at the University of Kansas in 1927 Henry Shenk caught a 32-yard
pass from Art Lawrence and ran about 30 yards for a touchdown that spelled defeat
for the Missouri Tigers. After graduating from the University of Kansas, Shenk
took his Master’ s degree from the University of Wisconsin in the spring of 1940.
This year Shenk signalized his football coaching success here by defeating the
vaunted Missouri tigers 7 to 6 for one of the national upsets of the season.
Shenk's chief teaching load is with the Navy V-12 program.

When Wajor E. R, Elbel left the physical education department to enter the
Aimy Air Force Techrical Training Command, “i secured the services of Reginald
Strait, who was then director of physical education for the Chenute, Kansas,
public schools. Strait played football under Dr. Elbel at Ottawa University in
1924, '25 and '26. He also lettered in basketball at Ottawa in 1926, Strait

has charge of the physical training program for the Navy V-5 cadets, and in
addition he supervizes the sanitation of the swimming pool, Mr. Strait received
his master's degree from the University of Iowa, and is now working on his Ph. D.
at that institution,