EDUCATION THROUGH PLAY

Two decades ago physical education was not an integral part of the
educational program of our American colleges. Up to that date it was given
time in the school activities rather grudgingly. It was the best that
education could offer, to meet the growing demand for some type of hygienic
training.

The progress of physical education was suffering a twoeway block. Educators
were frowning upon a system which lacked a welle-erganized body of thought to
support it. The men and women who were leading the cause of Heian) education
had received their professional training in special physical training normal
schools, outside of the life and atmosphere of general education. Consequently
they were partially ignorant of the general educational tendencies.

The earlier system was primarily structurally minded and thought only in terms
of anatomy and muscular physique. The whole plan was lost in a single groove, -
that of atrus tural vigilance and care of the physical body, with no thought of
functional relationship to education in general.

The main function of education is to train the human mechanism toward
efficiency as an instrument of self-expression, with reference to the various
opportunities and responsibilities of life. All agencies of education should
aim at these common ends.

One contiary of American pioneer work in physical education showed the place
of motor activity in the sehool curriculum, and, despite the incompleteness of
the plan, kept the idea alive until educators ena present a program which was
physiologically and psychologically sound and pedagogically acceptable. The
new type of physical education maintains an organic relationship with the /
educational program. It stands foursquare as a neuromuscular program to aid
education not only in rounding out the physical, mental, social, and ethical

being in its care during the four years of college life, but in sending the

 
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student home with a lifetime recreation, - with a favorite sport which will
insure for him activity and freedom in his meow.

Physical education is a fundamental method of education, - a method which
proceeds by means of or through predominantly physical activities. Physical
eduoation is much broader than simply a program to improve health. It is a
fundamental technic whose ultimate value may be to improve, besides health,
the qualities of courage, initiative, perseverance, and self-control; sympathy,
information end understandings; for the central nervous system should be as
active when the children play as when they study, - and neurograms should be
created and modified as rapidly and as permanently on the playground as ahywhere
in school life.

Man and animals, as depicted in carving, soulpture, drawings and literature,
are active creatures. From earliest times motor skill and human movements had
art and religious, utilitarian end military values. Paul said, "I will run a
race of patience for the prize, which is the high calling of Christ Jesus." And
Daniel said, “I will not defile myself with the King's meat."

We learn by doing. Therefore, competitive athletigs is intensive training.
It gives the boy so much pain to lose and so much joy to win that he will
harness himself with inhibitions so that he may attain the coveted goal, which
is victory. A boy will say "No" a thousand times to temptation so that he may
say "Yes" once to vietory and to a championship.

The Kansas team leaves tomorrow for Columbia, Missouri, where they play the
Missouri Tigers in Brewer Fieldhouse. In the Kansas dressing room those five
boys who start the game will be told that they are the only five boys in the
United States who can wear Kansas’ name across their chests in the starting
battle. Words of confidence and caution will be given them. Their teaumates,
huddled together in that small dressing room, will feel the sense of belonging

that only boys on a team may possess in an athletic contest. The spirit of
oneness, the esprit de corps, the morale of this Jayhawker basketball team will

 
be so apparent that emotional feelings will run high, and the spirit of
fellowship will overflow in a tremendous crescendo of Jayhawker shouts and
enthusiasm. . "Go out and get that Tiger", will be the challenge to these boys
who start the game. -

Over in another dressing room in the same building, Coach Edwards will have
his Tigers huddled tegether for last minute instructions. Upstairs in the
arena will be a vast and partisan Tiger audience, chanting, "Bat that Rock
Chalk Jay Hawk up = eat that Rock Chalk Jay Hawk up <= Yea ~ Tiger - Mizzou!
Mizzou" ee

Doubtless the Jayhawk team members will be reminded that there are a million
‘and three quarters people in Kansas, many of whom do not care ono thing for
basketball, but all have state pride. These boys will be reminded that on
Sunday morning when the followers of Kansas go out for their Sunday morning
paper many of them will turn to the sport page inmediately and see the result
of the Jayhawker-Tiger clash. :

The game being played at Columbia gives Missouri a decided silanes The
home floor is figured an eight point advantage for the home team. Therefore,
Kansas will have to be eight points better than Missouri to tie. The partisan —
throng, urging the Tigers on, will be quite an obstacle for the Jayhawkers to
overcome. No faint hearts oan be among that Jayhawker band that invades
_ Tagereland Saturday. It must be a marauding, aggressive, fighting Jayhawk
team, and I think it wil be. But it is airtioultyte analyze the reactions of
young boys under stress and strain, and the lash of a ‘partisan crowd. Maybe
a new leader will be born among the Jayhawker players. Certainly Sparky
McSpadden can be counted upon to give all he has, but there will be four
boys on the Kansas team who have never played a game in Missouri territory
before. Don Barrington, Bill Lindquist, Charles Moffett, Don Diehl, and
either Gordon stucker/ Lloyd Palmer will be at the other starting guard
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position. Of course, we will try to develop confidence in the ability of

these starting man to de their job well, But games are unpredictable things.
The Tigers had the Jayhawks 18 to 7 at the first half in Kansas City, mut

Kansas overcame the deficit and won 34 to 27. Certainly if Missouri obtain

a lead at Columbia of such proportions, Kensas will never cateh her because

the home crowd is a convinoing tonic to a Tiger team.

| Let us think of General Douglas MacArthur's words = "Upon the fields of
friendly strife are sown the seeds which, in other years on other fields will
bear the fruits of victory.” | |

And so this intercollegiate contest, described by many as an athletic
emotional orgy, has a definite educational value. For an hour these sons

of Kansas and Missouri will be in other worlds battling and fighting for an
imaginary championship and the toga of victory. But ede the smoke of battle

is cleared away, and years have passed, these boys who played that geme will
meet on other fields in friendly strife soi will have developed a philosophy

and a forbearance that will be worth while. The game will be the halter that
will lead this fractious young bronco, the student athlete, into the more durable
areas of life. Many people wonder if athletics are worth the candle. They are
go long as the boy trains, plays, fights, piediied, and makes lasting friendships.
 

SPORTSCAST « by Dr. Forrest C. Allen
Station KPMU « Marah 2, 1944

An youl, the Big Six Conference is closing its final basketball race with to
teams dendlocked for first position, (iklaham scored a thrilling upset victory over
Town State College st snes, Iowa, on Mondsy night by a soore of 44 to 50, senting the
Sooners to a first place position over the Towa State Cyclones. Oklahoma has closed
her eeason in the conference by winning 9 gemes and losing 1, while Iowa state College
‘hae won 8 ond lost 1. ‘The important came on the lowa State Cyolone's sehedule is with
the University of yonsas here in Mooh Auditorium Priday night, Marsh 3, at 7150 peme

It will be necessary for Conch Louie Mense's team to defeat Kensas to finish in
g. tie deadlock with the Oklahona sooners for a first place position. Awin for lew.
State will give then 9 games won ant 2 lost, thereby tying up Big Six honors. towever,
At will be necessary for Tawa State to defeat Kansas to be the Big Jix representative |
toam in the Western Notional Collegiate Athletic ‘sscolation play-off which will be held
in Kansas City's Muntoipal suditoriu iarch 24 ant Bi. A rule was passed by the Big
Six Cenference before Pearl Marbor to the effect that when tr or more team are tied
for first plane position, the teon with the better offensive-defensive ratic record
shall be the team ropresenting the Mig Six Confwrenee in the NOAA play-off. Iowa state
seh tenetn (il for thee plese tn 2000, Wh Tom State tnd the betlee effeniivestete
enatve ratio record; therefore, Tom ‘tate was tie reprosentative teas in the tournanonts
Iowa State played Creighton University, Creighton being the Iasour Valley representa~ 4
tive for tho right to represent this distriot, Creighton won, thereby being the Fifth
Metrict represertativa. he FalC: Photetet hae tre strung eenferensen © the Mg sie
Conference and the Missourt Valley Conference, - and comprises the states of Kansas,
t4{ssouri, Oxlahom., Iowa-and Nebraska, There are four collegiate districts west of
the Mesisstgpt River, the Firth being our area, the Sixth the Southwest Conference
area, the Seventh the Roaky Mowrtain Area, and the Bighth the Peeific Coast ares.
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England States area, the New York City Metropolitan area, the Southeast Conference
area - cunprtaing Tintaty wit thee encanta othe, ant ey Yowts Bowles
comprising the Big Ten aren.

the Western four will play in Kensas City. Arkansas will represent the South-
western area, a tem to be selected will represent the Rocky Mountain States area,
and the Eighth distriet, the Pacific Coast area, is undecided as yet because the
Pacific Const conference will not have a play-off. And rumors have it that Pepperdine ‘
College from Los Angeles may be selected. the war has hit the Coast area harder than
any other area, thereby deflating the athletic enthusiasm of the west coast to the
potmh Wind City exe net “hagged” wp dheut Gunting & veqvenmtative tem

Tm 1942, when Kengas and Oklehowa tied, it was Kansas that had the better
offensive-defesive record, and Kansas represented the conference in the play-off, de-
feating Oklahoma Aggies, the Missouri Valley representative, in Municipal Auditorium
by & score of 40 to 56. Kensas lost to Colorado by 2 points, and later defeated Rice
Institute for third place. Stanford University, by defeating Colorado, won the Western
NCAA play-off, and then later went on to defeat Uartmouth, the Master wimer, for the
NCAA championship.

Perhaps the offensive-defensive ratio should be explained. The total offensive
record of Oklahow: ie compared to the total defensive resord. In other words, the
suber Of petuhe tnt Okinhann eneves in her enutereme sossen 26 etaqurel with the
number of points scored against her. It happens that Oldahom has scored 409 points and
‘has had 314 scored against her. Iowa State's offensive record at this moment is 598
points and her defensive record is 291 points, thereby giving Iowa State a margin of
12 poists over Oklahoma. lowever, should Iowa State lost to Kansas, then of course
Cutahann Weeld bo the wigenmubenive tems on pereertnge pelitn, tab Af town Stade de>
feats Kansas there is no way for Oklahom to be considered, and by wiming Iowa state
will add more points to the total. ‘Therefore, all Louie Mense has to do is defeat
Kansas Priday nights

This game Friday night will close Kansas’ basketball season. At the present

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time she has won 15 games and lest 8, with Friday night's game in the balance.

fut Lawrence will stil seo much wore basketball. The Kansas State High fehool
district tournament will be held at Liberty Memorial High School Priday and Saturday
nights, Mereh 10 end 12. Lawrence possesses mush potential strength and she may be the
surprise team of the tournsnent. “ower, she is facing soue powerful opposition.
Wyandotte High School of Kensas City, Kansas, and Topeka High Sehool are both powerful
toans and should provide much competition. Atehison and Lawrence will make up the four-
some. ‘The teams will be bracketed by tt. B. A, Thomas in Topeka. The drawings are not
“Ynown at present, but there will be two games on Priday night and two games on Saturday
nights The two winners will play each other on the second night and the te losers
will also meet on Saturday night. The games start at 7115 peas The place is Liberty
venoriel High School. A senson ticket good for both nights sells for 60f for adults,
and S0¢ for students.

At the samo time another district tournanent will be played at Shamee idssion
Wligh School under the same arrargenent. Shewmeo Mission, Ward liigh Sehool of Kansas
City, Kensas, Argentine High Sohool of Xansan City, Kensas, and Leavenworth High School
will meet, ‘These regional nects are held for the purpose of selecting two teaus for
the semi-final tournaments. One will be held in western Kansas and one t be held in
eastern Kensage the oastern tournament will probably be held at Wyandotte High sehool
Merch 17 ond 18. Wight teams will play, and 4 will be eliminated. The wimers will
go to the state meot at Topol, Kansas, and a state champion will be deslared in the
capitol city at that time.

But back to the Big Six conference - for the discussion-of a question that should be

settled by the Big Six faculty representatives before another athletic season rolls
around.
te have had, before the war, common eligibility rules coneerning acadenie re-

quirements and athletic participation. When war was declared the faculty representatives
met and threw the thing wide ope, allowing eny student in the University to participate —

his first semester provided he was carrying 12 hours of work. Professionals and all

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others were permitted to participate if they were enlisted in the armed services.
Mueh dissatisfaction arose over Chief Specialist Brumley's playing football at the
University of Oklahoma. ‘This tean won the conference championship. Don “Bull” Reese,
a civilian at Missouri, participated in his fow'th season although not a nenber of the
armed forces. Price Brookfield is participating at Iowa state College although he has
played two seasons of professional ball - one of baseball and one of basketball. He
participated fow' years at Texas State Teachers College, but ascording to the eligibil-
ity rules, Price Brookfield is eligible from every standpoint, being a member of the
V-5 Neval Aviation corps at Lowa State. | .

lowever, I wish to mention the ease of Ken Pryor, V=12 Naval trainee at the
University of Oklahoma, end the case of Homer sherwood, V~12 trainee at the University
of Kansas. omer Sherwood has been transferred fron the University of Kansas to the
University of Southern California. Mo was euduwel to vepayt nt the tabrunsity of
Southern California iumediately and left. Ken Pryor, one of the fresimen stars at the
University of Oklahoma, was to report at Pittsburg State Teachers College larch 1st.
Ken Pryor played against the University of Nebraska at Lincoln last Saturday night,
Feb. 26. On Moniay night he participated against Iowa State College when the Okla~
homans defeated the Cyclones in an upset vietory. Last night on March 1 he competed
in Madison Squabe Garden in New York City against New York University, and suturday
night, on March 4, he participates against estainster College of Buffalo, New York.

It is my conviction that the Big six faculty representatives should have a uniform
ruling to the effect that when a Havel trainee has 4%-hour leave the conference should
pass a ruling to the effect that no conference toon shall exceed that 49-hour init re-
gardless. This would make a uniform ruling and would do away with much misunderstanding.
When one team can obtain favors on certain military rulings it is difficult for the
other schools to understand such « procedure. By the conference holding to the 49-hour
Limit, with the exeeptions made only for late arrival of trains or airplanes, « creat
misunderstanding would be cleared sway. | :

Kansas will be at a decided disadvantage against Iow State on sooout of the

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less of Homer Sherwood. But we are in a war and athletics are emphatically secondary to
the big struggle at hand. Therefore, we are raising no issue, - only calling atvention
to some discrepancies that doubtless should not exist.

fen weeks age, dating back from March 2, Price Brookfield entered tows state
College. It is understood that the Y«5 program is for ten weeks. This would complete
Price Brookfield’s training on Merch 2, but doubtless some arrangenent will ve made for
Mr. Brookfield to appear against Kansas hore on vaweh 3. Kansas is not objecting to this
in the slightest. ‘Infact, the Kansas team would much rather meet Iowa State with Brook-
field in the Line up than without, but whe some teams are dupleted of their star
‘material overnight 4t seons as if no exceptions should be mde on account of an athletic
contest to favor one team over the other. oe

The tw stand-out players of the conference are old, experienced men. Prices
Brookfield, of Iowa State, doubtless has been the cause of the Cyclones oseupying top
position. Allie eine, the 4P star athlete at the University of Oklahoma is the main
reason that Oklahoma is riding the high orest. Paine's home is in Oklahoma City. He
hos pluyed three years with the sconers and played one year of independent basketball.
These two men are head and shoulders above anything else in the conference because of
their age and basketball playing experience. Paine was a stand-out when the conference
teams were stronz, and he and Brockfield are the class of the conference. Their diff-
erence is doubtless the difference in persentage points over other contesting Rig Six .
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Meany of our Lawrence friends have been sadly disappointed with what they term ex-
ceptionally low grade officiating. Good officiating is a rare exeeption rather than
the rule. Basketball fans openly state that neither ono of the tw officials in a gane
do a good job. “Rotten” ie the unsavory word they apply to the officials’ work. This
year I believe the dissatisfaction has been accentuated more than in other years. How
ever, it is my prediction that while the officials are blamed for poor officiating, the
fault is not withthe officials so moh but rather with the Rules Comittee and with the —
game of basketball. hen the center jump was eliminated the Rules Committee contributed

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to the game the semblance of hockey. the ball was tossed up at center once and after
the toss-up it beoune a wild, harunsoarum soraible to outerace the opzosition to the
offensive basket, As soon as @ goal was made by one team, the team scored upon grabbed
the bell out of hous and hurriedly tossed it in, snerificing good fumdenentals of
ball handling for speed, ond more speed. Speed mania eeised these contesting teams,
ond thet mania reflected to the crowd. The players drove fester than good cvordination
dictated. Terefore, loss of potsension becine the rule, and the speotators rather
than enjoying « clever, artful and versatile passing, dribbling and shooting game,
feasted mentally upon an orgy by the players’ Sudbling that made for a general crowd-
player neurotic situation. In other words, the spectators knowingly and willingly
sacrificed good play to the point of excitement, even though the level of skilled

Paoetiously speaking, the spectators are nore prostrated after a hectic game of 7
be furnished the spectators after a gane to enable them t recoup fom the nervous shock. —
They need the relexation and refreshment after these hypertensions as much as do the
players.

senting 1 on tiyossibility with these fast-noving players Avtving doa the
court. tt 4s impossible for evan the best officials to properly offickte this hurri-
cane type of gamde The srowd gots exaited and "rides" the officials because & play is
mise-oalled. Im the gam of basketball the crowd 4s right on top of the players and
ti Offieials, and the crowd never cets off of un official beceuss it ie the American
game to give him « “buggy ride". Good basketball ie sacrificed, and the orowd in their
excitenent forget the values of good ball handling, team play and goal shooting, and
allow their jaded nerves to be satisfied with a fire-wagon brand of the gene that dees
not begin to compare with games in previous yoars where patterns of play beautifully
sot up won the plaulits of the sduivers. — .

 
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The propaments of the elimination of the center jump made the claim that if the

ceuter jump wore eliminated the exceptionally tall, gangling player would be dtiven out
of the game. I renenber Conch Johuny Bimn, now Dean of Men at Stanford University, and — :
Sam Berry, long time conch at the University of Southern California, end other adherents _

of the elimimtion af the center jump, made the claim that the elimination of this mich
Gieliked play from tir stanyeint would rid the gene of ite amy evils. On the other
hand, the elimination of the center jusp has taken away nany beautiful plays from the —
game and robbed it of its orderliness and the quick surprises of a fighting team
stealing the tap from an altituiinous center who controls the tip-off. the center —
jump is gone ant I boldeve it will never be returned, Perhaps there are enough fine,
exeiting play situations remaining in the game of basketball to attract millions to
the game as in the past. Over one humired million people in America attend basketball
games, which attests to its great popularity.

The installation of the 12 foot Wuslet for college ant indeyentent tome will tend

to stabilize and slow up the mad rush of this heart breaking game at the present time.

With an elevated basket there will be no motive to dash madly across the court for
érive-ins and lsy-ups. This higher basket will slow down the avalanche rush of these
offensive players hoping to beat the defense to the basket. x other words, mest teums
have thrown defense to the winds and lave gone all out for offense. the poorest place
in the world t shoot at a 12 foot basket 1s theediately wiler the coal.

imaediately after the Towa State game the baskets in Robinson Gymmeium end Hoch
?v-ttorxum whl be raised to.’ ‘oot, aad the AST? and Y~12 boys who participate in
basketball will be used in a research project for study of the game with the 12 foot
goal, Some of the following points will be weed as the basis of study: (1) the effect
upon scoring and shooting generally; (2) tve effect on roughness wader the basket and
clearing up the congestion wiler the basket; (5) fatigue effects upon players as @
result of baskets st the 12 feot height. Tho two baskets in Hoch Aulitoriun will be
Superimposed upon the present steel frames and will cost but $5.00, ond te baskets

  

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what effect raising the goals would have upon courts and playing facilities throughout
the country. Problems of expense, the relation of height of ceiling to height of
basket, and so forth, mat be considered. |

- pediptess Anter tn the concen & mates gane betaeen the remining vereity ployere
and om of the orack Army or Wavy teams will be staged with the public invited to
atten. ‘Field goals will count 5 points and free throws one pointe This is the ratio
that Dr. Nalamith long advocated. |
Pe 1. Barnum and Henry Iba both had the right idea. Hach procured an
exceptional attraction and exhibited them to the public which “paid off" at the
gate to view the oddity. )

Chairman Jim St. Clair of the Basketball Rules Committee, will see from
his orow's nest above the basket Saturday night at the Oklehoma - Oklahoma A. and
Me game at Norman what we at Kansas have known for a long time, - the folly of a
ton foot basket easily within reach of a hyper seven footer!

St. Cleir talks of defensive trouble, He speaks of goal tending difficulties.
The offensive threat is even more of a crisis.

He should imow that Kurland now holds the high scoring record of all time of
Gallagher Field House, the hom: of the A. and KM, Cowboys.

Raising the basket discriminates against no player but it does discourage
@ super tall player from camping under a low goal because the poorest place to
shoot at a twelve foot basket is direotly underneath the goal.

The same reasoning applies to moving the goal posts ten yarde back of the
goal line in college football. I+ discourages too easy place kinking or drop
kieking attempts, yet it allows the same opportmity for all field goal artists.

If the proposed defensive goal tending suggestion of St. Glair chanel
become » rule it would nesessitate two additional crows nestsattending referees
to rule on descending flights of the ball over the perpendicular cylinder of the
basket, plus the two present referees that we now have. A sat-walk constructed
from basket to basket above the players' heads would enable a single tightwire
walteiens viatioies ‘te Ghensee tnt: béilints Sa ttn elevated position. And some of the
present basketball rules members éven talk of the expense of raising the basket
two feet! |

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KFKU BROADCAST - June 8, 1944

The Recreation Training Institute conducted wder the auspices
of the Physical Education Department of the University of Kensas here on
May 16 to 20 paid and is paying big dividends, Mrs. Anne Livingston, the
recreation specialist from the National Recreation Association of New York,
prevaded exceptional inspiration for the one hundred fifty registrants.
These recreation leaders ones from as far away as Concordia, Parsons, Junetion
City, Emporia, Leavenworth and Topeka. Especially do we feel ees beneficial
effect of Mrs. Livingston's talented services because the Lawrense recreation
leaders attended ines session and are now putting into practice the things
learned from Mrs. Livingston. ‘The visit of Mrs. Livingston was timely and
nost prafitable; | |

: | The nearest institute conducted by her was at Wichita, Kansas, and

the succeeding one was at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. So Lawrence, Kansas, oan feel
especially proud of the fact that we were able to secure her services. Two
weeks after irs. Livingston left, Miss Alice Gilbertson, publicity specialist
for the Association and a writer of syndicated articles, visited Lawrence for
a followup. She was much impressed with the close wetenlaichin between the
University's Physical Education Department and the Lawrence recreation prograine

The summer recreation program for ie uate of Lawrence is in full
swing. Mrs. Marge Stockton, chairman of the executive committee of the
Recreation duet; together with Superintendent Gliffora Dean and Mrs.
Dorothy Jane Cannady, are the individuals largely responsible for the pro-
motion and the execution of the Lawrence playground activities. Every aftere
noon from 3 to 5 o'clock the playgrounds of the Lawrence schools are under
the supervision of playground leaders, and in the mornings the children may
attend the summer art studio under the capable direction of Miss Maude

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opivetion, The summer program also inolude’ Red: Gross swimming instruction,
and teeneage activities.

The University Women's Club were hosts to their families at a
picnic on the evening of June 2nd in Fowler Grove. The quadrangle was
covered with playground equipment of all kinds «- shuffleboard, volley ball,
gealehi, croquet, teeter-totters, monkeyemaze and a scootereslide provided
much entertainment for the members of the faculty and their families. The
iced drinking fountain was a very popular retreat. Reginald Strait'’s class ,
in Community Recreation served as play supervisors. Mrs. Deane Malott,
‘Mrs. C,. Fe Nelson and Mrs. W. H. Shoemaker, and members of their. committee,
served @ most unusual picnic luncheon. The men faculty members under the
spell of this play equipment unlimberad old athletic muscles of their under-
graduate days. Professor i, 3%. Chubb, Drs 0. 0. Stoland and Dr. He B.
Latimer showed exceptional shooting ability on goalehi basketball, and gave
the younger members - Professor Elmer Beth, Professor bide Virtue and Guy
Keeler rugged competition, All in all, it was a most enjoyable evening and
the three hundred guests voted the University women exceptional hostesses.

On the same evening, June 2nd, the K Club, the University letter-
men's organization, gave a K club dance in Hoch Auditorium. They went "big
time", and procured Jan Savitt's fop-liatters, one of the big time dance
orchestras out of New Yor’ For @ war year the K club has done exceptional
things. George Dick, Gordon Stuoker, Sparky MeSpadden, Charles Moffett and
Bob Malott in Ges inspirational leaders back of the renaissance of the K
Gluhs.: Siebe Dive hese lnebw dpennored Wes -Seetball game at Haskell Stadium
between the varsity and the alumi with a view of raising enough money to
subsidize this dance. Over four hundred fifty couples attended this big

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one thousand dollars was taken in at the dance, which was attended by Army
and Navy officers as well as the enlisted men of all whine: It was a
beautiful affair, Chancellor Deane W. Malott crowned the queen, Miss Shirley
Otter, and presented beautiful bouquets to the queen's attendants, Miss
Norma Henry and Miss Margaret Gurley. The queen was presented a five-year
pass to all athletic games by the Athletic Association. The Chancellor, |
' in his presentation remarks, declared, "This is one thing that I have always |
sworn I would never do = crown a queen." But he did it gracefully, although
in placing the crown you could tell that he was not an experienced hand in
placing wreaths of flowers on women's heads.

The officers of the K Glub invited stars of the high school
athletic teams in as their guests.

: The Leneere of this year's K Club have shown vision for the future
because by crowning this queen they have enlisted the future women of the
‘University in their activities. They are expecting to make this an annual
affair and have a regular place on the program of big social events here at
the University. The week of the Kansas Relays, when they are revived, will
be the time for the detain The K Club members will be hosts to the young
athletes and the women of the University will assist in entertaining them.
Never before have the K ma activated themselves to the point of enlisting
the socially elite of the University in promoting their athletic welfare.
This is another symptom of a better balance of athletics, ‘aeadentos and
social life for the University. So congratulations and best wishes to George
Disk, Gerddn'stucker, Bpatky MeSpadden, Chartes Moffet’ and Sob alot for
having the initiative and fercdignt in postewar athletics, academios and

social planning.
The spring sports at the University will close with a baseball

game between the Kansas Jayhawkers and the Oklahoma Sooners on the varsity

 
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baseball field Saturday, June 10. Gqagh Kiner Schaake's team has, as yet,
to win a contest, and the prospects are none too bright for their overcoming
of the Sooners who always have a reputation in developing a splendid base-
ball team. This year is ho exceptions But $a baseball fang who like this
typieally American game are invited to see the Closing spisode next Saturday
éfeerneen; June 1g at 2:30 orelocks There is no admission chargee

With the closing baseball game on June 10, the sport fans will
now cast their syes toward the ereniren sport. It looks as if the colleges
ere planning to carry on a these regular calendar of sports next year. Kansas
has already determined to go forward with football and basketball, as well
as her other major sports. The football staff is complete at the University
of Kansas with Henry Shenk as head coach, and Elmer Schaake and Dean Nesmith

yet to be filled,

assistent coaches. An eightegame schedule, with one or two open dates/ has
already been arranged by Acting Athletic Director Karl Klooz. The sohedule

is as follows;

Septeuber 18 Open

September 25 — Texas Christian University at Kansas City
Soptenber 23 Denver University - Denver

October 7 Tulsa University at Tulsa

October 14 Iowa State College at Ames

October 21 University of Nebraska at lewrence *

October 28 Open

Novenber 4 Open

November 11 ‘ Kansas State College at Manhattan

November 18 Vatyeratty of Oklahoma at Lawrence

November 23 University of Missouri at Columbia

 
 

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Football hopes at K,U. took a jolt when Bob George, frosh triple.
threat man, Joe Dickey, half-back speedster, and Frank Gruden, all-Big Six
‘guard, ‘were transferred by the Navy at the end of the winter term along with
several other outstanding boys. The discontinuance of the V-5 pregram (naval
xviation) this summer will also remove a svtenhiacl source of manpower fron
Se KW, Geuuy bath wens Viren 0 Wore wen Mieke Leviers-at B0. tee,
the Navy has already announced that there will be a pedainthed of personnel
in the V-12 program November first. This means that an entirely different
team from that beginning the season may play the November games.

- Naval transfers the first of July make a guess as to K.U.'s
football prospects for 1944 even more hasardous, Since freshmen are in-
eligible to participate until after one semester, there is little likelihood
of getting much help from that source. ‘Undoubtedly we will lose more than
we will gain by the July transfers. _

On the brighter side of the ledcer is the fact that fifteen
lettermen from last year are stiil in school at the present times However,
Gordon Stucker, end, will soon report to the Naval Academy at Annapolis;
Wayne nird, center, is 18 and will probably soon be drafted, along with
Junius Penny,. taokles| Bill Mowery, fullback, and Dick Dreher, guard, are in
medical school, and may have trouble finding the time to participate, This
leaves ten lettermen, most of whom are backs, who should be around next fall ««
John Bergin, back, Den Chase, center, 3111 Chestnut, drop kicker, Dick Dreher,
guard, Dan Feullmer, back, Charles Keller, tackle, Bob Miller, half, Charles
Moffett, quneber'onek; Warren Riegle, end, Leroy Robison, back, and Don
_ Barrington, fullback, = |

Other last year's squdd men who are expected to report are Dan
Stockdale, guard, Jim Weatherby, back, Harold Hill, “- and Joe Ryan, guard.

New boys who showed up well in spring practice were Bauman, tackle,

Shiminte, back, Welch, back, Mosher, back, Daigneult, end, Short, back,
Castriex, back, Williams, halfback, McShane, back, Book, tackle, and
Cantrell, guard. In addition to these boys there should be some seventeen

year-old high school boys and one or two 4F's.

 
   
 

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Bins: ned Dench. Base Shenk has & peethy cost mowledge atthe -
competition in the Big Six Conference this coming season, I asked him what
he thought of Kansas‘ chances, I recall the nive when Shenk played for
Kansas, and sittineeatoatais he madght a pass from Art Mawrence uae coe.ching
at Rosedale liigh School) and ran down the east side of the field for a touche
down that beat Missouri 14 to 7, Barrett Hamilton caught the pess that made
the first touchdown. Kensas had had a rather medioore season up until that
time, Missouri was Big Six champion and had beaton Nebraska and Northwestern,
and were odds on favorites. | :

So when I asked Henry Shenk about the prospects for this season
he replied: "So ‘iv as the Big Six this year is concerned it looks as if
Oklahoma will probably be the team to beat for the seaphiniabiic They have
a large VeS unit and a good many of their players back from last year, and
they can also be eoubbed on %0 get some freshman talent. Iowa State should
also present a strong tean g ince they not only have a large Vel2 unit but
also play a shee of naval trainees corresponding to our electricians’ mates,
Oklahoma beat Kansas 26 to 13 last year in a thrilling game at Norman, and
Iowa State defeated Kansas at Lawrence in a rather drab game 13 to Go é

"Missouri and Nebraska and Kansas Stete have no naval trainees.
However, this may be an advantage in Bic 3ix competition next year. It is
quite likely that the three schools that have naval trainees will suffer from
the out of personnel announced for November first, and those sohoels playing
civilians should at jieast be able to keep their squad intact from the beginning
of the season until the end. The civilian teams are able to have longer prace
tice sessions and more time for chalketalks than the naval schools. The: naval
trainees have to maintain mush higher standards of scholarship to be allowed
to participate than do the civilians. Thode thatere to a certain extent :

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"Probably Missouri should be the strongest of the three schools
with all-civilian tesms, They still have Delestatious, Collins, and several
other boys from their fine team last year who will pera profited by a year's
experience. Nebraska always has a good football team. Last year they had
probably the poorest teem they have ever had. Yet they were able to beat Kansas
“by one point in a sea of rain and md at Lincoln, perpetuating the 2-year old
jin. Coach Ward Haylett of Kansas State, whose team was in the cellar last
season, recently announced that things were looking up for football next year
with the return of 140 Army veterinarians to civilian status. These together
with a promising array of last year's high school stars, should provide Kansas
State with same mucheneeded manpower. p

“While the picture may ounge almost overnight, hingeing upon the
progress of the war, various decisions of the Navy, and the general manpower
situation, K. U. will have to battle hard to place in the upper bracket next
fall. However, there is a fighting spirit evident amongst the players who
partiedpated in the Jayhawker's victory over Missouri last fall which had not
been evident for several seasons and which may carry the young Jayhawkers to
greater heights in 1944. :

"It should be an interesting season, and fans are assured of good
football entertainment with the results in the laps of the gods and the hands

of the 17-year olds, the 4F's and the Navy.

 
We were aelighted to have a call at the office this eatie from
Major BE. Re “Eddie” Elbel, a member of the Physical Education staff who is
now on leave for military service. Major Eibel has just completed a two
months course in New York City at the Institute for Crippled and Disabled,

on exercise

and has written a manual/for the use of men in the rehabilitation program.
Major Elbel's new assignment is in research in the school of aviation
_ medicine at Rendolph Field. Dr. Peter Karpoviteh, a former classmate of

Major Elbel's at Springfield College, Mass., is also ascociated with hin

in this important rehabilitation work.

 
 

KFKU = June 1, 1944

The Big Six Out door Track- championship of the conference was won by |
Iowa State College at Lincoln, Nebraska, on May 20, with 67 points. Kansas
showed surprising strength in taking second place with 564 points. Kensas won
seven first places, and had she fit “a larger squad, as did Iowa State, undoubtedly
Kansas would have been the winner. Other Big Six schools placed in the following
order: Oklahoma, 34% points; Missouri, 324 points; Nebraska, 244 points; and
Kansas State, 9 points. |

Kansas has experienced a very successful indoor and outdoor track season
under the splendid tutelage of Ray Kenehl. Kanehl graduated from the University
of Kansas in 1927, having won a gold track shoe on Coach Harry Huff's Missouri
Valley — oe. Coach Kanehl is in his first year - the University
of Kansas, having come to us from Wichita East High School where he was chairman

of the Physical Zducation Department. Kanehl won five track championships while

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et East High in Wichita.
An interesting thing about the coaching situation at Kansas is that all
of the varsity coaches are members of the Physical Sidesbite Department, having
come under the enlarged army and navy conditioning program. This also applies
to tian Nesmith, head trainer and property man, who @¢e08 assists with the varsity
football, Henry Shenk, head coach of tested ean to the Physical Mien dik
Department, @ year before Pearl Harbor. Elmer Schaake, who came last year, is
assisting the ASTP program and aiding Coach Shenk in a valuable way in coaching
the varsity football team. Shenk, Schaake and Nesmith sxbertenssd a thrill that
few Kansas coaches have experienced recently in football by whipping the Missouri
Tigers here on Memorial Field last Thanksgiving Day, 7 to 6. 3
Coach Schaake is sau deme as baseball Sian: having taken over the

reins last week when Coach Austin, who was also in the ASTP program, resigned

on account of a curtailed enrollment among the ASTP boys. Coach Vernon Hayes,

 
 

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brother of Rutherford B, Hayes, or in 1937, is also resigning June 1
on the same’ account, The V-5 program for Naval Aviation Cadets have their physical
training under the direction of Reginald Strait, a former pupil of Dr. Elbel

and a graduate of Ottewa University and the University of Iowa. Coaches Shenk,
Schaake, Nesmith aa Kanehl have the Navy V-12 trainees. The ASTP boys received
their physical training under Howard Porter, who left the University to go to
Wichita; Jack Austin, Vernon Hayes, and Elmer Schaake. Elmer Schaake will be the
only remaining member of the ASTP physical instructors due to the fact that the
enrollment has been cut from 700 to 51 trainees. However, we are expecting 250
atdtvveunt ASTP boys in ule or August.

Now, back to track, You will remember that Kanehl was graduated in 1927.

As an undergraduate he made his numeral in basketball, was assistant instructor

in the Physical Education aes in 1926 and 1927, and was an outstanding
student during his student days on Mt. Oread. Last year Henry ina benahel :

the ince track team to a third place in the Big Six. In looking over the
records it appears that Keneh] has made the best record of any track coaches
for the past seven or eight years. :

The experience of track coaches throughout the nation this season has :
been one of changing personnel, Kansas has been no exception. Of 93 men who
have reported for track during the season, only 38 remained to finish the season.
A number of these boys were Navy V-12 trainees who were transferred to other
units, Several civilian boys wore called into service by Unele Sams

| The dibdeer track schedule included two dual, one triangular, one relay
carnival, and the Big Six bcekder Meiteskis Meet. In hive dual meets Kansas
was defeated by the University of Oklahoma at Norman by a score of 70 to 60,
and by Iowa State at Ames by a oe of 914 to 392, In a triangular meet with

Nebraska and Kansas Stete at Lawrence, - Kansas won with 85 points to 37 for

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In the Drake Relays at Des Moines, - Kansas placed the following men:
Robert Lillibridge, second in the broad jump; Frank Stennard, third in the 120
yard high hurdles; Tom Scofield, third in the high jump; Jim Richey, third in’
the 440 yard run; Leroy Robison, third in the javelin throws and a mile relay —
composed of Lynn Leigh, Robert Lillibridge, Frank Stannard and Jim Richey placed -
fifth. |

In the Big Six Outdoor Championship Meet at Lincoln, Frank Stennard, who -
placed third in the 120 high hurdles at the Drake Relays, won both the high and
low hurdle races; Walter Isageson was also a double wimer at Lincoln, wine
both the 100 and 220 yard dashes. Tom Scofield, last season's Big Six cindade
chempion high jumper, won both the high jump and the broad jump ‘this spring in |
the Big Six meet. Leroy Robison wow the javelin throw; Harvey Morrow placed
second in the pole vault, Junius Penny placed third in the shot put, and Jim
Sargent tied for third in the high jump. Robert Lillibridge placed second in
the 100 yard dash and fourth in the broad jump. Jim Richey, who placed fourth ;
in the 440 yard rum, had received an injury prior to the Drake Relays, suffering
with a so-called pulled muscle, and was not in the best of shape. Some of Coach
Giaahite ker men suffered injuries prior to sia Big Six Meet. Had they been in
tip-top shape the score for Kansas would undoubtedly have been much higher.
However, Kansas won seven first places to es for es State, but the team
strength of Iova State was too much to overcomes Due to a Navy regulation
for 48-hour liberty for trips, it will be impossible for the track team to
attend other meets this spring.

Mr. Karl Klooz, the acting athletic direstor, had written Mr. Dale
Arbuckide, of the University of Oklahoma, on the possibility of scheduling
some baseball games with the Sooners. From news reports out of edison they

have accepted the date of June 10, although Mr, Klooz has not received word.

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In baseball there were not enough teams in the Big Six playing baseball
ALaAattenr—
to arrangés a conference aver le, so there will be no championship in baseball.

Kansas was third in football, tied for third in basketball, and in track placed

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In ail fairness to Elmer Schaake, a fine football and basketball coach,
it gould be said that he does not profess to be an expert in baseball. He
merely took this over as an accommodation to the athletic department because
of Jack Austin's iadene nas Kensas has not been hi gly successful in baseball

Gh Qawree
cian been defeated by Iowa — Hering ton Army Air Bese at Lawrence , | and
Sedalia Army Air Base at see But the boys are getting a lot of fu out
of playing the game, and Schaake is doing a good job under the circumstances,

The athletic department is valiantly carrying on by using the Physical
hestion coaches. In this way both ends can be mot financially because there
4s no great expense involved, and yet the’ boys have the fun of playing.

So take out your notebooks, you baseball fans of Lawrence, and write down
the date of June 10 for the Oklahoma Sooners on the Kansas baseball field just
off of Mississippi Street. Baseball is a splendid game and we sucela do our

level best to keep all sports going even though the quality of play and the

expert coaching is not of pre-war days. Your speaker coachog) tho Kansas, varsity Gasshelt

for a couple of years, but due to sd duties was unable to handle ‘varsity
baseball this year. . ;
Mr. Klooz informs me thet the athletic directors at Lincoln, Nebraska,
set the date of August 12th for the Big Six basketball coaches to meet at the
Continental Hotel in Kansas City, ‘ioe to discuss and if possible draft |
a Big Six basketball schedule for next Yeare ‘The teams have heretofore played

a double round robin tournament, but with transportation what it is, some ad-

justment may be made in the schedule. Certainly Kansas will not play the great

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number of games in basketball they did last year. Travel conditions were then
‘severe, but they will be much worse this year. After D-Day the troop movements
and other necessary travel will come first, and personally I look to see a

great curtailment in civilian travel, Therefore, I think we should play only

a minimum nuyber of games ~ enough to keep the boys interested in their activity
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and still schedule enough games so that the friends of our sport in this
community can enjoy their favorite sport. Some have the conviction that it

adds to the morale to keep things moving mot only on a pre-war basis, but on

a@ war basis,

We are receiving many letters from the boys overseas, and many of them are
asking to be remembered to Earl Falkenstien, the affable financial secretary
in the athletic office. All the athletes were very fond of Earl Palkenstion
beceuse he was highly efficient but always pleasant to the boys when he was

forced to sometimes turn down their requests for extra tickets.

In 1923 the speaker inaugurated a plan at oe to determine the
conference championships in all sports. We called it the pentathlon scoring
sheet. A low score was a high. If a team finished in first place they were
given one point and if they finished in sixth place they were given six. It
was an idea to get teamwork among the coaches so that each coach would be
for the other fellow's sport. In the early days too many people placed too
_ much emphasis on the one sport and lost interest in the other sports. This
method of scoring has been followed by the Missouri Valley Conference and the
Big Six for a great number of yearse

By this reckoning Iowa State would win the Big Six pentethlon

scoring championship for the year 1944, They placed first in both indoor and

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football. Oklahoma would run a close second, with a first place win in football
a tie in tasketball and a third and fourth place in track. The figures have not
been compiled, eet it looks as if Kansas and Missouri will run a close race for
third place, with Nebraska and Kansas ‘State tring for ee and sixth. So all
in all, Kensas has had a very good war year tl a Coie of Kansas
has been more concerned in fighting the war than they have been in deve loping
crack athletic teams during this very is period. Thie he as it Saould
bes
Too many coaches are indulging in frantic flag-waving while posing
as developers of young men, aiding the war effort through physical condition-
ing programs of athletic games, These coaches are traveling over the country
signing up all the likely 4F boys with athletic potentialities. They are also |
scouting for oe 17 year old high school graduates who have one year of athletic
competition before registering for selective service. oe number one business
in America at the present time is to win the war with everything we have got in
the shortest possible time. Back the attack by mm all out effort on the home
front., The 4F athlete in war time should not be sievieiet ser should he be
OL asnciiiy but when they are made the medium of an all out effort
to go professionally big time, then there should be pause for sober reflection,
So be prepared for more flag waving, more high sounding patriotic phrases
emulating top physical pondtil aide of our athletic teams for the coming year

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