June 24, 1943. i, Wayne FP. Replogle, Ce Spey Ue. 8. ac a V~l2, Wabash College, Crewfordsvi lle, Indians. Dear Bill: I have just received your letter, and although I have mde many efforts with the Chancellor to get you alligned here, I am sending your letter to the Chancellor's siting lagi tak bi wan O6 wewthing, fee you. You can understand my position, Bill, can you not? T have got to go through my boss to make any move. I would not dere write Gene Tumey wmless the Chancellor approved it, and I know you would not went me to. I om ee ee ahi palin sous Sales eens aks ttt follow very closely the Daley, Griswold, Thomas, Yopping — and MeComley. I am hoping they will blast the slit-syes clear out of the pond. If I ean do any good with Jom White, Lieut. jege, _I certainly will do it. I will keep you advised when I hear from the Chancellor. He is in the the Bast now and will not return until this week-end, but I wil will have it on his desk whe he returns. Cordially yours, Director of Physical Education, FCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach. dune 14, 1943. Mre Wayne F. Replogle, C. Sp., Chief Specialist MNenry Hill came in to say hello. Wo think he is a fine Texan. Ne told me that you told him you would rather be sent back to Lewrence, Eensas, than almost any place in the world. . We would rather have you here, Rep. . Chief Hill suggested that I write to the Bureau of Persormel Officer in Charge of Plz, Washington, ey Cas and ask for your trans- fer here. He also suggested that a personal lotter to Lt. Commander Forsyth would help. What I did, Rep, was call the Chancellor becuse I aid not want to do anything without the chief's o.k. You will remexber that I had previously asked the Chencellor to see if we could not have you sent here, if possible. The Chancellor said it was his opinion that no individuels were to be returned to their respective institutions. He knew that was true in higher renks, a chief apecialiets. i tic uek inns So uw: EE yok win Stak. sch wcieathins abeet Sade be cause I em stymied until you can give me more information, and then I will go to the Chancellor again. Chie? Hill told me that you were to be sent to Wabash but that unit fell through so it might be possible that since they are needing tvo more chiefs here that you could arrange the deal. I am wanting to do everything I can for you and if See ee ee eee you can write me off the record. Of co urse I will not use anything yeu say to mo in anything but an unofficial capacity. seguriag you {t would bo a pleasure to have you bask hore on ou campus, a regards, I em Very sincerely yours, —. of eee Education, Vay 11, 1943. Mr, Wayne Fe Replogle, ©. 5Sp., Quonset Huts, D. E., Crew Commander, Naval Training Station, : Norfolk, Virginia. : i Dear Bill: Enjoyed your letter of last Wednesday. Tt is & pleasure for us to be able to give the boys in the service the addresses of their fellows. . This is one | thing we can do on the home front that is worth while. | By the way, Bill, won't you send me Max's address? Fred Herris said in his letter this morning, from Miami, that Max flew in and had a fine visit with George Stapleton emi with him. Fred said that Max hes the reputation of being the best fighter in his cutfit. I know this will please you amd I would like to get an excerpt in the next Jayhawk Rebound letter regarding MAR . : With continued best wishes to you and yours, I am | Sincerely yours, Director of Fhysieal Education, PCA:AB Varsity Basketball Coach. % y Ra 2 S Lo dune 7, 1943. Ur. Bob Rowen, St. Joseph's College, Philadelphia, Pe. Dear Bob: Thank you very much for your olippings and your kind letter of dime 4th. I enjoyed then very much and assure you that we feel very slated at the fine compli- ments paid our University of Kansas team and personnel. of for two weeks before resiminz his work at the University. We are playing golf every day and having a good time. So have been able to trim the youngster, but all good hinge geeciuhly eae te on end. Feb played threes years ac ee eee in 1941. Sincerely yours, Direstor of Paysieal Bdusation, June 3, 1943. Professor ?. A. Russell, School of Engineering. Dear Professor Russell: I em enclosing a copy of your letter and estimate on the cost of a reinforced concrete temis | court, in November, 1957- : I would eppreciate it if you would revise your estimate according to present prices. J) ‘Sincerely yours, A Director of Physical Education, PCAsAH Varsity Basketball Conch. Hay 25, 1943. Mr. Eob Rowan, Sports Editor, The Hawk, St. Joseph's College, Philadelphia, Pa. Dear Mr. Rowan: It was indeed kind of you to write me as you did on May 17th coneerning George Senesky, and also our players, Charlic Black and Ray Evans. We enjoyed our relations with your fine team, and I assure you it was a pleasure to meet then. I wonder if it would be possible for you 0 abil es monitie Bhd pis Waeeae tek te aor ‘use on our bulletin board. If you have any other clippings or articles referring to the Kansas team ce eee ee ee ee to read. With kindest regards, I an Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, PCA: AH | Varsity Basketball Coach. | ur, C. %, Russell, Iola, Kansas. Dear ire Russell: Chante yen Bow your very Gan tatiana thant 3rd. This is a very belated reply, but I want you to a ee 2S Ge Ee oe John Buescher was more than proud to receive tn Salita als von wee Wi cel Th tn Phen ae de think of these boys in your enthusiasm. It is such things as this - receiving letters from men like you ~ that makes these boys appreciate what fine friends they have. I tell the boys thet athletics are good for two ~~ things, to introduce the chap favorably to business and society, and also to keep him in bounds during the form ative years of his life. Sok Takk ae at athlete enploya are very valuable to hin. | So we thank you again for thinking of us and we are happy indeed to comt you in our list of friends. It has been a pleasure to know C. E., Jre He is a fins yOung Ma» Sincerely yours, : Direotor of Physical Education, FCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach. ALLENTOWN, PA. LEHIGH PORTLAND GEMENT Go. Milt Gere &£ IoLa, KANSAS BRarch 3, 1943 Dts 2a Gs Alles Kansas University Lawrence, Kansas Dear Mr. Allen: Please accept my Sincere congratulations upon the award you recently received being selected No. 1 basketball coach for the nation. Needless to say, I agree with that award thoroughly. Mrs. Russell and I have been enthusiastic basketball fans for a good many years and we have always admired your policies not only so far as it applies to the game itself, but to your boys as well. Up until gasoline rationing went into effect, we seldom missed a university game played in Lawrence. In fact, during the tite our son, ©. ©., dr., has been in the university we have not missed a game until this year. We also wish to congratulate you on your fine season this year and trust you will be able to complete your schedule without a single game lost. Most sincerely yours, ene C. E. Russell ae CER: es April 8, 1943 Mr. Wayne F. Rep » Co Spey Quonset Ruts « D. 3. = Crew Commander, Naval Training Station, Norfolk, Virginia. Dear Wayne: I acknowledge receipt of your card with the » above address. Thank you for sending it. ee ee ee recommendation to: the Chancellor, and an enclosing the correspondence, which you can mail back to me at your gonvenuisnuce. Se ee eae upon your request immediately, and by asking the Chancellor to do this I felt it would get more favor- able attention. I trust shat you will see I was working for your best interests. With kindest personal regards, I am Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Sducation, PCA: AH Varsity Basketball Coach. Ence . NAVY DEPARTMENT Penalty For Private Use To Avoid U. S. Naval Training Station — Norfolk, Virginia NTSNV-2803—1-43—10M. _ Naval Training Station Norfolk, Virginia To insure quicker and safer delivery of mail it is requested that the following man be addressed as og il further ce c ge < as p @ vovs£_ Oe ee. ANCER Naval Training Station Norfolk, Virginia (All correspondence concerning him in the future should be sent to his new address) The Commanding Officer 0a bps 4S hae fe Se / nother McLemore Peeve pike * fee hue m % ike By H ey Mi bicmbyt a * NE of my many New Year’s ue " was to never again write another word about Admiral Gene Tunney... a You know who the Admiral is, of course. Strictly a career. man, After years of experience on the storm-tossed waters of the prize ring, and the high seas of National Distilleries, Inc., he has reached a point where he is in charge of the Atlantic, Pacific and Central Park Lake’ land-based © fleets. I gave him up.on New Year’s.Day along with Fletcherizing my food, bobbing for apples on Hallowe’en, opium and serv- ing as lookout for mashers in Grand Central Station. But. I find’ it impossible to stick to my‘ pledge. It is impossible to ignore Admiral Tunney. He won’t let you. He is the talk- ingest naval officer in history. He makes John Paul Jones a sphinx, Admiral Dewey . a mummy and Commodore Perry a mute. Just stop and think how few words such officers as. Admiral Nimitz or Admiral Halsey have said since the war began, as compared to the vocal output of Admiral Tunney. : HE Admiral now is speaking, writing and gesticulating against. competitive sports for men in the armed forces. He feels that such things as boxing, wrestling, football, baseball, basketball and, as far as I know, hand foque, curlin fencing, rope cli d tennis. are_silly. It is his contention that mass exercise is much better and that this Nation would have a tougher, meaner Army if something on the order of.a wand ’ sort of al ‘fresco torture did to me. drill: were saan for the hareeuine of the 2 troops. Lined up with Admiral Tunney, and applauding his every move, are the physical culture instructors of the country. Lined up against him, nd. hooting his every effort to have competitive sports removed from the soldiers’ cals are the coaches of the country. *On one side.are men (the coaches) who feel that sports where. rough, hard body. contact is involved, offer the best training for fighting men, and on the other side are men (the physical culturists, or “muscle jerks” as Dr. Mal Stevens chose to term them) who feel that a sort of mass squat tag is the ideal training for combat against the enemy. e QPEAKING for myself, I am ‘against the ‘Admiral (you couldn’t have possibly guessed that by now, could you?) and the physica] culturists. ‘I am ‘against . them because I know what wand drills and that “-T -wwasl a wand driller in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth grades in grammar school. Wand drilling was part of the curriculum in the grammar schools of Georgia at the time, and the daily routine’ with the slivers of wood left us so worn out and. bored and generally disgusted that many of us could not. eat our peanut butter sandwiches, which our mothers had carefully packed for us, when recess timie came around, “One-two-three-four.” I can hear Miss Wheeler calling the numbers now, and feel the dust of the schoolyard, as scores of. us swung the confounded wands about in an effort to develop muscles and graces. If Admiral Tunney succeeds in having | Mr. Lemore opposed Mr. Tunney’s ideas of physical culture. the tough: fees canis Spits lsliminstea from the Army and Navy sports program, and is casting: about. for a quiet, gentle sport to replace football and boxing and the like, I suggest bean-bag. ‘We used to play this Pine . 2 when rain prevented us un frolicking out- - doors during recess. It isn’t a rough sport, yet ‘it develops. cunning, co-ordination and a certain amount of meanness. : It used to delight the boys in the fifth grade to throw the bean-bag at the girls, throw it hard. # The girls couldn’t catch very well, and it was more fun to see them have to duck under a-desk to prevent getting hit with - the little canvas — = filled with ae beans, ‘Squat- tag‘is eee sae for. wearing out the knees. of the trousers—and so is drop- -the-handkerchief. But for all- around fun and . exercise I suggest to Admiral Tunney that he have our. soldiers take up a game which we called “go in and out the: window.” It’ was more fun, especially the part where everyone sings: “Go in and out the window. Go in and out. Hae window. Go in and out the win- dow,” - and then, “Go: kneel before your lover. Go kneel before your lover, etc... .” TY REBLY. : U. S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION ©, ON ser VES. Naval Operating Base Norfolk, Virginia Cpt 19, 13 LO,. FC ALO... cae ee Naval Operating Base Norfolk, Virginia / April 23, 1943. Dre Joseph A. Reilly, c/o Otarion, 1016 Walnut Street, Kensas City, Mo. ‘Dear Dr. Reilly: Hlowaver, I uo to thenk you for writing me pegarding Paul 8. Kelly, Jr. I will be glad to cet in touch with you and I will be happy to meet Mr. . Kelly, the father, and discuss with him the possibility of Paul, Jr., attending the University. I will feel complimented to have the young man here, and I will do ths very best I can to improve his basketball technique as well as to have him absorb the finer things of Univ- | ersity life. — : If you would write me and give me the father's address I will be glad to send him a catalog and any other information that might be of interest to him concerning the University. With all good wishes, T am } Very sineerely yours, i | : Director of Physical Education, PCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach. OTARION OF KANSAS CITY (+ : DR. JOSEPH A. REILLY a larion SERVIEE TO THE BARE OF SEARING 1016 WALNUT STREET KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI TELEPHONE VI. 0320 April 16, 1943. Dr. Forrest Allen, Kansas University, Lawrence, Kansas, Dear Forrest; Paul §. Kelly, a lewver and a very good friend of mine, has @ son who played forward on the Rockhurst High School basket ball team last season and whom I consider a very good prospect. The boy is very desirous of playing under you and I believe his father feels the same way about it. On your next visit to Kansas City, I wish you | would contact me so that we could get in touch with his father, as I would like to see him go to K.U. The boy's name is Paul S. Kelly, Jr. Hoping to see you soon, I remain, Sincerely yours, . ‘ Yoo Te eth, ee i JAR/WE Vr. and Mrs. Forrest ©. Allen accept with pleasure the invitation of the Reserve Officers Training Corps to attend the Military Ball of the ‘Units on Friday evening, the thirtieth of April. April 23, 1943. The Aeserve Officers Training Corps of the University of Kansas requests the pleasure of the company of ) BRC. WWle-n) at the Military Ball of the Units on “friday the thirtieth of April Nineteen Hundred and Forty-three Hoch Auditorium Eiight-forty-five o'clock SFounal CuLVER MILITARY ACADEMY THE CULVER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION CULVER, INDIANA April 21, 1943 Dr. Forrest C. Allen Department of Physical Education University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear "Phog": Your nice letter and most complete report of April 13th has been received. I had a meeting of our Woodcraft Board last week-end and we went over your recommendations very carefully. We agree with you that probably the best candidate in the group is Louis Beavers. Also, we rather like his sturdy looks. And the fact that he is a bit young, we feel, can be overcome somewhat during these difficult | times. The probabilities are that we will not make him the head of any department but that, in general, he will be assisting in departments and will furnish the Indian atmosphere and background. Thank you so much for going into this matter so thoroughly. I will write Mr. Solon G. Ayers, the Superintendent of Haskell Institute, in the same mail and ask him to act as our agent in the matter of signing up young Beavers for the coming summer, Mrs. Rossow joins me in kindest regards to you and to all members of your family. UL @h, * Sincerely yours, Robt. Rossow Colonel, Cav. Res. R*L | Director, Woodcraft Camp ur, and Mrs. Forrest C. Allen are pleased to accept the kind invitation of the PMS&T and Military Staff of the Reserve Officers Training Corps for Friday evening, April thirtieth. April 19, 1945 The pleasure of the company of Paf rb? Ub is requested at a dinner given by the PMS&T and Military Staff of the Reserve Officers Training Corps Friday, April the Thirtieth nineteen hundred and forty-three at six-thirty o'clock University Club Rooms Memorial Union Building Formal RSVP Notes on Mr. Replogle’ 8 talk ” P. &, Instructors, Thursday evening, March 25th; Theory of military - to weed out the meskes and keep the strong. Try to drive out the unfit before they go into service. One of the group inducted lost his mind under the gruelling criticism and exertion. No limit to what the instructors do to week out the weakling and undisciplined person so that the final product will be first class fighting man. Do not respect injury or sickness - weed out the unfit. Get up at 4:15 a.m. At 5:00 a.m. march to huge athletic field. Run around at double time in the dark. Do this for first week. before breakfast. After breakfast go to classes. Teach a lot on welfare, recreation, P. E, _ About 1 out of 10 are sent out to set up a program. Others may stay or go into other work. Replogle was put in Destroyer Escort but still con- tinues work with physical division. Gives exercises without arms, with arms, morning exercises. Give a number of counts, i.e., 16 and stop. Do a number of exercises a few times rather than a few many times. All exercises are numbered. Men count in unison aloud. Try to avoid self- consciousness, In swimming man who can't swim goes in the same as others, Have lost so many men by drowning that a full swimming program is carried out. Have 4 pools, 50 - 100 men at each pool. Classification: a. Must do tests of B and swim $ athe in 20 min, be Must know elementary shrekes, get in small space and swim with 50 men. Swim 42 ft. under water with push off (about all average man can do). Swim 100 ft. with 8 lb. gas pipe held out of water with one hand. Make all the approaches and breaks. Swim 100 ft. and do tired swim back. Take 200 yd. speed swim with 4 strokes back, side, breast, crawl. Swim 440 yds. in 10 min with any strokes. c. Must swim 200 ft. using 4 different strokes, each 50 ft. (el. breast, back, side, crawl). d. Can swim 100 ft. or more. e. Stays above water 5 min. f. Men who can't swim. (None at end of training) Teach men how to undress (wear low dees), kick off shoes; take off pants, tie legs, fill legs with air and make a float of water wings. Mattress covers will support six men when wet. Float on backs because water explosions cause gets to be blown out. Many men were picked up in early battles with guts blown out. Get a lot of Abandon Ship Must know how to get off ship. Ropes and cargo nets hang down sides of ship. . Teach you how to go down ropes with hands and feet. Learn to jump off platforn, with and without clothes, and with life jacket on. Had many broken necks with men who jumped with helmets on, so loosen neck straps. Men going to sea get a lot of abandon ship. . Use competition and relays whenever they can. Met get little pleasure - are catching hell most of the time. "I never studied so hard as I did the first six weeks." _ Now take all physical instructors in as apprentice seamen. Every night for 5 weeks from 7 to 8:30 spent in gym 1. El. Boxing 2. El. Wrestling 5. Tumbling 4. Rope Climbing 5. Judo 6. Games - relays three deep towel swat 7- Use body building exercises and proved in the boot camps by tests that men with poor and broken bodies can be built UPe 8. Fire pistols, 20 mm. and 3 mm guns . Young. kids bounce back fast. "A young boy in my platoon cried a lot," Had a problem getting him adjusted. Proper food, exercise and plenty of sleep (at least 8 hours) is regimen of Navy. Food is good and feed you entirely too much. White bread, plenty of butter and marmalade, good coffee to officers, to boys a hybrid coffee. Cereals, oatmeal, cracked rice, mush, chicken once a week, steaks, beets, beans, desserts are ice cream or cakd. Man going to sick bay is always permitted to go, else officer might be liable for court martial if something happened to man. Play a lot of softball and men like it, Also have tumbling classes. Tumbling very important for man in combat, i.e. falling down, rolling, diving, etc. Feel that tumbling is much more important than judo. Showed 15 exercises used in the Navy. Pay particular attention to stature - Kyphosis Lordosis Scoliosis Protruding abdomen Are graded on posture.