THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE

 

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY

October 50, 1942

Dr. Forrest C. Allen |
Department of Physical Education

Dear Dr. Allen:

Your letter of Wednesday reached me after my letter

of yesterday had gone to you. I hasten to say that I
do appreciate the very great difficulties under which
your department is doing a very good job. I feel that

I should apologize to Mrs. Hulteen for the heat with
which I spoke to her, As to what I said I assured her
at the time that I did not want to say it to her but
did very much want to say it to you.

I am especially sympathetic with you concerning the
difficulties you have had in obtaining information from
the Department of Military Science, and feel that a good
deal of my impatience in the matter should have been
directed toward them.

As to our present situation, members of the Committee
are interviewing all the students whose names you sent us
and will continue to do so with all future lists. This
is distinctly worth while since we have uncovered two
"conscientious objectors" among them. However, I hope
you will pardon me if I point out that ultimately your
department will have to establish the status of those
students enrolled in R.0O.T.C. (They constitute the great
majority of the students we have so far interviewed).

For a student to tell a member of our committee that he
is enrelied in R.0O.T.C. and fer us to report that to you
does not furnish complete evidence of his enrollment.

I am sure you will agree with me that anything you can
do to locate and assign these students before sending
names to us will not increase the work you have to do,
overtaxed as you are, but will save a little time for

the committee and for the student.