Jamary 19, 1942. Mrs. Albert Shell, 2883 Turk, Sen Francisco, California. Dear Mrs. Shells Your letter of the 14th addressed to Dr. Allen has been received during his absence from the officee He is with the basketball team at Ames, Iowa, today where they play Iowa State College tonight. Dr. Allen will, I am sure, be interested to know how closely you follow the basketball games. I am enclosing a schedule of games for this season, and also a record of the scores of games played to date. Very sincerely yours, Secretary to Dr. Forrest C. Allen. The AUBERF OHELLS 4393 “Vurde SOA TRIAS LO, pn Wa WA 8. oe “Bastrckbala Coach Rekuser J Wnwersilg eh AnrDAS- Baad Ove: . eo - See, K.U. set He en wo watt pg Ph TLS area i 3 oo say So Deores ae Corse ONO Tron ote Qe] ria. udarde rhe, ee | - $ as Peres Gta as ks Wee Soo LV tS Rave wiih oa Waa thee. Kew, ge OnB. Whe. Srores 7 ee WA eh Dh ore Gondinc. reoh, Bhs Seas a bite, tide a — - ae Jenuary 26, 1942. Ur. Thomas L. Scott, Girard College, Philadelphia, Pa. Dear Thomas: Thank you for your good wishes for a successful season in basketball. I am glad to know of your inter- — oe ee ee enjoy this great game. . With best wishes for your success, I am Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, Varsity Basketball end Baseball Coach. Tend C. Chass Ae ole Ap rs ey (THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS } aa’ fe. ea Wed ,.. 4 LA eee oy? a LAA Mr. John Slocum, Sales Tax Division, | State House, Topeka, Kansas. Dear John: I was sorry indeed to have missed you when you stopped at my office last weeks I would have greatly enjoyed a visit with you. | : With kindest regards, I an Very sincerely yours, : ‘Director of Physical Education and Recreation, FCA:AH Varsity Basicetball and Baseball Conche January 10, 1942. Mr. Lester Suhler, 702 45th St. Place, Des Moines, Iowa. Dear Lester: 3 Thank you very much for sending me the teer sheet from the Sioux City Tribune and Journal. I Se ee ee Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, . POA: AH Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. January 12, 1942. Dean E. B. Stouffer, The Graduate School. Dear Dean Stouffer: I am sending you the two Kiplinger Letters that I mentioned in our conversation on the train Sunday morning regarding what Uncle Sam is doing in the wey of the future unemployment situation and depression. I be- believe that the Americen Association of University Presidents should also be looking ahead. If you want to pass these Letters on to the Chancellor before returning then, that will be fines Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, PCA:AH Varsity Basketball and Paseball Coach. December 31, 1941. Selective Service Board of Douglas County, Lawrence, Kansas. Gentlemen: The address of Rebert Earl Allen is 44 Morris Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, PCA:AH Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. December 29, 1941. Dr. Frank Herron Smith, 2816 Heligass Street, Berkeley, California. ‘Dear Dr. Smith: Thank you so much for your thoughtfulmess in sending me a clipping from the Berkeley Daily Gazette as of December 18; also the squib of the 15th which caused you to defend old man- Allen from Lawrence, Kansas. , ' I appreciate all the nice things that you had to say and trust that if and when the time ever comes that you need any de- fense that I will be as chivalrous and daring as you and rush forward to defend my friend. & ; Many of these youngsters who are more potent with the pen than they are with any athletic material often write about things of which they cow little. | We would enn techy like to have you at Rotary and have you sing the song, “fhe Man Who Played on the Big Bass Viol": I trust that you and your family are well. And may I wish for you a very happy and successful New Year, although I realize that the snpanese situation is causing 7” mary distressing moments « With all good inte I am Sincerely yours, | | Director of Physical Education and Reoreation, FCALAH Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. November 7, 1941 Dre Walter Schaeffer Oro Leavenworth, Kansas Dear Dr. Schaeffer, I am sending yas & copy of our re basketball eskeduls for 1941-42. ‘Prior to this scheduled list will be a game tahoe the Fariaty and the Freshmen on the evening of Nov. 21. This is a part of the Homecoming festivities and it is also an attraction for the coaches and high school players of the Northeast Kansas League. The price of a single game including tex is $1.00, and e season ticket is *6.16 which includes 667 tax. Our seating facilites will not be ample to take care of the crowds this year, and I suggest that if you hope to see part of the games thet you purchase a season ticket or else purchase one in partner- ship with someone else because when the basketball season starts the sale will be so heavy that there will be few if any single tickets reserved remaining. Mr. Earl Felkenstien is our financial secretary and a letter addressed to him at the athletic office will receive prompt attention. Wowever, if you desire to write to me I will be glad to take care of any reservetions that you might care to mnekes I asmied the short visit with you yesterday afternoon at the — _ Auditorium. he Simei | Director of Physical Education and Recreation FCA/pE Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach October 30, 1942 Er. A. Le. Sisley 7842 Bishop Ste. Chicago, Tllinois Bear Kr. Sisley, I am referring your letter to Mr. Bar] Falkenstion, Financial Secretary of the Athletic Association. Mr. Gwinn Henry the football coach, is Director of Athletics. I do not handle this phase of athletics any longer. I have not for nearly five yearse | Sincerely, : Dircoter of Physical Education and Recreation Fca/pg Varsity Besketball and Baseball Coach @ece Mr. Earl Palkenstion Decenber 16, 1941. lire inory Scott, C. & EB. Shop, 2 Kansas. Dear Scotty: Tt was a pleasure to hear from you, and I em happy to kmow you are doing so well in your new location. _ I @ppreciate your sending me the sample of horehound candy. I like it very much, but I have just pur- chased sixty pounds from the Rexall Drug Sore here in _ Lawrence. I believe this supply will last me for quite some time. | : With best wishes for your continued success, ian. Very sincerely yours, | Director of Physical Education and Recreation, PCAsAH ) ‘Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. Dee. 12, 1941 Mr. Forrest C. Allen Lawrence, Kens. Dear Doe: You'll vrobably be surprised to hear from me way out here, but just today T was reading tn the Journal-WVorld about your having the largest team members since 1929 and the fact that vou had some good materisl arain. As I probably told you, before I left Stanley and the Lawrence theatres, we bought this confectionary and sift shop the first fm of Sentember. Business has been very gratifving, and although *t isn't Lawrence, the neople are most hospitable out here and we are getting along fine. We make most of our own candy, Doc, and when I made 2 batch of horehound this week I happened to remember that I read som that you had a weakness for horehound. &s vou vrobably: ke horehound is a vredominant flavor, therefore the candy factories often dumm the scraps of other flavors together to make this. With us it's different. When we make horehound, we make just that and we make it just a little stronger with menthol than do most of the others. Try the sample inclosed and tf yar like it, we shiv 3 lbs exnress prepatd to your door for $1.25. Five pounds premid, $1.75, or 30¢ ver vound after the original three pounds. Tf *t doesn't impress vou wav above the ordinary, then just recard this as another letter, for T know vour time 4s always filled up. A havvoy Christmas to you 9nd vour family and 1'11 be watching the Journal-World and following snother sucecessfil basketball season with the Jayhawkers. regards, Emory Seot C.& E. SHOP Goodland, Kansas December 4, 1941. whet can be done to have the "F" grade removed from your | transcripte i assure you we want te do everything we can to correct this crror, and as soon as I hear fran Dean Lawson I shall advise yous Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, FCAsAH © 3 Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. December 4, 1941s. Dean Paul 8, College of Liberal arts and Sciences, University of Kansas. Dear Dean Lawson: Upon receipt of his first letter I wrote to Captain Snyder telling him that at the timo he was enrolled in the University there was a rule whereby all students in the College were autemticsally enrolled in Physical Edueae tion. If the student did not show up for class he was given a feiling grades R.eT.C. works served as a substitute for physical edusations a I told Captain Snyder that we were very do= sirous of doing everything we could to have this mistake correctede es 3 What couree of action do you suggest to have the “F* removed from his transoript? Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, PCA sAll Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. ae ae i" ; a = ot oF oF te ~ |. HEADQUARTERS FORT LEAVENWORTH OFFICE OF THE COMMANDING GENERAL FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS November 24, 1941 Dr. Forrest C. Allen, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Dear Dr. Allen: Received your letter of November 21, 1941, with reference to the tpt orade in Physical Education on my transcript, for which I thank you. I believe it would be much better if some action could be taken to have this grade withdrawn from my records, as every time I have occasion to use a transcript in the future, I will have this same difficulty. Then when my records have been corrected, would like to have another transcript sent me, together with a letter explaining the correction attached.thereto and addressed to The Judge Advocate General, War Department, Washington, D. C. Would appreciate your taking this matter up with the Dean, as you suggest. Since you state that the matter was entirely due to an errof in the Physical Education Department, and I should not have been given this grade to start with, it would seem that some action could be taken to withdraw it from my records. Anything you could do for me would be appreciated. With best regards, I remain Sincerely yours, JAMES N. SNYDER, Captain, CAC. November 21, 1941. Mr. Jemes N. Snyder, Captain, CAC, Fert Leavenworth, Kansas. Dear Captain Snyder: I have your favor of the 17th instant, and regret exceedingly that the “F" grade in physical education showed up on your transcript. During the time that you were in the University we hed a rule that all students in the College were automatically enrolled in physical education. If the student did not show up for class he was automatically given a flunk grade. I think it was an abominable ruling, but that is the way it was handled at that time. R.0.T.C. work was given credit, or rather served as a substitute for physical educa- tion. The error in your case is not the first one, and since the damage is done I do not see how we can erase that from your transcript. Would it help you any for me to give you a letter, taking the blame for the error in our department and stating that the “F" should not be on your transcript? If this is satisfactory to you I will be very glad to write to your commanding general or any officer that you may wish, making a full explanation. If this is not entirely pleasing to you I will be glad to take it up with our dean and see if some action cannot be taken which will have this withdrawn from your transcript. Won't you please let me hear from you? I assure you that I will do everything within my power to cooperate with you in giving you the just grade which you earned in R.O.T.C. and not have this unfortunate accident charged against your fine record. With all good wishes, I gm Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, PCA:AH Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. HEADQUARTERS FORT LEAVENWORTH OFFICE OF THE COMMANDING GENERAL In reply refer to: FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS November 17, 1941 Dr. EF. CG. Alloa, Physical Education Department, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. My dear Dr. Allen, You may recall me as having attended K.U. from Leavenworth for five years from 1925 to 1930. I am now on one year's active service as a re- serve officer with the United States Army. In making application for a transfer to the Judge Advocate General's Department it became necessary for me to furnish a transcript of my college record. This was the first time I had ever seen a full transcript of my record, never having had occasion to use it before. Upon receiving this transcript I discovered that all my grades were good ones, with the excep- tion of an "F" in the spring of 1927 in exercise. As I never took exercise at K.U. I was greatly surprised at this "I" and you can readily understand that it stood out like a sore thumb on my record. The reason I never took exercise was that I took three (3) years R.O.T.C., including drill, from the fall of 1925 to the spring of 1928, at which time I received a reserve commission. At that time the drill in R.O.T.C. exempted you from exercise. I had some correspondence with Mr. Hitt, Assistant Registrar at the university, and he stated that his office had no power to change the official records, which I presume is true. He also stated that Mr. Herbert Allphin had turned this grade in, so I wrote to Mr. Allphin. Just received a letter from Allphin, in which he states that he has been gone from K.U. for over two years and does not remember anything about the grade given. As you were director of athletics during the year 1927 it occurred to me that you would remember the ruling as to exercise at that time and since the records will show that I did take R.O.T.C. at that time it would seem that this matter should easily be cleared up. I would certainly appreciate any suggestion you might have to make or anything you could do for me, I am very anxious to straighten out this matter as I never received a failure in any course at the university and had always been rather proud of my scholastic record there. Thanking you in advance for your assistance I remain. Very truly your JAMES N. SNYDE . Captain, CAC, R, December 2, 1941. Mr. Francis Bernard Smith, 1045 West Hilis Terrace, Lawrence, Kansas. Dear Buds I have your note written yesterday about — ee ee ee ag Class. If you wish to withdraw your enrollment in this class you should go to the College Office end make your request there. However, if you do this it will cause you to lose credit for the first half of the semester. If you should wish to transfer to some other activity class at another hour you would not lose the credit, and it might work out better in your daily program of work and study. This transfer, of course, has to be made through the College Office. I am sorry there is nothing that I ean do. Since you are enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts that is the proper place to make changes in your enrollment. I sincerely trust that you can make satisfactory arrangements. Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, PCA:AH Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. December S, 1941 Miss Mildred I. Seaman Assistant Program Director KPEU 109 Praser Hall Campus Dear Biss Seaman, I beg. te acknowledge receipt of your letter of the Ist instant. The date of December 8 will be entirely satisfactory for your . "Exploring the Office of the Basketball Coach". I have made an appointment to talk with Clarence Peterson, and : - we will work out together = the necessary details. Thank youe _Sineerely yours, - Director of Physical Bducation and Recreation Wifes 2 Le Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach Central Standard Time KEK U oy ww Ww BROADCASTING STATION OF Steistie in THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Electrical Laboratory LAWRENCE, KANSAS office of PROGRAM DIRECTOR 109 Fraser Hall December 1, 1941 De. Fs Cy. Alien Dept. of Physical Education Campus Dear Dr. Allen: Confirming our telephone conversation of last week, this is to advise you that we are plan- ning to explore the office of the "Basketball Coach" on our Exploring Your University pro- gram on Monday evening, December 8, at 6 o'clock. Clarence Peterson, one of our announcing hae is the moderator for this series of programs. It is his responsibility to get in touch with you the week before your broadeast and work with you in the planning of your program. You may prefer to have him interview you or you may prefer to have him moderate a two or three way discussion. Thanking you for your cooperation and looking forward to "Exploring the Office of the Basket- ball Coach" on December 8, Sincerely, ais SM Mididien Assistant Program Director iS - tA Fr tC hx} Noverber 29, 1941. Mr. George Snyder, Officer of the Campus DeLuxe, 2136 Learnard Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas. Rear George: I am sorry that I was out of town when the solicitations were made for a remexbrance for you. I em sending you a check for $5.00 to be used in your purchasing your own Christmas present. I am leaving the selection of the Christmas present to you, knowing that you will pend this on something that wili give you durable joy and pence. I have enjoyed the many years of association with you on the Hill and I want to say that no more considerate or kindiy officer could have served us here. IT am sure that you can look back on your many years of service with the full realization that you have made many a es ae iy very best wishes go to you. Sincerely yours, Sivaeter of Piershinnd Rducation and Recreation, FCAsAH 3 Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coache