June 6, 1942.

Mr. Chas. Be Strickland, |
‘Peoples Gas & Electric Cos,
Mason City, Towtie.

Dear Chucks
While this letter of yours dated May 28th does not
pong. alley co I am just creeting Brother Strickland
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I, too, was disappointed indeed not to have said
hello to your second daughter, Anne. Gee, I wish that Mra.
Allen might have seen her when she was here. I am asking —
_ that a University catalog and. other literature be sent Anne
eat once. If there is anything thet we can do in making
her stay in Lawrence more pleasant, ploase command us. fell
fame when she comes to Lawrence that we want her to come to
room 105 Robinson Gymmesium and say hello to use

Eleanor, my youngest daughter, has been ettending the
University of Pennsylvania and she wents to go back, but her
mother has not decided definitely as yet whether she wants
her to spend her senior year at the University of Kensas or
finish at Pennsylvania. Bobby, who is studying medicine there,
nies au eral acauast adbeast aac ono. earn ata

days

  

I dertainly did enjoy the exceptional visit thet I had
with your family last year at Clear Lake and the nice got
together we had at Mason City. It will always be one of the
pleagant reminiscences to conjure over. Please give my love
to your family and tell Ame not to forget me. tae eho ail
of her dates arranged? One of my daughters is ea Pi Phi and
oe = + —— a

 Fraternally,

 Direetor of Physical Education and Recreation,
FPCA:AH 3 sage Basketball end Baseball Coach. |

 
PEOPLES GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY

MASON City, lowA
CHAS. E. STRICKLAND May 28, 1942

Dear Phog:

Thanks so much for your letter of May 26. Our call
at your home last Thursday afternoon was the second in about
three weeks. The first time there was no one at home and we
wrote a little note and put it in the mail box. I was particularly
disappointed because I was accompanied by our second daughter,
Anne, who is contemplating entering the University next fall.
Incidentally, I think it would be well if you would have someone
connected with the school send her the literature weeny sent to
prospective students.

Glad to have your very cordial note and hope that you
can arrange to come to MasonCity and Clear Lake some time this
summer for 4 visit.

With my very kindest —*, to you and the members of
your family, I am

Fraternally yours,

FE inure: Meck a tee oe

Dr. Forrest C. Alien,
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

P. Se I was very glad to have the
boys at the house tell me that
they had pledged Charlie Black.
Good work!

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June 4, 1942.

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PCA:AH Varsity thall and Baseball Coach.

 
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Mey 26, 1942.

Sports Editor,
News-Press,
Sts Joseph, Moe

Dear Gene:
IT was very happy to have your galley copy from your
"Wise Owl" sports colum.

T heve talked to Dean Nesmith, our trainer, and have
asked him to go through our supply room and pick out any
basketball equipment that we could possibly send youe ‘You
will hear from us in a very short while with our donation.

Thank you for remembering us. I am always happy to contribute
anything to our soldiers that we are able to do.

With all good wishes, I an

Sincerely yours,

) Director of Physical Education and Recreation,
PCA:AH Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach.

 
 

 

WISE OWL

By GENE SULLIVAN |
News-Press Sports Editor

 

 

Help! Help! Help!

Lieut. Ted O’Sullivan of the Fort Leaven-
worth reception center was in St. Joseph the
other night. Here’s the story he told us: The

\ permanent personnel of the center numbers
500 officers and enlisted men. Thousands of selectees pass through
the center each week. Most of them’remain there for varying periods
of time. All of them want to have recreational outlets right on the
post. Yet there are no provisions made for the purchase of athletic
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“Please, please, please,” Lieutenant O’Sullivan said, “see
if. you can’t get. some athletic gear around St. Joseph. We
are badly in need of it. We can use anything for any sport.
It doesn’t have to be new and shiny. All we ask is that it
have a few rounds left in it. It doesn’t even have to be sea-
sonal. We're just as glad to get footballs and basketballs
right now as we are to be given softball and baseball equip-
ment. But we need the equipment and we need it now.

“The men who find time on their hands at the center are men
who are getting their first touch of army life. Many of them are
away from home for the first time and you know what that means.
They need something to take their minds off themselves, and sports
ts the ideal medium. Lacking funds to buy equipment, we have to
depend upon the good people in the vicinity of the center.”

Fans Can Help NOW .

That’s the picture, folks. Let’s do something about it. We're
villing to do our part. How about you? Look in the dark corners
cf those closets of yours. Get up into that attic and out in that
woodshed. If you find anything that isn’t being used around your
diggings and.could be used by some soldier we'll see that it gets to him.

Find what you have tucked away and then do one of two
things. Either call the sports desk at The News-Press, giving
your name and address, the type of article that you have and
when it can be picked up, or bring it down to the sports desk.
If you bring it down, put your name and address on the
article because we want ali who participate in this drive to
get credit for his or her part. Here are some of the specific
articles Lieutenant O’Sullivan mentioned:

Softballs Baseballs Footballs Basketball
Softball bats Baseball bats Softball gloves Baseball gloves
Ping-pong tables Ping-pong bats Ping-pong balls Pool tables
Checker games Dominoes Decks of cards Horseshoes
Tennis rackets Tennis balls Boxing gloves Volleyballs

a Cash Will Help

There you have it. You individual fans take a look around. And
it would not be a bad idea for the athletic goods dealers of St. Joseph
to look over their stocks. They may have an item or two that is
gathering more dust than it’s worth. They’re not barred. And the
‘erganized sports groups in St. Joseph could come through too. How
about those school property rooms? Is there something in there that
isn’t essential? Dig it out and bring it down. 3

 

And we don’t want to leave out the fans in the trade
territory. If you have some pieces of equipment that you
want to give, mail them to the sports desk at The News-Press.
You'll get credit for them right along with the fans in St.
Joseph.

Now about the matter of cash. If money is turned over to Lieu-
tenant O’Sullivan he has the authority to buy equipment. However,
he suggested that this plan be worked out. The money should be
sent to the sports desk at The News-Press and in turn be converted
into orders on St. Joseph sporting goods stores so that the money will
remain in this community.

So there you are, folks. We’re ready to pick up the stuff
and see te it that it gets into the hands of our soldiers at
Fort Leavenworth. What do you have to offer?

 

 

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Mey 26, 1942.

Mr. Chas. E. Strickland,
President and General Manager,
Peopies' Gas — Electric Co.,
._Magon City, Towa.

Dear Chuok:s

2 Mrs. Allen told me of your stopping along
with Harold Evans when you were down & at tho Pid Ps Psi house.
T reget vary tack MUS 40 tue Sepeeatlc Se Gan sa, to-
cause I would have cherished a visit with you very much.
Tt does seem that our paths cross all too seldou.

i | I received a letter from Gus Lauterbach

this morning and of course the law of association worked
immediately. I had been intending to write you, but when
Gus's letter came in that reminded me of our very wonder-
ful visit in Clear Lake last sumer. I will always remember
you and your family's wonderful hospitality. Please remember
me to your lovely wife and family. And also remember me to
our friends dow the street that Mrs. Lauterbach and I visited
that Sunday efternoon.

I will be seeing you from time to time, but I
do want you to know that I think of you good people very
often.

With kindest personal regards, I am

Fraternally yours,

Director of Physical Education and Recreation,
PGA:AH Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach.

 
 

May 26, 1942.

ur. Claude J. ck
1606 Kearney, "i °
Washington, D, C,

Dear Sample:

1 very wah appvesiated yout Cheistins
greeting in the form of a posteard last winter. You had
no addrese on your postcard so it was impossible for me
to eomsunicate with you.

While in Sabetha, Kensas, recently I talked
with Rev. Edward L. Baker, the minister of the First Con-
gregational Church, there. Me told me he hed your address
and gave it as the one I em using for this letter. T am
makinc a “please forward" notation on the envelope, hoping |
that it will reach you. If it does, drop m a line so that
some of your friends may have access to your address.

I trust that life is going elong with you

in fine shape and that at some time in the future we may
get together to renew old acquaintanceship.

Very sincerely yours,

Director of Physical Education and Recreation,
FCA: AH Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach.

 
 

May 9, 1942.

Dean F. 7, Steckton,
School of Susiness.

Dear Frank:
Thank you very much, Frank, for sending me

greetings from Alex R. Nodges, of Lexington, Virginia.
Alex was quite a boy.

Sincerely yours,

Director of Physical Education and Recreation,
PCA:AH Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach.

 
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The Sachems, the Senior Society of the University of
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upperclassmen and gradustes who are working for higher de
grees. It is the first didtinetly class society ever form}
ed at the University. The founders of, the society believed
there was a field at the University in which a senior org-
anization could be useful,gs similar organizations have p
proved their wsefulness in other Schools. Hach of the 12

harter members has been a student at the University more
than four years and therefore warranted in including PSB

The society is made up of members representing all

schools and all interests of the Universit Its object
is to further in every way possible the in erests of the
and the student body, and especially to promote the unity
of spirit and action among the ever increasihg student bo-

dy which tends to break up into groups. In fulfilling this
object a number.of successful smokers and other social Za-
therings have been held, at which the guests of the soci-
ety have been addressed by members of the faculty on
Subjects of unkvgrsity inte

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May 11, 1942.

Mr. George Stapleton,
Corpany H,
Fort Leavenworth, fansas.

Dear George:

I wish to extend my best wishes and congratulations
to you upon your marriage. May you and Mrs. Stapleton
have a long and happy wedded life. |

Tt also want to congratulate you upon your high

a ee ee ee ne Lots of good
luck to you, Georges

With kindest regards, i em

Very sincerely yours,

Director of Physical Education and Recreation,
FPCA:AT Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach.

 
 

May 4, 1942...

re Williem. H.. Shannon,

a a ag Cost Tnspootor's office,
Ue Navy,

City Dock, Pier #3,

Miemi, Florida.

Dear Friend William H.:

1 iow you must hnve somp rank but you are too modest
to “ it on paper. ee ee: Cees Rae eet eh eg tN ~

Ise most pleased. to. have your wonderful letter of. the
Srd ultine, and do not think that I have not appreeiated the same. -
The fact of the matter is, I have been covered up with detailed end
administrative work. Pr. Elbel left about the middle of Mareh, and
instead of our basketball season ending at the normal time we were
picked to represent the Big Six because we tied with Oklahoma but our
offensive-defensive ratio was better, so we were the Big Six repres-
entative. Then we played Oklahoma A. & M. for the right to represent
the Fifth District, which is. the Missouri Valley area, and we succeeded
in defeating them in a close game in Kansas City. Then we met Colo-
rado on March 20 and lost to them by two points, and Stanford defeated
Rice. Those were the four teams in the Western N.C.AA. play-off. The
next night Stanford defeated Colorado by about 11 points, and we de-.
feated Rice by 2 points, 55-53. :

‘During all that time and during basketball season my work
was accumulating, and instead of being made easier it became heavier
because I was appointed to several faculty committees in addition to
my regular appointments. And taking over two of Dr. Elbel's teaching
subjects really sunk me!

Now, so much for that alibi. I trust that you will
accept it as a good one. .

I have followed your activities from Washington with your
training on down to Miami, and I kmow how very much you would like to
get into a more active assignment. But undoubtedly you are doing a
great job there. It is a fine thing to get into the army or Navy
service and ses with what dispatch things are executed. We do come to
appreciate ateiaheny and gentility which we find among the officers.

I would enjoy very woth aiving done ant cheng Wn Sit

for me not to rege aed ghomnanr Panag gh pty omar i crfiane 0
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as possible regarding his men and for that reason I am not saying any-
thing. But I would like to tell them where you are stationed and so_
forth for the benefit of your many friends here in the University. _
It must be very gratifying to met so many of the former students and
graduates. We certainly will be looking forward eagerly to the time
when you are able to return to the University. I enjoyed my contacts
and friendship with you. It was all very stimulating, 1 assure you.

Now, back to the athletic situation here at the University.
I believe athletics are on a little lower ebb here than they ever have
been. But that is to be expected, naturally. We may have football
next fall, but I believe that after the football season is over and
perhaps some basketball competition that most of the athletic activities
will pass out of the picture. Professional baseball will go pretty well
because of the large crowds who are accessible to the stadium and can
depend upon the utilities to get them there. But for the colleges which
are situated away from the large cities I am afraid there will be a |
difficult time. The tire rationing and the gasoline rationing which will
come on this sumer will certainly curtail the number of spectators to ~~
football games in the small towns. By next year, I understand, we will
have two hours of daylight saving instead of one. That, of course, i#
to give the workers more daylight hours and the enemy bombers less time
to shoot at lighted factories. Frankly, I think all the sport pages
will be curtailed drastically on account of the price of newsprint. I
always tell the boys never to get excited about the fact that they read
their names in the newspapers. Newspapers print their names to sell
papers and not to eulogize the individual. .

_ The campus is thinning out very perceptibly when we look.
for the male members of the families. This next fall the University
people are expecting an additional tm or fifteen per cent decrease in
enrollment, but I believe that the Summer Session will have more than
they have been normally expecting. Almost all the students are going.
to be in some activity this sumer. Even the girls talk as if they
want to go to sumer school. I think the pollen is getting into the
nostrils of ell the people, whether young or old. They realize that
men, woman and child are-all in this war and none can escape it. I can
see a definite trend in the last few months toward this feeling on the
part of everyone. : :

I am very happy that you received your commission, but you
did not tell me what it is. Any little part that I might have played |
- to he}p you was freely and enthusiastically given. You have left many
friends here at the University end I am certainly pleased to pass on
your greetings to our mutual friends. ‘ion't you write me again, and ~
anything that you say that should be passed on, please designate it.
I realize that the enemy would like to learn some things that we might
consider incensequential, but some of these things might mean much more
to them if they were given an opportunity to learn. a

| With kindest regards and very best wishes for your continued
success, I am
Very sincerely yours,

a “Direetor of Physical Education and Recreation,
FCA:AH Neg : Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. —

 
 

 

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Staff Set. HW R, Shaffer,
Headquarters Co., ERTC,

The address which you asked for is as follows:

Yajor Adrian H. Lindsey,

|

4th Army Headquarters,

Assistant 6-3, |
Presidio, San Francisco, California.

I trust that you will be able to have him help you for whatever
you may ask.

It is indeed a pleasure to write a letter in your be-
half. IT am glad that you are well satisfied under the conditions,
and I sincerely trust that you will be able to earn an officer's
commission. It certainly does look as if many of the young
married men of America are going to be called into the service
right sway. All of us are in this war up to our necks, and I em
happy te do anything that will be constructive for the service.

I wish that you might have dropped in on us any time
this winter and had seen some of our red hot gemes. Bub, it-
seems as if none of these games ever cool off here in Lawrence.
For the last three years we have had double overtime games or
overtime games with the Aggies. Then we go out to Manhattan
and knock their ears down emphatically. But they have certainly
given ue a lot of trouble here. We didn't lose a game here, but.
the game with Denver was won in the last 30 seconds of pley and
the game with the Aggies in the last 15 seconds went into an over~
time and then we went on to win, but it had everybody limp and
almost lifeless. The people here at home say that it is necessary
for thom to bring their physician with them.

When you write hime please, give my kindest regards to

 
your good folks, and remember that if at any time I can be of
any service to you please command me.

With best wishes, I am

Sincerely yours,

eat . Director of Physical Education and Recrwation,
FCA: AH _, Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach..
 

April 21, 1942.

To Whom It May Concerns

T am very happy to recommend to you for your con-
sideration Staff Sergeant ©. RB. Shaffer.

Tan very clad to recommend him without reserwation

Sineerely yours,

Director of Physical Education and Recreation,
FCA:AB Varaity Basketball and Baseball Coach.

 
April 14, 1942

Dr. F. C. Allen
Head Basketball Coach,
University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Doc:

Since I have now served in the Army for one year the 29th
of this month as an enlisted man I have come to the conclusion
that ig is going to be a long drawn out affair and that I might
just as well do the best I can while here. Therefore, I want
to apply for attendance to the Officer Candidate Schoo for
Physical Training Officers.

According to a War Department letter that I have in front
of me an applicant must possess, along with other requirements,
the following special qualifications;

(1) A Bachelor's degree in physical education from
& recognized college or university; or

(2) An equivalent knowledge gained through experience
in the field of physical training or recreation.

As you know I majored in Mathematics at K.U. so I must de-
pend on paragraph 2 above. Would you favor me with a letter as
to my character, personality, etc.? I am sure that a letter
from you to accompany my application would help a great deal in
determining whether or not I have the necessary qualifications.

I would like to ask one more favor---could you give me the
address of Ad Lindsay?

After one year in the Army I have learned a great deal about
the Army. Of course it has it drawbacks, but I cannot say that
I have very many kicks coming. Since it looks as if many more of
the young people of America are going to be called I can say that
I am glad to be doing my part as little as it may be.

Thanking you for these favors in advance, I remin,

Yours very truly,

(ak

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W. R. Shaffer
Staff Sgt.,
Headquarters Co., ERTC,
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April 22, 1942.

ir. Laurence Stanton,
1401 Central,
Dedge City, Kansas.

Dear Laurence:

We hed a fine group of boys here Saturday morning,
and I wes very happy to meet Donald Burt. Of course, the
piay was very informal, but we were pleased with him, and
we would certainly love to have him here at F.U.

Otto Schnellbacher had a good visit with Donald,
and Otto is coming in to talk with me soon about him.

We are always happy to have a boy who has been
er Pe ee
a fine job in his case.

With best wishes to our friends in Dodge City, I

Very sinoerely yours,

| Director of Physical Education and Reoreation,
PCA :All Varsity Basketball and Saseball Coach.

 
 

 

  

1401 Central
Dodge City, Kansas
April 15, 1942

Dr. Forrest C. Allen,
Lawrence, Kansas.

Dear Dr. Allen:

I have just completed arrangements with Dr. Foster L. Dennis, of
Dodge City, so.that Donald Burt will be able to make the trip to
the Relays. You may expect him to be on hand at the appointed time.

You may be interested in learning thet Burt led the Southwest Kansas
League this year in scoring with a game average of 18 points. Ye
played 14 league games. This was a new league record, the old one
being a little more than 13 points per game. Then too he was third
high in scoring in the State AA Tourney even though we played but

two games and the ones that beat him played in four games. He

holds the AA wecord for the most free throws made'in one game. Ip

our first tourney game this year he dropped in eleven out of eighteen
attempts. ey

Donald is one of the best shots that I have ever seen. He is,just
as fast as any one that I saw this year. You may remember that he
made 18 owt of our 28 points against Emporia in the clinic game
which you worked for us in Dodge. |

Doneld is able to do college work without much trouble. I would not
went him to attend KU if the work would be too difficult for him.

I shall eppreciate hearing from you in regard to the boy efter you
have had a chance to know him.

Yours sincerely,

Tannges Lb