October 17, 1940 Dre We Coe Jessen Feabody, Hansas Dear Ive Jossens Your favor of recent date has been received, We will be gled to meet Hoyt Baker and his parents when they come in Saturday mornings I will endeavor to be in my office in the gymasiun at that tines I will also see if we cannot arrange with Gwinn Henry, Victor Hurt, Wayne Replogel and Harry Lansing, the football coaches, to be presente It my be impossible for them to be here, but if it i¢ at all possible, I am sure they will be happy to meet Hoyt Baker and his parentse Very cordially yours, Director of Physical Baueation and Reereation Varsity Basketball Coach FCAgig October 5, 1940 tantly up for a footinll gano this Dalle ois aan ane ences i want to thank you for the schsalaat ak tate wht re Oe NE Se Se Ceherentiey With all good wishes, I amy Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Kaucetion and Recreation Varsity Basketball Coach - FCAsig W. C. Jessen, D. D. S. oe Kansas et P18 « Bee ak . pe o SILA ae 2 A lhactheh. —feake bis. tar age 2 fan Sa eee CLASS OF SERVICE |. SYMBOLS ] we is a full-rate DL=Day Letter : elegram Of e ; ‘gram unless its de- NL=Night Letter erred character is in- ™ - | .LC=Deferred Cable dicated by a suitable symbol above or pre- : NLT =Cable Nighe Letter ceding the address. NEWCOMB CARLTON J. Cc. WILLEVER > Ship Radiogram ? PRES! IDENT as ua ee SS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Fs FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT The filing time shown in the date line on telegrams and day letters is STANDARD TIME at point of origin. Time of receipt is STANDARD TIME at point of destination Received at 646 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, Kansas. Phone 2764 KAV8 24 NT=N NEWTON KANS MAR 12 B4I1MAR 13 aM 8 Oy FORREST C ALLEN,DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION PEABODY WON 44 TO 22% BAKER 20 POINTS PLAYED 24 MINUTES, HAS A BAD COLDs WE PLAY FRIDAY 10 PMs HILLSBORO» MARION BOTH WON= WC JESSENS — fhab ee on el go : esl a weet: AA 20 20 24 a a PMs THE COMPANY WILL APPRECIATE SUGGESTIONS FROM ITS PATRONS CONCERNING ITS SERVICE Reve Robert Ae Hut Lawrence, Kansas Dear fare Hunts a Salina vlads Sikes’ Walid tee tate, whe is in high school in Peabody, Kansas, and who is reputed to be the best basketball player in that part of the countrys ‘In fact, Dre Jessen, the Dentist at Peabody, wrote me thet he is much better than Englemans well, all I have to say is that if he is much better than Engiemm he ie 2 dandy. Hoyt has a. brother, Heath Baker, who attended Baker Uni versity until this semester when he transferred to the University here. Heath is now enrolled here and is staying at Battenfeld Halle. I hed a talk with Heath last Monday morning and he is quite anxious that his brother cane to the Miversity of Kemsase However, Notre ms — and Oklahoma have made Hoyt. definite offerse | last Saturday Oklehoma paid his expenses to Norman for the Oklahanae ' Nebrasie. gemes They had promised him a proposition that would net him $40.00 per months Of course, he sew Nebraske score 25 points in 15 minutes on the Sooners, and I guess thet did not help the Oklahcmants Cause anys I am not using the type of strategy the other fellows are usinge The Baker family are fine pecplee Both boys, the father and the mother have been in my office and I have talked to them on a streibht educational basise The fact that Heath is staying at Battenfeli Hell proves positively that he is an outstanding student, and the appeal to brains is one of our strong points that we are usinge 3 Further than that, I am “told that the Bakers are strong Methodistse The father, Paul Beker and the grandfather, Harry Baker, live at Peabody, Fansage Dre WeCe Jessen, the Dentist, called me by phone and said if the religious side could be stressed somewhat it would be helpfule The Bakers are coming up here on Merch 7 to see the Kansas-(klahom game, and in the croup will te Bes Mele Jessen, Ti» Paul Baker, Mrs Harry Beker, together with Hoyte % itis an ree & erebik eed chuiine bs exdict Rept, tat t om wdy promising him work at S5¢ an hour end no bonanz®. I am wondering if you would be kind enough to write the Mather, Mre Paul Baker, and advise him regarding the background that he can expect if his boy comes to the University. I am sure that you as Methodist Minister, and the fact that you have had a son, Robert, on the basketball team, and further, that you have been im close touch with the situation, would help immenselye \ Dre Hunt | Page Two Febs 26, 1941 When we played Wichita University, the Bakers were over to see us play, and I had a nice visit with then then. I assure you I will appreciate any letter that you my write giving them a true picture of the University and the Methodist Church enviroment herée The fact that Heath was at Baker and that you are a Baker graduate will add weight to what you have to saye I tried to call you over the phone to save the trouble of writing a letter but your phone did not answers hence, I thought a full explanati on would be — best way to advise you of the situations ‘Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Mducation and Recreation Varsity Basketball Coach WAsig ‘February 27, 1941 tre Yrnest Je Vanek Pichite High School forth Vichite, Kansas beer Praie: Thank you for your good letter of the 19th instant. Paul Walker has written thet he will come up and stay at the fe Te Oo house and will work out with us on Saturdey morning, _ April 19. There is one hitch in this arrangement thet I am trying to correct. Theat is, I have promised to take baseball this spring and the basebeli team is scheduled to play et Norman, Oklahoma, on April 18th and 19the M“Yowever, I heve written Jap Heskell end asked thet he move it up so thet I can be here on thet dete. I em hoping to be here and do everything possible to tall Ke Ue to the boy. You will Ist me mow how the wind blows in *ie directions Thanks for your letter regarding Hoyt Baker. “is brother transferred from Baker University thie semester and last ‘jonday I hed @ talk with hime I believe that we will land Hoyt, but I am not going to be too sure. ‘tre family is coming up for the Oxlehom. gene on March 7. ‘I alse thank you for the information on fugginss ‘e will consider his ecademic stending, ond we shall do ell we can to forestall our good friend, Frosty. Lots of success to you and the lrse, Ernie! “Sincerely yours, FCA:lgimin | Director ef Physical Fducation end Recreation Versity Basketball Coach : Pe Se We are enclosing © copy of the letter that we wrote to Peul Walker in reply to “is letter to use Sai FRANK K. REID, Vice-PRINCIPAL Wichita High School North GROVER C. DOTZOUR, PRINCIPAL Wichita, Kansas DEPARTMENT OF PuysicaL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION Roy G. Grogz Eva LYMAN A. B. CoLLom JUANDA HAWKINS A. R. EDWARDS ESTHER PFLEGER ERNEST J. VANEK ANN THEILEN Boys’ Feb. 19, 1941 GIRLs’ Dr. Fe. Ge. Allen Varsity Basketball Coach University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear "Doc I was glad to receive your letter finding out that you had written to Paul Walker. I will certainly do my best in gettinghim up for the Relays. I'll see to it that the boys out at the A.T.O. house take care of him over the week-end, so he will not have any expense there. You probably want to know a little more about hin, He is probably one of the finest athletes to graduate from North High. Paul is not only an athlete, but a darn good student in school. By the looks of his grades, he will make the National Honor Society. Has parents are swell, lin, Walker is a K.U. graduate, an old baseball player. Paul is 6'2" tall and weighs about 185 lbs. He is the hardest working boy I ever hope to have the pleasure to work with. He made the end position on the All State Football team that was selected by the Topeka Capitol. In basketball I played him at a guard position. ffe was a mid-semester student, so I lost him at the end of the first term, He is now taking some post graduate work, and helping me out with my second team, You see Paul had only played two games of basketball before he entered high school. Through his hard work aad determination, he has become a darn good ball player. He still lacks the ability of being able to relax out there on the floor, but he was rapidly over coming his tensenesess, I certainly wish I could have had him for another year. You see he is only 17 years old. "Doc" I think in another years time he will develop into a swell ball player, L. W. MAYBERRY, SUPERINTENDENT FRANK K. REID, Vicg-PRINCIPAL Wichit. igh School North ichita ig choo ot GROVER C. DOTZOUR, PRINCIPAL Wichita, ‘Kansas DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION Boys’ GIRLS’ Roy G. GRoE Eva LYMAN A. B. CoLLtom JUANDA HAWKINS A. R. EDWARDS ESTHER PFLEGER ERNEST J. VANEK ANN THEILEN He wants to take up Medicine. I have been talking K.U. to him off and on. He is going to take an examination for West Point in the near future. The Aggies and 0.U. have been corresponding with him. For some reason 0.U. does not appeal to him. I think they write to him about ever other week, and he is pretty well fed up with them all ready. i there is more to tell you about him, but I think I will wait until I see you again. There are a couple of other boys I wish to let you know about. At Peabody there is a boy by the name of Baker, I have talked to him a couple of times. His brother is trans- ferring from the Aggies to K.U. this semester, Baker is a darn nice football and basketball player. €é is about 5'9' tall and weighs around 175 lbb. The boy has been scoring around 20 points per game, His coach, Bob Lawrence, is a Notre Dame man. This is his first year at Peabody. Horace Huggins is the other boy... He is playing his second year of Jr. College basketball at Coffeyville. The boy stands about 6'5" tall, an A student and is considered one of the best B.B. players in that Conference, I under- stand that Frosty is trying to get him. tie, K.W. McFarland, Superintendent of Schools would be very glad to give you any more information on the boy that you might desire. "Doc" if there is anything further that I might be able to do on any of these boys please do not hesitate about letting me know. Here's wishing you lots of success for the remainder of the season. Sincerely yours, Keo Ernest J. Vanek April 17, 1941 Mire Hoyt Baker Peabody, Kansas Dear Hoyts _ Thank you for your letter of April 15— I om glad to lmow that you plan to be with us on the morning of April 19, | We @re asking the boys to meet our Varsity and Freshmen here in Robinson Gymwmsiun from 10:00 to 12:00. ft will not be necessary for you to bring any olothes or équipments; we will cheek all that out te you heres Heath was in ay office this afternoon inquiring about a job for you this summers I have written to Vie Burt about the matter and I em sure we will heve a definite answer for you when you come up Saturdey mornings I am just now getting ready to leave for Norman, Oklahoma where we play baseballs — : it will be a pleasure to see you on April 19.4 Sincerely yours, Director of Physical rducation and Recreation shite Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach 3 . Pete It was necessary for Dre Allen to leave town before this was written and he asked that I sign the same and forward it to yous Secretary to Dre Allen June 16th, 1941 ir, Robert Bell Highland, Kansas Dear Robert; I acknowledge receipt of your letter of June 12th, and I'm very happy to hear from you. We will be glad to have you at the University of fensas, and I will do all in my power to help you arrive at your desire, that is, of playing on the University of Kansas basketball tean. I am very sure that as you train and study diligently that you will achieve that desire. I'm glad that you are more interested in an education than you are in other activities, because after all when you train your brain, that training is good for fifty years. “hen you train your muscles, it's good for eight or nine years at top speed. ‘5o, you can see the intellectual motive in training your brain. We will be glad to give you work commensurate with your desires and ability. A chap who is a good student oan work more hours than a boy who is an ordinary student. If you work more than two hours a day, you cen not carry a full load in Kansas University. This is a University rule. That is not up to you or to me, but up te the University authorities. We shall put your name on our list as soon as you come to the University and have your physical examination end get enrolled. We will endeavor to fit your work to agree with your schedule. This is the plan we have for all students. Assuring you that it is a pleasure to meet you and to know thet you desire to make the best of your capabilities, I am with kindest personal regards, Sincerely yours, Director of Physical | Education and : Recreation-Varsity Basketball and FCA:re Baseball Coach. | April 16, 1941 ye wi" oe Fe . Mre Leslie Forsyth Medicine Lodge, Kansas Dear Mre Forsyth: It was mighty good of you to write me as you did in your letter of the 12th instant. I assure you I appreciate what you had to say and I assure Association did not feel able to purchase theme They that had been worn by a traveling college outfit when | Philadelphia, Chicago, ete. These boys were really sct upe They appreciated it more than if I had made a personal gift to thans 7 the three seniors, Howard Engleman, John Kline and Bob Allen, of course, were presented with theirs because they had played three years on the Varsitye. Each year when @ player has served the Varsity three years he will get one of these shirtse Replacements, of course, will be made each year to the supplye I only mention this to show you that when ea coach spends some of his owen money to give the boys something that they could not have otherwise, they deeply appreciate it, and they do things for the sehool and the coach that they want to doe It is just their democratic way of saying thank youe So you can count on my taking a personal interest in these boys from the time they are freshmen to the time they graduates I meet the freshmen quite often and do not wit wmtil the boy has had one year of college life, which is the most valuable one, before I contact hime I am sorry that I did not have an opportunity to talk with you after the dimer. But I pronise you when I get out in your part of the country again *his sumer I will make it a point to have a visit with you and lire. Forsyth; or if you and Mrse Forsyth should be coming to Lawrence, nothing would delight me more than to have a visit with you people and have you go over the things that you desire to talk to me about concerning Bille . Bill has a fine background of basketball appreciation and you have had @ lot to do with it. ‘The fact that Bill picked Jack McCracken shows me that he picks the clever boys and not any other kinds Mrs Cusherbery certainly thinks Bill has the stuff and the fact that he is a leader in his school work in addition to his athletic skille confirms that belief. Page2 Apre 16, 1942 Thank you regarding the nice things you have to say about Bob Allene Mrse Allen and I were very much pleased when he made Phi Beta Kappae That really stamped him as an academic leaders So often people expect the coach's son to. be a good athlete and tee seldan the boys achieve academic honors e Ageia 1 wenk 46 dhank you for your willingness te send 3422 heres I feel safe in saying that you will not regret it and I am sure Bill will make a fine success here, both academically and athleticallye — oe Please tell Mrs. Forsyth that at any time she would Like to write me a letter, either before or after 8111 comes to the University, I would be happy te hear from her, because I realize the great interest and effort that parents put inte their childrens -Such commmications would only enable me to do @ better job in my work in cooperating with you concerning your sons With all good wishes, I am, “ Sincerely yours, Director of Physical mducation and Reereation ; Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach ? 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FORSYTH & SON —, AND FURNITURE UNDERTAKING AND AMBULANCE MEDICINE LODGE, KANS., hak Aim! forall wena Sat Fires eaten cee a L awe fae The ae FURNITURE AND RUGS CHINAWARE i UNDERTAKING aNnD AMBULANCE ce if SERVICE MEDICINE LODGE, KANS., 194 \ February 25, 1941 Mr,» James Roderick Wetmore, Kansas — Dear James, last year Mre Frank Mandeville spoke to me regarding your academic and athletic abilitye He said then that you were a very promising junior and would make a fine student at the University or Kansase Mre Mandeville dropped in again today and mentioned the fact that you were interested in the Universitys He told me that you had saved up some money to be used as a nestegg in helping you through the University. : It is such students as you that we are interested ing ‘The boy who is @ good student and a good athlete, who will train, is the feliow that we like to work withe We hire a good many students in the Physical Education Department, some working in the towel room, and we pay 55¢ em hours We generally find that it is easy enough for a fellow to work two hours a day and stili carry a full academic load of 15 hours, and then that leaves Saturday open so that a boy can do extra work on that daye I tell any stucent that if he has $150.00 or $200.00 as @® nestegg and has the energy to work end the ability to make grades, ‘that there is no question about his ability to go through college here and gre duates I do not know what special course you are interested in, but I am asking our Registrar to send you the catalogs of the University of _ Kansas so you may stucy thems : | Now this is the point that I wish to bring upe Mehy boys read about the University of Kensas Basketball Teanu and become afraid ‘thet they cannot make the teams I want you to lmow that most of our star players have come from small schools in Kansase I much prefer a boy from a small school than a large one because the smaller schools really develop athletes who train better than the larger ones. There are too many diversions in the larger placese , Zo ss I will tke the boy who really wants to make a letter and wants to get ahead. Yor instance, Vance Hall and Jim Arnold come from “owns, Kansas, Engleman is from Arkansas “ity. Bobby Allen is from Lawrence. Kline is from Hutchinson, fT. P, Hugter is from a little town down in Texas, too small almost to be on the map, lalker and Sollenberger are from Hutchinson, Blair is from Ottawa, and Ed Hall from Sublette. Through all the years most of our best players have come from small towns. last year Bruce Voran ee from Pretty Prairie, and Don “bling came from Lindsborg, So you see that the smaller towns do contributé very definitely to our basketball teams throughout the years. Please write me, James, and teil me what your aims and intentions are in an educational way. ‘hat do you expect to specialize in, or have you as yet made up your mind? , During our Kansas Relays which will take Place this year on April 19, we have been asking cere tain Seniors of the high schools in Kansas to come in and shoot goals on Saturday morning with our Varsity and Freshmen, ‘ie would like to invite you to come up and be our guest at the Kansas Relays and practice with eur fine group so that you will learn to know them better, \\e will await your reply, trusting that it will be in the affirmative, “With all good wishes, I ai, Sincerely yours, FCAilg:mlin Director of Physical “ducation and Recreation Varsity basketball Coach April 2, i943 Mre Jim Roderick Box 81 : Wetmore, Kansas Dear Jims I was happy to have ycur letter of February 28 and am glad to know that your present plan is to attend the Medical Scheot at the University of Kansase It will be a pleasure to see you and talk with you on April 19, when you come to the Kansas Relayse My son, Bobby Allen, gets his Ae. degree here in June from the University of Kansas, and in September he will enter the University of Pennsylvania Medical Colleges I know he would be happy to visit with you end I trust that when you are here you and he ean get togethore There is always a common bond between students who desire to follow the sane professione I em very sure will find that it is much easier to work your wey partially through college than you anticipates Most of our Varsity Basketball Players are doing just that things Howard Mngleman, John Kline, Marvin Bollenbergen, Vance Hall, John Buescher, Don Blair, Jim Arnold, Dick Miller and Bie Hall all are working a good portion of their way through schoole Among our freshmen members are Jack Ballard, Ray Evans, Gordon ee Black, Bob Abrams and Paul Turner who are doing the same nge 2 demiting the pleasure of your visit, I an, Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Fdueation and Recreation ? Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach . FPCAslg : fed = Wetmore, .Kansas © February 28, 1941 Dr. Fs Gs Alien Dept. of Physical Ed. University of Kansas Dear Dr. Allen: I was pleased to receive your letter of February 24 and consider it a pleasure to tell you my intentions. During the last three years T have been trying to decide where to attend college. Upon receiving your letter of information concerning my possibilities of obtaining work at Kansas University I have become more interested in the University. I am pleased to hear that Mr. Frank Mandevilie spoke to you ~ regarding me and I consider it thoughtful of him. It is my present plan to attend the medical school at Kansas University and it is toward that end I am working. IT would like very much to continues my basketball participation in college and it is with this in mind that I accept, with pleasure, your invitation to come to the Kansas Relays on April 19. Thank you for your kind letter, your invitation, and for asking the registrar to senda me catalogues of the University. I remain, Sincerely yours, pried, July 31, 1941. Mr, James Roderick, Box 81, Wetmore, F ansas. Dear Jim: Tt was a pleasure to see you egein end greet your dad end Mr, Bixby, your superintendent. I em doing everything that I can toward helping you make your stay at the University most profitable and pleasant. If you should come in a few days early we will have some extra work for you, if you desire work before the regular. school starts. I would suggest that you bring same old clothes alonge With all good wishes, I em - Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, Versity Basketball Coaches March 3, 1941 Mr, Bernard %, Kampert The Rexall Store Seneca, Kanses Dear Mr. Kampert: Thank you for your letter of February 20 enclosing the clipving regarding Alton Wylie. John Slocum, one of your Seneca boys, is bringing a group of boys to see our Oklahoma A, and M, game on March 11 and I am sure Alton Wylie wil! be in the group. I delivered the commencement address at the Seneca high school last year and had the pleasure of meeting Alton, At that time I talked to him about attending the University of Kansas and assured him we would be gled to help him in any way we could, Thank you for your interest in the University and for sending us the clipping. Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation Varsity Basketball Coach FCAzle _. THE COURIER-TRIB Has Made 292 Points Alton Wylie, six-foot-five- inch center on the Seneca Ti- ger basketball team, who scored 26 points Friday night || against Goff, has made 292 points in 13 games this season, average of 22 and six-thir- teenths points per game. The Seneca team has | lost a‘ game. en BERNARD W. KAMPERT Tae Rexall Store SENECA -:- KANSAS MANE RR EE pa RRR RE * _ W.C. Jessen, D. D. 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