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Nile Kinnick correspondence, August-December 1940
1940-10-31: Front
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THE REGISTER AND TRIBUNE DES MOINES, IOWA W. W. WAYMACK Vice - President Editor Editorial Pages October 31, 1940 Dear Mr. Kinnick: Glad you liked our presentation of your speech. I think you are right about this being "of a little more significance" than "making the orange sheet." (Incidentally, ours is peach, not orange!) I say this in precisely the way that you obviously mean it. I suspect that I am as much of a sports fan, particularly football, as you are. I love football, and see no signs of getting cold toward the game as the years wear on. The publicity and acclaim you got as a football man are all to the good. But the ability to think about larger things and the wish to be socially useful with respect to them is more significant for the relatively long pull of a human life. I, of course, have known about Phi Beta Kappa and all. When the physical and mental qualities of a fine athletic competitor are united with the thoughtfulness and the articulateness which you have, I think you are entitled to a particularly blazing medal. Keep it up. Cordially, W W Waymach W. W. Waymack Mr. Nile Kinnick Department of Physical Education The State University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
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THE REGISTER AND TRIBUNE DES MOINES, IOWA W. W. WAYMACK Vice - President Editor Editorial Pages October 31, 1940 Dear Mr. Kinnick: Glad you liked our presentation of your speech. I think you are right about this being "of a little more significance" than "making the orange sheet." (Incidentally, ours is peach, not orange!) I say this in precisely the way that you obviously mean it. I suspect that I am as much of a sports fan, particularly football, as you are. I love football, and see no signs of getting cold toward the game as the years wear on. The publicity and acclaim you got as a football man are all to the good. But the ability to think about larger things and the wish to be socially useful with respect to them is more significant for the relatively long pull of a human life. I, of course, have known about Phi Beta Kappa and all. When the physical and mental qualities of a fine athletic competitor are united with the thoughtfulness and the articulateness which you have, I think you are entitled to a particularly blazing medal. Keep it up. Cordially, W W Waymach W. W. Waymack Mr. Nile Kinnick Department of Physical Education The State University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
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