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Nile Kinnick correspondence, June-August 1942

1942-08-25: Page 03

me no little to be away very much of the time that you are home, particularly if you leave is a brief one. As has been indicated, mother is expecting to go with you when you visit Adel. What a pleasure it willbe to see you again! Ben, your recital of the week end with the Kinnicks was a clear cut picture of the California branch. And we did appreciate the snaps of that happy event. I hope that will have an opportunity for another such fiesta before you leave the environs of Piedmont. I am enclosing some letters for each of you, and I am not too sure that all of them will be new ones, as I failed to mark those that were forwarded in other letters. Please return them. Ben, I  am sending you several clippings from the Register, which may be of interest. Also one from Sunday's Herald which states that Pap Ross, returning from his sojourn at Iowa City with enthusiasm for the training being given the pre-flight boys, is pushing the establishment of an obstacle course at Elmwood Park. Not a bad idea. I gather from the papers that this system of mass training and conditioning in catching on in a lot of other schools. Might be alright. Dispite the mural games, there must have been a lot of guys who took everything the soft way. George is about to indite missives to each of you, but I shall briefly mention that he is out for the football squad at Benson. Yesterday they drew equipment and to-day they passed the ball in the gym, (raining). That is starting with a soft clutch alright. He has to buy a pair of shoes, as a pair in the attic is too small. So it will be a mixture of pigskins and grades of 2 or better this fall. George's class schedule for the next two years looks quite satisfactory, and is as follows: Sept. 1942 English V11 Algebra 111 Physics 1 Journalism 1 and Type 1  Jan. 1943 Am. History 1 Geometry 111 Physics 11 Journalism 11 and Type 11  Sept.  1943 Am. History 11 Algebra 1V Chemistry 1 Journalism 111 Type 111  Jan. 1944 English V111 Trigonometry Chemistry 11 Speech 1 At our suggestion he omitted any shorthand. Would you agree, or , Ben, have you found it valuable enough to warrant time in high school, which would mean dropping something now on the list? Last letter, Ben, I told you that Mustain's name was in the paper. My mistake; it was Earl Hurd, getting his commission in the Army Air Corps. The clipping is enc. When I was in Adel some weeks ago, Scott Snyder told me that Johnny has washed out, tho I saw no item in the News about it. It seems that he was having trouble with landings, and examination disclosed that he had only one good eye. It was a bitter disappointment, and I understand Scott to say that he hopes to go as a bombardier. Walt Willy told me this week of Craig's recent experience. He is in the Army on the bombers. He was up with his instructor and when he touched the ground in landing it seemed that one wheel was brakeing too much. He zoomed up and called attention to the difficulty. The instructor had the same experience. They radioed the tower and told about the trouble, but expressed confidence that they could come down alright.

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me no little to be away very much of the time that you are home, particularly if you leave is a brief one. As has been indicated, mother is expecting to go with you when you visit Adel. What a pleasure it willbe to see you again! Ben, your recital of the week end with the Kinnicks was a clear cut picture of the California branch. And we did appreciate the snaps of that happy event. I hope that will have an opportunity for another such fiesta before you leave the environs of Piedmont. I am enclosing some letters for each of you, and I am not too sure that all of them will be new ones, as I failed to mark those that were forwarded in other letters. Please return them. Ben, I am sending you several clippings from the Register, which may be of interest. Also one from Sunday's Herald which states that Pap Ross, returning from his sojourn at Iowa City with enthusiasm for the training being given the pre-flight boys, is pushing the establishment of an obstacle course at Elmwood Park. Not a bad idea. I gather from the papers that this system of mass training and conditioning in catching on in a lot of other schools. Might be alright. Dispite the mural games, there must have been a lot of guys who took everything the soft way. George is about to indite missives to each of you, but I shall briefly mention that he is out for the football squad at Benson. Yesterday they drew equipment and to-day they passed the ball in the gym, (raining). That is starting with a soft clutch alright. He has to buy a pair of shoes, as a pair in the attic is too small. So it will be a mixture of pigskins and grades of 2 or better this fall. George's class schedule for the next two years looks quite satisfactory, and is as follows: Sept. 1942 English V11 Algebra 111 Physics 1 Journalism 1 and Type 1 Jan. 1943 Am. History 1 Geometry 111 Physics 11 Journalism 11 and Type 11 Sept. 1943 Am. History 11 Algebra 1V Chemistry 1 Journalism 111 Type 111 Jan. 1944 English V111 Trigonometry Chemistry 11 Speech 1 At our suggestion he omitted any shorthand. Would you agree, or , Ben, have you found it valuable enough to warrant time in high school, which would mean dropping something now on the list? Last letter, Ben, I told you that Mustain's name was in the paper. My mistake; it was Earl Hurd, getting his commission in the Army Air Corps. The clipping is enc. When I was in Adel some weeks ago, Scott Snyder told me that Johnny has washed out, tho I saw no item in the News about it. It seems that he was having trouble with landings, and examination disclosed that he had only one good eye. It was a bitter disappointment, and I understand Scott to say that he hopes to go as a bombardier. Walt Willy told me this week of Craig's recent experience. He is in the Army on the bombers. He was up with his instructor and when he touched the ground in landing it seemed that one wheel was brakeing too much. He zoomed up and called attention to the difficulty. The instructor had the same experience. They radioed the tower and told about the trouble, but expressed confidence that they could come down alright.