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Nile Kinnick correspondence, January-December 1941

1941-07-14: Page 03

this is page number two my little Jamie
NILE    C.   KINNICK
5024    HAM ILTON
OMAHA.  NEBRASKA
I. too, find that my social life has hit a new low. ( Hell, that is an impossibility---it has been at rock bottom for five years except for a brief rise
of a point or two in the winter of '39.) It is an unescapable fact that I do n
know anyone here in Omaha with whom I have the slightest desire to get a date.
And I am sure that I am not as particular as I used to be. Many of those fair
damselswhom I turned thumbs down on this past winter and the spring before woul
find themselves hotly pursued by one, N. Clarke K. if they were in driving distance at the present writing. Much as, it hurts me I shall have to admit that
my aloofness from female society, lo, these past few years has been a sad mista
I find that right now I have to come in the door sideways to keep my horns from
scratching the doorjams.  Our doorways are no small apertures, either!  The las
time I was in Chicago which was late in the spring I tried with enough success,
I believe, to cool off that relationship a bit.  In fact it may very possibly b
that I put out the fire entirely which may or may not be a good idea. I believ
that I mentioned to you the last time you were in Iowa City (in the dim dark pa
that I had revived correspondence with the memory girl now working at Banker's
Life in D. Moines.  I had a date with her shortly after that and thought that
there was still a spark which could be kindled if handled correctly and subsequent letters strengthened my view. However, since then tho absence of correspondence from her leads me to think that she is giving me the slough,  (Imagine
that--me, the Cornbelt Comet getting the slufffffff) What here reasons are
I do not know and can only hazard a guess which would be that she may be thinki:
of marriage with that guy up in Soo City.  If that is true it is good enough
reason for me.  The fact of the matter is that she may have tired of my fickle
interest--now up, now down, etc.  But whatever it is little Neelie will find out
one of these days when he is back over toward D. Moines.  I borrowed her shorthand book quite awhile ago and shall just appear some evening to return it in
person and then subtly try to worm out just what the story is.  Should be good
and will send you a copy posthaste--maybe.  If it turns out to be just one of
the Humphrey trophies familiarly know among the educated as a COB I may give
air to a desire to abrase her glutious maximus a bit with it before taking my
leave.  I, also, plan to look up Miss Nancy of the buxom build whom you will remember went into her stretching exercises on the front stoop the last time we
were out.  Should one year of college prove to have done to her what I think
it might she may find herself the object of a blitzkrieg the like of which even
her German ancestors never heard of. If she dinedon rye crisp for the 10 months
that she has been gone she could display a figure that would really be something
That is almost too much to hope for.  In fact, aid in is sjort. my beloved james
I think I should abut off the motor in haste were I to draw up in front of the
Gamma phi house with Miss B J. Prochmow in tow. That is how the land lies at th
moment of this writing. I need your restraining

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this is page number two my little Jamie NILE C. KINNICK 5024 HAM ILTON OMAHA. NEBRASKA I. too, find that my social life has hit a new low. ( Hell, that is an impossibility---it has been at rock bottom for five years except for a brief rise of a point or two in the winter of '39.) It is an unescapable fact that I do n know anyone here in Omaha with whom I have the slightest desire to get a date. And I am sure that I am not as particular as I used to be. Many of those fair damselswhom I turned thumbs down on this past winter and the spring before woul find themselves hotly pursued by one, N. Clarke K. if they were in driving distance at the present writing. Much as, it hurts me I shall have to admit that my aloofness from female society, lo, these past few years has been a sad mista I find that right now I have to come in the door sideways to keep my horns from scratching the doorjams. Our doorways are no small apertures, either! The las time I was in Chicago which was late in the spring I tried with enough success, I believe, to cool off that relationship a bit. In fact it may very possibly b that I put out the fire entirely which may or may not be a good idea. I believ that I mentioned to you the last time you were in Iowa City (in the dim dark pa that I had revived correspondence with the memory girl now working at Banker's Life in D. Moines. I had a date with her shortly after that and thought that there was still a spark which could be kindled if handled correctly and subsequent letters strengthened my view. However, since then tho absence of correspondence from her leads me to think that she is giving me the slough, (Imagine that--me, the Cornbelt Comet getting the slufffffff) What here reasons are I do not know and can only hazard a guess which would be that she may be thinki: of marriage with that guy up in Soo City. If that is true it is good enough reason for me. The fact of the matter is that she may have tired of my fickle interest--now up, now down, etc. But whatever it is little Neelie will find out one of these days when he is back over toward D. Moines. I borrowed her shorthand book quite awhile ago and shall just appear some evening to return it in person and then subtly try to worm out just what the story is. Should be good and will send you a copy posthaste--maybe. If it turns out to be just one of the Humphrey trophies familiarly know among the educated as a COB I may give air to a desire to abrase her glutious maximus a bit with it before taking my leave. I, also, plan to look up Miss Nancy of the buxom build whom you will remember went into her stretching exercises on the front stoop the last time we were out. Should one year of college prove to have done to her what I think it might she may find herself the object of a blitzkrieg the like of which even her German ancestors never heard of. If she dinedon rye crisp for the 10 months that she has been gone she could display a figure that would really be something That is almost too much to hope for. In fact, aid in is sjort. my beloved james I think I should abut off the motor in haste were I to draw up in front of the Gamma phi house with Miss B J. Prochmow in tow. That is how the land lies at th moment of this writing. I need your restraining