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Nile Kinnick correspondence, January-December 1941

1941-12-06: Page 02

expire if you could see them.  George would absolutely be mortified and probably refuse to sleep in the same room.  They are a white, gauzy material and extend down almost to my knees.  I look as if I were all set for a desert safari.  And the leather gloves?  Well to get a pair that were comfortable over the palm & breadth of my hand I had to accept size 11.  The fingers are so much too long that my gloved hand looks like that of a chinese mandarin with super-long finger nails.
Shortly after we arrived several boys came up & introduced themselves among whom was a boy from Bankers Life in D.M, one from Tecumseh, Nebr, one from Albia, Ia, and several others who had mutual friends with Ken & me.
I also ran into Pete Moeller who was a fellow law student at Iowa last year, and Bob Runyan of Omaha, who as far as I can figure out is our section leader.  I might add

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expire if you could see them. George would absolutely be mortified and probably refuse to sleep in the same room. They are a white, gauzy material and extend down almost to my knees. I look as if I were all set for a desert safari. And the leather gloves? Well to get a pair that were comfortable over the palm & breadth of my hand I had to accept size 11. The fingers are so much too long that my gloved hand looks like that of a chinese mandarin with super-long finger nails. Shortly after we arrived several boys came up & introduced themselves among whom was a boy from Bankers Life in D.M, one from Tecumseh, Nebr, one from Albia, Ia, and several others who had mutual friends with Ken & me. I also ran into Pete Moeller who was a fellow law student at Iowa last year, and Bob Runyan of Omaha, who as far as I can figure out is our section leader. I might add