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Nile Kinnick correspondence, January-May 1940

1940-04-05: Front

Nile C. Kinnick
Iowa City, Iowa [ca April 5. 1940]
Friday    5:15 PM
Dear Folks:
Enclosed find the  letter and folders  I  received today from Mr.
Baum.    Personally,   I am very favorably impressed  with
what  he  had to day and also the  information in the folders.     It
might be that this  is the  opportunity I  have been hoping for--getting
some  business  experience  and at the  same time  picking up  some  nice
money.     I have written my friend Hiekerson  in Philadelphia asking
him if he  knows anything about the company.     It will be  interesting
to see how this turns  out.     Incidentally it might have been better
if I had picked up and gone with him last weekend....Sun Valley,
not bad,  eh what.     I doubt  if I will fee getting up    there in the near
future.
I  am busier than all get out. Just as  I  seem to get everything
in pretty good order tests pop up again or I find that  I have  several
speaking engagements  in succession. Today I  find out that I have taken
too many hours  in one partcular field and that some of them won't
count,  therefore,  necessitating that  1  get a certain grade point  in
order that my honor hours will make up the  difference. All of which
probably means nothing to you and isn't very serious although it will
necessitate that I stay on the books  alittle more  concistently than
I had planned this spring if I  intend to graduate.
Today is a beautiful  spring day and quite a relief after some  of
the weather we have been having around here. Tonite is  the  Club
Cabaret--the biggest University formal of the year--a dinner dance
and to which I am not going.  I  seem to go hot and o cold in this
matter of going out  socially. Largely governed by whether I  can think
of anyone with whom I would like to go. This  going out  just to be
doing  something doesN8t  seem to appeal to me.     In view of the very few
boy friends--close that  is--I suppose  it  isn't strange that I don't  find
many girls with whom I  like to go out.
I don't say much about  it around home but it  looks  to me as  if
the Allies are going to have pretty rough going and if they do I don't
see how we can stay out  of it nor do I think we  should as a result of
the  limited amount of thought  I have  given it.     Can you  give me a thought
or two along this   line metaphysically, mother

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Nile C. Kinnick Iowa City, Iowa [ca April 5. 1940] Friday 5:15 PM Dear Folks: Enclosed find the letter and folders I received today from Mr. Baum. Personally, I am very favorably impressed with what he had to day and also the information in the folders. It might be that this is the opportunity I have been hoping for--getting some business experience and at the same time picking up some nice money. I have written my friend Hiekerson in Philadelphia asking him if he knows anything about the company. It will be interesting to see how this turns out. Incidentally it might have been better if I had picked up and gone with him last weekend....Sun Valley, not bad, eh what. I doubt if I will fee getting up there in the near future. I am busier than all get out. Just as I seem to get everything in pretty good order tests pop up again or I find that I have several speaking engagements in succession. Today I find out that I have taken too many hours in one partcular field and that some of them won't count, therefore, necessitating that 1 get a certain grade point in order that my honor hours will make up the difference. All of which probably means nothing to you and isn't very serious although it will necessitate that I stay on the books alittle more concistently than I had planned this spring if I intend to graduate. Today is a beautiful spring day and quite a relief after some of the weather we have been having around here. Tonite is the Club Cabaret--the biggest University formal of the year--a dinner dance and to which I am not going. I seem to go hot and o cold in this matter of going out socially. Largely governed by whether I can think of anyone with whom I would like to go. This going out just to be doing something doesN8t seem to appeal to me. In view of the very few boy friends--close that is--I suppose it isn't strange that I don't find many girls with whom I like to go out. I don't say much about it around home but it looks to me as if the Allies are going to have pretty rough going and if they do I don't see how we can stay out of it nor do I think we should as a result of the limited amount of thought I have given it. Can you give me a thought or two along this line metaphysically, mother