xine true. ey are carved in stone neers the i lace at the United
States Military Academy at HOB’ Point, New York:
"@pon the fields of frkenniy: strife are sown the seeds iad a, in other

Pc other etc will bear the fruits of victory."

Tonight I eae to renew your acquaintance with two fine Kansas boys who
teansterted thoty activities from the athletic fields to other fields of
war effort, and only two weeks ago received the highest award, the Army
and Navy "BE" yrds can come to a firm doing excellent work on the

production of war materials.

‘But first let me tell you about Bill Nichols and Dick dimmer two of
the owners of the Kansas Color Press Machine Company, of Lawrence.

Bill Nichols entered the Oniveriae of Kansas in 1927 from Larned, Kansas,
| where he had competed in football, basketball and.track. He continued his
interest in athletics at K.U., winning the indoor and outdoor high abies
against Missouri and Kansas State; and the 50 yard high hurdles in 1930 in
Conventior Hall at Kanses City, setting a 1i0v weauea de that meet. di Ro

oe ee

Dick Zimmerman is snother Western Kansas boy, coming from Liberal, Kensas.

At the University he also participated in track, competing in ive had Pant le

The friendship between these two boys started when they were classmates

in the department of journalism at the University, and continued through

their athletic competition, Dick married Bill's sister, Gertrude Nichols,

who graduated from K.U. in 1930,’ ae eg g—. jae ne