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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1941
With Many Letters--my interest in whatever I attempt to do. It is a far cry from this year of 1941 back to 1913—28 long years—when I entered the department of journalism as a neophyte . . .
Students Praise Friend and Teacher
Grads Recall Days With Flint
... A long time ago—21 years ago, to be exact—a young cub from Western Kansas walked into your office one autumn day. He explained that he wanted to be a writer, a newspaper man; that he wanted to be a good one, not just another hack. He believed literally that a kid could journey the long road "ad astra per aspera," and he asked you frankly if this wasn't so.
And you, L.N.F., didn't disillusion him. You told him it was so—that a young cub could work and learn and climb; that the publishing world needed men with ambition and ideals. You could so easily have tossed in a dash of cynicism, but you didn't. God bless you for that!
Ben Hibbs
Editor,
Country Gentleman
... When I think of the kind of man I want my son to be, there flashes through my mind the memory of a half dozen moulders of my own mediocre life, men whose influence I know has been a valuable asset to me. You, Mr. Flint, have earned a front seat in the company of these half dozen notables. You have earned it through your kindliness and interest in those of us who passed through your hands as budding newspaper men and women. You have earned it through your never-ending friendship for the many hundreds coming in contact with your teaching of 35 years ... Thank you for your years of devotion to us all, and I thank God for every remembrance of you.
Harold H. Smith, '27 Editor, Keith County News Ogallala, Neb.
... In 20 years I have been back just once—and that stop was primarily to see you, for you' and Uncle Jimmy Green were the two men on the faculty who believed I would land right side up. I have kept the faith . . . with the rich reward of having served your fellow man well—with boys you have trained in the far corners of this great country of ours—are you going step out and visit a few of them.
O. E. Hopfer,
Industrial
Advertising Manager,
Oakland, Calif.
. . . You have given yeoman service to the University of Kansas and to the young men and women of this and neighboring states who have passed through your classrooms. It has been my happy privilege to have employed several of your former students and they have always spoken in the highest terms of you. I know of no finer tribute than that a man may be held in high esteem by those who have opportunity to know him best . . .
Clarence W. Moody,
Chanute Tribune,
Chanute, Kans.
The Skipper Can't Retire
Flint Committee Department of Journalism University of Kansas Gentlemen:
So our friend Flint is going to retire. He can't retire. Don't he know that? Why he won't be retired even when he's occupying some quiet crypt along the Kaw many years, I hope, hence.
I don't want to be saccharine about this retirement business, but in the middle of my military hegyrations the thought of Professor Flint's life on Mount Oread lends a stabilizing and hopeful influence on an otherwise rather aimless life. That's why he can't retire. I know he'll still be working for many decades in many journalistic hearts and minds.
I send to Pop Flint on his retirement day my respects and regards along with, what few teachers ever get from any student, my love.
. . . The Hill will not seem just the same with a new man in your job but reckon we will have to get used to it . . .
C. W. Little,
The Alma Enterprise,
Alma, Kans.
... My congratulations to you for the unusually fine record you have always made and are making for yourself as a teacher and organizer of students, of classes, and of your department ... and finally, thank you for all the wonderful help and inspiration given to the thousands of high school and college boys and girls in the conferences and classes over which you have presided . . .
Iva Belle Harper,
Department of Journalism,
Liberty Memorial H. S.
Lawrence, Kans.
May I add my congratulations and express my most sincere appreciation of the help and inspiration of the help and inspiration that you have extended to me and hundreds of other struggling young newspaper men and women of Kansas and the nation . . . "congratulations" in a case like this just doesn't seem to cover all that I would like to express. You have done a "swell job" and only the "big files" will be able to record it properly . . .
Doyle L. Buckles, '20,
Director,
University News Bureau,
University of Alabama.
Now, why am I writing about myself so much? Well, it is because any success which I have attained can be traced clearly back to YOU and good old K. U. You taught me to be painstaking, conscientious, thorough, and above all, sincere in
I still haven't progressed very far in the profession, but I have found that Mr. Flint's advice has kept the road from being too rocky. For this and a dozen other favors from him I am grateful. His personal ethics, I am sure, have helped to make a lot of newspapers better with so many of his boys in the field.
Joseph E. Doctor, '35,
Editor, The Exeter Sun,
Exeter, Calif.
Very, very,
Ken Postlethwaite, '40,
Company E, 137th Infantry,
Camp Robinson, Ark.
Wilbur A. Fischer,
Executive,
Sharon Community Chest.
Pittsburgh, Penn.
. . . I salute L. N. Flint, the teacher, the leader, the guide; but my highest admiration and my greatest affection are reserved for you as a man. You are living a good life. God bless you. . .
Marco Morrow,
Vice-President and
Assistant Publisher.
Capper Publications,
Topeka.
I know that you will derive a great deal of satisfaction from the tributes that you so ably merit and which will be tendered to you by your graduates who are now scattered in the four corners of the earth. I hope that the records will be complete enough to describe the activities of the various graduates who in the fields of journalism, advertising and marketing have profited by your good work...
W. C. Sproull,
Advertising Manager,
Burroughs Adding
Machine Co.
.I have a good job here in North Platte with a good firm only because of the initial push you gave me in the first place. Since that time when I have written, you have taken time out to answer, advise and help me-I am very grateful . . .
The University, and the students of the journalism department especially, are going to miss you very much, but I must say that I think you have done your share many thousands of times over . . .
George Oyler,
North Platte Daily Telegraph,
North Platte, Neb.
... Only the prospect of seeing Professor Flint again would get me to step my foot inside an airplane ... Of course I shall be very happy to see od K. U. again, but Professor Flint will always be the main attraction for me as an individual part of the institution. For me, he is K. U. . . .
Mrs Marion L. Huerlin,
3803 Longfellow Avenue,
Spokane, Wash.
. . . Your satisfaction in seeing the gang who have gone on the beats and desks bring in the stories and make good ought to be sufficient to carry you over the coming depressions and many political adjustments that seem to be the order of the day. Accept my sincere appreciation of your influence on the youth of Kansas these last 35 years . . .
C. W. Wheeler, Editor and Publisher Abilene Daily Chronicle, Abilene, Kans.
... It has been 30 years since I walked off the Hill, yet it seems only yesterday that you were explaining the theory of advertising. . .
Well do I remember the final examination in your advertising course.
Don Welty and I thought it was a lecture course—until you threw that test at us. . . if a fellow could have three instructors as fine as L. N. Flint, Sam Rice, and W. A. Dill, I would stay in college forever. . .
Edgar L. Hollis,
Kansas Bank Note Company
Fredonia, Kan.
... This thought stirs my emotions deeply because of my great personal regard for you and for your professional skill as a teacher and editor. These same emotions came to me a year ago when I addressed members of your classes, and I could have spoken long (although awkwardly) about you and your fine career on that occasion. The inspirations you gave to me and to other young men cannot soon be forgotten . . .
D. L. Hartley, Editorial Department, Kansas City Star.
Congratulations, Mr. Flint!
- on your record in training clear-headed, fearless men for service at the very altars of democracy, and inspiring them with the example of your own character;
-on your future in the same great work, unhampered by administrative cares and in a day when men like you are more vital than ever.
BURGER·BAIRD Engraving Co.