Show KNUTE OCK I THE TRAGEDY in the air above a little Kansas farm was not that it struck a ablow ablow ablow blow at a a. a great American sport or ot that it again called attention to the hazards of flying The real tragedy lay in the sudden taking taking- off of a man in the prime of his life when his usefulness was at the ultimate of its capacity Knute Rockne was not alone a great football football football foot foot- ball coach As such he might have gone down unsung His name has been blazoned on the field of sport more for his great leadership leadership lead lead- for the example he set to the youth of the country by playing the game of life on the square He became important in the field of athletic athletic athletic ath ath- letic endeavor because his genius created football machines which performed almost to human perfection and won for himself the leadership In his chosen profession But this merely put him in the limelight of publicity His living examples of true sportsmanship the cleanliness of his life and his teachings were more lasting and more enduring in the final score of human values Rock uRock was beloved wherever he went whether with his gridiron warriors or upon some some errand which had to do with the up up- up building and improvement of the king of sports He set a pace for the youth of a nation And nd youth followed I He was a great leader a dynamic person person- allty Few men in public life Ufe were so universally universally universally sally beloved He will be sorely missed when the whistles blow on the gridirons this falland fall falland falland and for many years to come |