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Desperate for new grist for Alabama's busily churning football mill, Bryant and his ten assistants scoured a three-state area, staged coaching clinics, later even enlisted the assistance of Alabama's Governor John Patterson. With each young prospect Bryant's approach varied: sometimes he was fatherly and cajoling, sometimes he was tough and terse. To wavering Tackle Prospect Steve Wright. Bryant rasped: "Steve, we were considering you, but I think I've changed my mind. You don't have the guts to play for Alabama." Wright begged for a chance to sign. To compete...
Gravy Train. Bryant's salesmanship paid off. A steady stream of sturdy stalwarts rode the gravy train to the oak-dotted Tuscaloosa campus, eager to knock heads and - in Bryant's words - "suck up their guts" for dear old 'Bama. Halfback Mike Fracchia (6 ft. 1 in., 186 lbs.) came from Memphis, Tenn., because "I wanted to play on a good team and I knew Coach Bryant was going to turn one out." Among Bryant's first batch of hand-picked recruits were two of Alabama's brightest stars: Quarterback Pat Trammell and Tackle Billy...
Edwin E. Moise, James Bryant Conant Professor of Education and Mathematics, agreed that "the provision and Harvard's decision cannot be dismissed as trifles." This is because federal aid to education will soon be necessary, since it is becoming increasingly difficult for states and private groups to finance education alone...
...sherry cabinet in Harvard Yard long since turned over to another president, his diplomat's striped pants put into mothballs, the quiet New Englander embarked on a new career-unofficial Inspector General of U.S. Education. Dr. James Bryant Conant toured high schools, investigated curriculums and teachers, and in 1959 mildly concluded that the U.S. high school could be improved "with no radical change." But then Conant got around to taking a look at slum education. His report, Slums and Suburbs (McGraw-Hill; $3.95), published last week, shows how incensed a former Harvard president...
...originally figured Wright for defense," says Philadelphia Scout Frank Kilroy, "because of his great speed. But how many kids can throw as well as he can?" Few can. So far this season, Wright has completed 29 of 51 passes, had only one intercepted. Says Alabama Coach Paul ("Bear") Bryant handsomely: "Wright is too good to be coached by anyone...