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...only 2½% of the kids get to college. N.S.M. recruited 175 tutors (including about 70 Negroes) at colleges from Amherst to Sarah Lawrence, put them to work with 375 youngsters for four hours a week all summer. One byproduct: Countryman's marriage to Tutor Joan Cannaday, a Negro Sarah Lawrence graduate and daughter of a Philadelphia high school guidance counselor. Building Confidence. In Hartford this year, N.S.M.'s 100 tutors from Trinity and other colleges have worked with 300 kids in evening sessions at three high schools. Hartford Seminary Student Peter Morrill, 22, who says that "this...
Cloud Climbing. For making a silk purse out of a sow's ear, button-nosed Bo McMillin rates high as the coach of the year. He took a quick look at his material last September, and winced. Then things began to happen. Bo converted John Cannaday, ex-quarterback and guard, into a center; he moved Russ Deal from guard to tackle. Burly Howie Brown, thrice wounded in Europe, showed up just after the Michigan game, and plugged a hole at guard. Another ex-G.I, All-America End Pete Pihos, became a pile-driving fullback. Negro Halfback George Taliaferro...
When the Madrid embassy was officially abandoned by the U. S. last Thanksgiving, no provision was made for feeding the remaining Americans. This job fell naturally to Captain Cannaday, who was acclaimed sutler by the beleaguered refugees. First measure of Farmer Cannaday was to accept a loan of eight full-uddered Hereford cows from a dairyman whose farm lay in the path of Generalissimo Franco's advancing legionnaires. Quartered in the embassy garage and pastured on its expansive lawn, the cows produced enough milk to supply the embassy's needs, plus some for bartering purposes with the otherwise...
Meanwhile, Poultryman Cannaday's 1,700 Leghorns were producing their pre-rebellion quota of 80 doz. eggs daily, only production drop noted being just after an air raid when the hens were frightened. Anarchist collectivizers eyed the farm jealously once, but Cannaday remained unintimidated. Believer in the profit system, respecter of the law of supply & demand, he continued to sell his wares to hungry Madrileños, paying little heed to Leftist Spain's campaign to outlaw profiteering, fix prices...
Last week Government inspectors visited Frank Cannaday, discovered Madrilenos were paying him 75? (12 pesetas) a dozen for his eggs, told him the most he could lawfully receive was the official price of 20?. Farmer Cannaday complained eggs cost 60? a dozen to produce because of scarcity of grain, that he considered 15$ a dozen reasonable profit. The Leftist Government's inspectors remained adamant and at latest dispatches U. S. Embassy residents quivered with anxiety as Sutler Cannaday threatened, "I'm going to liquidate this poultry farm! I'm going to sell my hens for a measly...