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...Fesler, All-America at Ohio State and now head football coach at the University of Minnesota, as a famous exponent of The Little Engine That Could [Oct. 5]. Wes is one coach who honestly believes that character-building is as important as winning football games . . . The Little Engine is his favorite morale builder, and thousands of people have heard him relate the story...
...with these beliefs, he has set up a $1,000,000 fellowship program to give young scholars in the humanities a chance they rarely get today. For the university, he has picked his appointments well (among them: Novelist Robert Penn Warren, Chemist John G. Kirkwood, Political Scientist James W. Fesler). He has even reached down to the secondary schools, which he regards as the weakest link in the educational chain. His M.A. for teachers is an attempt to give schoolmen courses-not just in pedagogy, of which they often have too much, but also in the stuff and substance...
...FESLER HIRED AT MINNESOTA...
...University of Minnesota yesterday announced the appointment of Wes Fesler as head football coach. Fesler, who resigned this winter at Ohio State, replaces the retiring Minnesota coach, Bernie Bierman...
...over in 1932, the Lord Jeff's won 74 and tied five. The material Jordan got was comparable with the league in which his teams played, but he more than held his own with Williams and Wesleyan (the other members of the Little Three) when Charley Caldwell and Wes Fesler were the respective coaches. Caldwell has since moved to Princeton, and Fesler to Ohio State...