Sport: Teens and TNT

The pea-green freshman, hitherto the lowest form of campus life, is wearing a hero's helmet this fall. Without him there would be little or no college football —except at West Point and Annapolis.

Matter and Mind. Throughout the U.S. last week, college coaches sweated and swore at squads averaging 85% 18-year-old freshmen. The best they could achieve would be something less expert even than last season's football (with its smattering of veteran V-12s), but the public was not of a mood to mind: the Notre Dame-Army game was sold out nine weeks ahead...

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