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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Shelter has a curriculum that could be outlined on a matchbook cover. If it had commencement ceremonies, its new graduates would probably sport construction helmets and carpenters' aprons instead of caps and gowns. Yet they leave knowing how to do something that most Americans only dream about doing: build a house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Have Hammer, Will Teach | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

Students also work on houses that are being built by Shelter Institute graduates in the countryside around Bath. Such on-site experience helps them gain the self confidence needed to build their own houses. Says Pat Hennin: "There are no insurmountable problems. If you're certain you can do it, it will get done." Reports a former student who built his own house: "I got discouraged, but the house kept going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Have Hammer, Will Teach | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

...homes constructed along Shelter lines can be built for $7 to $8 per sq. ft. The Hennins, who built their own 1½-story, six-room house in Woolwich, Me., for $4,000 in 1975, figure that a graduate who sticks to their rules can build a modest five-or six-room house today for less than $15,000. Not bad, considering that the cost of a new one-family house now averages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Have Hammer, Will Teach | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

...departure of starters Kathy Batter and Wendy Sands have left some openings in the defense, but Stephie Baum will provide a strong base upon which to build...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women Return With League Title | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...Players learn the fundamentals through experience, and then you continue to build," Scalise said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women Return With League Title | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

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