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Roses, carnations and lilies droop from the chain-link fence outside Thurston High School, and a makeshift plywood cross juts from the ground nearby. Beneath it, a hand-printed sign reads WILL WE EVER LEARN? But as the timber town of Springfield, Ore. (pop. 51,000), grieved last week, the lessons were far from obvious...
...civilization, is the home of some of Harvard's most ambitious outdoor adventurers. From the inside, it looks almost like a cabin from days past. Wood-paneled walls are lined with intricate trail maps and yellowing photographs of snow-covered mountain peaks. In one corner, on top of a makeshift shelf, lie skis and snowshoes (both new and well-worn models) and next to these several backpacks, all of which bear the marks of excessive use. An overturned canoe occupies another corner, jutting out conspicuously into the center of the room...
Just then the makeshift table in the middle of the room collapses...
...WILL BUILD MY CHURCH, the kids sing Christian songs, discuss Scripture and work to memorize the week's Bible verse, John 15: 5 ("I am the vine and you are the branches"). Hours pass. As night falls, the group enjoys one last mass hug and finally leaves its makeshift chapel--room 133 of Patrick Henry High School. Yes, a public high school. If you are between ages 25 and 45, your school days were not like this. In 1963 the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling banning compulsory prayer in public schools. After that, any worship on school premises...
Undaunted by yesterday's heavy rains and chilling winds, 96 students and faculty members each spent five minutes at a makeshift podium on the steps of Widener Library reading aloud the names of victims of the Holocaust...