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That decision was what brought Wallace-Benjamin and about 75 others--many of them also parents of Commonwealth Day students--out to Brattle St. for a candlelight vigil on Tuesday. Since the school announced its plans to sell the property, the neighborhood has been attacked with charges of racism, classism and elitism...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Race and Politics Mingle In Day School Debate | 10/6/1989 | See Source »

...From Brattle St. to Bensonhurst, racism is a curse," the marchers chanted at Tuesday's vigil. Those who spoke at the rally made it clear that they considered Commonwealth Day the latest symbol of the city's hypocrisy...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Race and Politics Mingle In Day School Debate | 10/6/1989 | See Source »

Tuesday's march was noteworthy, however, for its lack of political overtone. Organizer Phillip Martin says he did not even want politicians at the vigil. Although Alan Bell, one of the few conservative Blacks to mount a City Council challenge in recent years, did march at the front of the rally, most other candidates did not attend...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Race and Politics Mingle In Day School Debate | 10/6/1989 | See Source »

About 600 years old and 50 ft. high, the great tree, with its 52 1/2-in. girth and 127-ft. limb spread, has inspired an outpouring of sympathy. Well- wishers stand vigil, send get-well cards, flowers, candles, even cans of chicken soup with anguished messages: "Please...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texas: Please Don't Die, Tree | 7/10/1989 | See Source »

...basketball players holding a tearful vigil at Briggs Cage following the final loss in their final season. The devastation on the football players' faces as they walked out of The Stadium following a lost Game and a lost season. Two senior soccer players, heads down and spikes flung over the shoulders, leaving Ohiri Field without an NCAA bid for the first time in three years...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Images of Celebration Hide Frustration | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

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