ALWAYS ON
United State Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel
Inspired by chapels at Sainte-Chapelle in France and the Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi in Italy, architect Walter Netsch stacked the spaces on two main levels with each of the gathering places for each of the Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Buddhist followers having their own entrances.
“Eternal Father, Strong to Save”
The "Navy Hymn" -- composed by William Whiting (1825-1878), an English poet -- was written not long after the War of 1812 for a student who was about to travel to America. Whiting sought to provide comfort and assurance of God's protection over the young traveler, drawing upon the biblical themes of God's control over the seas.
Sacred Spaces
In many educational settlements, chapels and churches were built first -- even before libraries and classrooms -- a home for christenings, weddings, graduations and solemnization. Chapels remain a gathering place for communal reflection upon the meaning of our longing.
Quadrivium: Spring
Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. Titles are time-sensitive, copyright protected and land in public law. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 15:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
Not Again | Maumee City Schools
Europe -- the origin of America's founding stock -- no longer looks like anything Americans want to "save" anymore.
Current Issues & Recent Research
Today at the usual hour we summarize the highlights of events and decisions made at the I&CPS Conference in Lexington, Kentucky last week. We always schedule it the week ahead of Mother's Day; our 62nd year.
Flying Tigers
Chinese National Day, celebrated October 1, marks the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, when Mao Zedong declared its establishment in Tiananmen Square. The holiday commemorates the Communist Party’s victory in the Chinese Civil War and the unification of modern China. Today we collect historical accounts of United States rescue of China from Japanese genocide during the Massacre of Nanjing in the Sino-Japanese War 1937-1945.