Ellery Schempp of the Pittsburgh Explorer’s Group Nanga Parbat Expedition which was to be the first American group to reach the peak of Nanga Parbat in Pakistan. Schempp, who is retired, currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts. Stephen D. Solomon, a professor at New York University, has written a book about Schempp and the Supreme Court case entitled "Ellery’s Protest: How One Young Man Defied Tradition and Sparked the Battle over School Prayer". On November 26, 1956, Schempp staged a protest against the school requirement that each student read 10 Bible passages and the Lord's Prayer each day during homeroom. That day he
Nanda Parbat Nanda Parbat Nanda Parbat is a fictional city in the DC Comics universe. Nanda Parbat first appeared in "Strange Adventures" #205 (October 1967), and was created by Arnold Drake and Carmine Infantino, the creators of Deadman. Nanda Parbat is a hidden city nestled high in the mountains of Himalayas. It is said to be a place of healing and enlightenment watched over by the goddess-like figure Rama Kushna and her monks. As in Shangri-La, time moves differently in Nanda Parbat; one can leave the city to find that less time has passed in the outside world. Rama Kushna is most