By Keith J. McClellan My patrol had been assigned to design and build a tower using poles that could be found at hand, and ropes for lashing the poles together. Other patrols had been assigned to engineer and build equivalent structures such as suspension bridges and camp furniture. The seven of us that constituted my patrol put our heads together and drew up the plans for the tower, meticulously putting down on paper everything we thought we would need: four large poles for the outer she ...