NOTES FROM ACADEME

The Pagoda Boys

By MARTHA ANN OVERLAND

Phnom Penh

They arrive in Cambodia's capital carrying little more than a suitcase and a bag of rice. Most have no money, only a letter from a senior monk, attesting that they are poor but deserving students.

They come here, to the ornately carved pagodas of Phnom Penh, seeking places to stay....

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