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King explained, “As I talk with our alumni throughout the decades at Reunion and when I travel, I am intrigued by the stories of student

life during each of their times. It is so interesting to hear how the student experience has evolved just in the last 50 years from what they were allowed to wear, which sometimes included wearing pajamas under

Page 4: A College ad taken from the Les Bois 1916 yearbook. Page 5 - Above: An ad from the Les Bois 1920 yearbook. Left - A drawing of the front gates from the 1920 yearbook following their recent construction.

“Our Woods past is something to be treasured, studied and built upon. I think that’s the way Mother Theodore would have wanted it,” added King. “I have come to believe that each student has their own version of The Woods that lives on in them no matter how much things change today. It’s this essence of our Woods experience that all students and alumni share connecting them through space and time throughout the entirety of the existence of this place,” she said,

adding, “Even the name of the old yearbook has found a new home.” As this 180th year comes to a close and a new era begins, let us imagine how future opportunities, challenges, changes and innovations will form the basis for so many stories yet to be told at Reunions to come.

their academic gowns to mass, to curfew times and the type of classes that were offered.” As the College works to implement its 2021 master plan, launched this spring, the leadership finds itself melding the past with the present, while planning for the future. The master plan addresses years of deferred building and infrastructure maintenance, and plans for new structures, classrooms and technology to serve the needs of today’s students.

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