Trip down memory lane

Anthony wrote this week about seeing something, Atherton Hall, from a new perspective. He was given a tour by a woman who lived in the dorm back when it was an all female dorm. There were passages to dining rooms that are still present, customs like being served dinner at a table by a waiter and restrictions about visitors and late nights. I think it is very cool to learn about how your school has changed. In my high school we would have alumnae come back and talk to current students about what my school was like in their day. We would have a variety of ages come and talk about the different sports teams, various classes and teachers, school traditions and customs and the uniform. Every year an alumna would bring her former high school uniform to try on for all of us. It was fun to see how much it has changed and how much it has stayed the same. The classes that were taught reflected the changes in educational values for women (I went to an all girls school), many of the traditions were the same--wearing white dresses at graduation, while some had disappeared. It was really cool to see the history of our school come to life as these women told their stories. While change can sometimes be difficult to accept when it is happening, in the long run, those changes shape our lives and define our culture.