I remember trying to raise up money to send back down to "save
  the school" -- but I think by the time the announcement came out
  about the money, the deed was already done. I'm kinda lucky,
  because when I graduated, it seemed the Vail-Deane would go on
  forever, and I could come back and visit anytime. When you
  graduated, it was "the end" (it must have been a bizarre last
  few months). But the class AFTER you, especially for the
  Vail-Deane Lifers, they couldn't even get a chance to be in the
  Senior Room! "