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! "