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This 1933 photograph shows Memorial Hall at Hotchkiss School, an elite Connecticut boarding school founded in 1891. For wealthy families, boarding school was a rite of passage—a place where teenagers lived away from home, studied classics and science, and prepared for college and leadership roles.
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You walk into Memorial Hall on a winter afternoon. Afternoon light streams through tall windows onto polished wood and stone. Boys in suits move between classes, their footsteps echoing. This is where you'd spend your teenage years if your family could afford it—sleeping in dormitories, eating in the dining hall, studying in libraries lined with leather-bound books.
Reflect
Did you attend private or public school? How did your school building shape your education experience?