Nobody wants to get rid of all our traditions. We have to keep the ones that fit -- and tweak the ones that need to be kept up with the times.

I think we had become a little bit complacent,

People expect more today. Parents are getting ready to invest their most precious asset - their child - plus some money along the way. They're looking for high-quality teachers, a well-run, well-managed program, a good-looking property with the right kinds of resources.

Tradition simply means that we need to end what began well and continue what is worth continuing

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and in the human imagination, when love, worship, and all that lies in the human heart, is there to encourage it