Another sign of the times was the growth within the school of secret societies, patterned on those existing on many college campuses and especially at Yale. In the last years of Henry Coit’s administration, when his grasp on the details of school life was loosened, two rival societies known as the “Hoi” and the “Bogi” were established to capture for their respective memberships the chief athletes and officeholders of the school. At first entirely secret, these societies met in the fields and woods around the school. A report that the Rector had got wind of these activities caused their hasty suspension. However, the secret societies continued in their clandestine activities and eventually grew in power and influence within the School at the turn of the century. Pictured above is one of the two secret societies in 1902 being photographed in the woods around the School.