Predictions for the Next 100 Years

One of my favorite parts of the 100th celebration year has been learning so much about what used to happen at camp many years ago. Did you know that girls were asked to bring “knickers” on the packing list back in the 1920s? Or, that camp used to offer tutoring to campers in the 1930s? Or, how about the many campers that arrived by train for Opening Day for many years?

Many of these old camp traditions or events sound slightly crazy to current campers, which makes us wonder, what will camp be like 100 years from now? We brainstormed as a group, and here are our predictions:

Greystone will double down on being truly “tech-free,” removing electric lights from cabins (everyone is issued a personal candle) and a bugler roams camp to awaken everyone at Reveille. Because there is no electricity, the favorite class is weaving Linsey Woolsey fabric to make your own Sunday whites.
Jimboy’s great, great grandson wins the lottery, blowing the entire $1billion payout on camp. There is no longer a tuition charge, and camp has it’s own airplane to shuttle girls to overnight camping trips to Greystone outposts in Maine, Florida, and Colorado.
The President of the United States is a Greystone Girl who constantly works camp stories into her speeches. She even visits to take a yearly dip in Lake Edith each summer.
The most popular way to arrive at camp each summer is by Uber Air, which drops you and your luggage off at your cabin. This is made easy because every cabin has a landing pad on its roof.
David Vining is still teaching tennis, and Sixty Minutes does an entire episode on this amazing story. While here, they are even more amazed to see that there are many very old people working at camp. Turns out, camp water has anti-aging properties: it is declared that the fountain of youth has been found! Sixty Minutes is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for uncovering the story.
Girls experience the ultimate in luxury when air conditioning is finally installed in cabins! To get to classes, campers can ride the electric sidewalks that stretch across the entire campus.
Scuba diving class is the most popular option at camp, and girls spend many days searching the muck on the bottom to find lost flip flops and sunglasses dropped over 200 years at camp.
Camp builds an indoor snow ski mountain, giving the girls the option to take classes on the “summer” side of camp or on the “winter” side of camp. A Greystone camper wins the Olympics after first learning to ski down Apple Hill!
Girls can sign up to live at camp year-round, and they even do school while at Greystone! Campers take school classes in the mornings and enjoy camp activities in the afternoons. There is no homework, because Greystone girls are such good students, it isn’t needed!
Due to advancements in virtual reality, campers can transport themselves to camp whenever they want, walking down the Lower Road with friends from the comfort of their own homes. Whenever someone is craving a DMC, just throw on your virtual headset.
There’s no need for a specific Dog Camp class because every camper will receive her own Dog Camp dog on Opening Day! This one-to-one initiative is extremely popular amongst the campers.

What do you think? Any predictions for the next 100 years? We can’t wait!