Organized in secret after Durden announced his retirement, the Durden Appreciation Committee organized a day of celebration for the college’s President.

After passing out free t-shirts on April 24, a hundred students gathered on the steps of Old West to pay the president their respect.

Clockwise from top left: President Durden expresses his thoughts about Durden Appreciation Day; students sporting the bowtie t-shirts fill the Caf for lunch; students decked in their bow-tie shirts welcome President Durden to the afternoon’s ceremony on May 1; Zoe Lutz ’12, member of the Durden Appreciation Day Committee, hands out the iconic shirts last week.