We’re in the center of the Quad, the campus’s outdoor space for studying, relaxing, and socializing. This area, like the rest of the campus, was once a lush forest. After it was cut down for farming and later integrated into St. Olaf property, this open part in front of Mellby was the original athletic complex, complete with a grandstand, a track, and a football field. The Theater Building, the only other brick building left on campus besides Old Main and Steensland, was built in 1920 and was the original gymnasium. It also served as the school’s chapel after Hoyme Chapel burned and before Boe Chapel was built. After Skoglund was built in 1967, the old gymnasium was efficiently converted into a theater complex, with classrooms, a standard theater, and a black box theater where the old swimming pool used to be.