Where does the name “Mowglis” come from?
In 1903 Mrs. Elizabeth Ford Holt founded Mowglis. She was very impressed by the lessons taught and the characters created in Rudyard Kipling’s, “The Jungle Book”. Mowgli is the man-cub of the stories, and what an appropriate name for a boys camp dedicated to developing the lessons she admired. She requested Rudyard Kipling’s permission to use his characters as names for buildings and parts of the traditions that she began at Mowglis. He also instructed her on how to properly pronounce the character’s names.
