Wouldn’t it be fun to reenact this USD photograph?

I need to find a bowler hat and a dark suit. Should I dress up and sit outside of Old Main now while there are not many people on campus, or wait until fall when the leaves are off the trees, allowing us to photograph a clearer view of Old Main and East Hall?

The image is from Catalogue of the University of South Dakota for the year 1892-3. Catalogs for USD are in the USD Archives.