Founders Day 2022
Founders Day 2022 On a sunny day with a “Carolina-blue” sky — as Head of School Henry Smyth described it — 120 young men took an important step toward their futures on Saturday, June 4 in the stands of Sotir Stadium. The Traveling Men performed “The Star-Spangled Banner,” followed by an invocation led by Director of Community, Inclusion, and Equity Johnnie Foreman — the last time he would do so at Gilman before his retirement at the end of June. 90
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“Class of 2022, welcome to your Founders Day,” Smyth said in his opening remarks. He referenced an insight from soon-to-begraduate Jack Goldman’s senior speech about how we are the average of the five people with whom we surround ourselves. Smyth wanted to alter the theory just a bit; he thinks it could be more than five people. “Your social circles are going to continue to expand and change, and the accumulation of the relationships in your lives will help define you,” he said. “How you interact
