GENERAL’S GREETINGS Ladies and Gentlemen -- as this most unusual academic year comes to a close, I could not be more proud of the Yellow Jacket community, and particularly the Class of 2021. You’ll read all about their many accomplishments in the following pages, but now, I’d like to share the words I wrote to the men and women of the Class of 2021 for this year’s RANDOMAC, which has already been honored with Induction into the Walsworth Gallery of Excellence. I encourage you to review this impressive volume, which bears the fitting title “Always Moving Forward.” “As you go out to face the uncertainty I’ve discussed with you this year and life tests your faith, your physical and moral strength, your innate intelligence and the skills we’ve taught you here, I charge each of you to reflect on what YOU have done in this most incredible year. When others hid in fear or withdrew into themselves, when they lacked the will to persist in the face of danger or they could not find the patience to endure the changes to their daily lives, YOU found a way. It was challenging and uncertain back in August. It was tenuous at times, as we strove together to stay on campus and inperson for classes. It was so much more than simply going to school and learning - it has required you, our young leaders, to grow up...perhaps sooner than you or your parents would have wanted. But: you have done it! When the wolf growls at your door, wherever you see fear on the faces of those who would call themselves your leaders, if ever you sense the world around you is coming apart, I urge you to think back to what you and your classmates did here. You took a great challenge by the throat; you stared into its eyes; and you stepped forward to accomplish that which really mattered, for yourself and for your family. Based on your performance this year, I’m confident in saying: nothing is beyond you now. Your college placements, so impressive by any standard, are only the next chapter in lives I expect to read about with pride for decades to come. You have the tools and now you know: you can win when others are afraid to even try! So: go out into the world and use what we’ve taught you...what you have had the courage and skill to learn - go out and live lives of meaning and success! Whatever comes, we will be here, cheering you on and looking forward to the day when you come back and tell us all you’ve seen and done. You will always be a Yellow Jacket and this will always be your home. God bless you, Ladies and Gentlemen, and thank you for keeping the faith in your senior year! GO JACKETS!”
The Sabre Magazine | Summer-Fall 2021
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