Suffolk University - Beacon Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Suffolk University Office of the President Beacon Hill Boston, Mass. 02114 (617) 723-4700 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1976: IT WOULD APPEAR FROM READING THE CURRENT PRESS THAT OPTIMISM IS NOT A PLENTIFUL COMMODITY AMONG RECENT GRADUATES. JOB OPPORTUNITIES HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED, GRADUATE STUDY PROGRAMS HAVE NOT BEGUN, AND OUR NATIONAL LEADERS, WITH AN EYE ON IMPENDING ELECTIONS, SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME VIEWING PAST GLORIES WITH PRIDE AND PRESENT CONDITIONS WITH ALARM . THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1976 IN MANY SENSES ARE SPECIAL. THEY HAVE OVERCOME WAR, CIVIL DISRUPTION, INDECISION, RELOCATION AND NOW APATHY. WITH SUCH TEMPERING, IN TIME THEY SHOULD PROVE TO BE MORE ILLUSTRIOUS THAN THEIR PREDECESSORS, FOR THE DETER- MINATION, ZEAL AND ENTHUSIASM REQUIRED FOR CURRENT SURVIVAL SHOULD BE THE CORNERSTONE FOR FUTURE SUCCESS. I DO HOPE AND WISH FOR EACH GRADUATE A FULL MEASURE OF HAPPINESS AND FULFILL- SINCERELY , THOMAS A. FULHAM PRESIDENT