Gaston College - Reveleer Yearbook (Dallas, NC)

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 1 CONTENTS: Programs Dedication Student Life Board of Trustees In Memory Administration Faculty Students Clubs Sports Features Gaston College

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FOREWORD It would be hard to estimate the number of thumbprints that touch a yearbook in the course of a lifetime. While thumbprints tend to “gum up” many surfaces, they also add a touch of personal identity. 1976-1977 was a year that touched each of us differently. The news itself was typical and atypical during the year. The bi- centennial celebration added more flavoring to the nation’s 200th birthday. Parts of the country varied in their fervor of celebration. A presidential campaign in 1976 saw Democrat Jimmy Carter and incumbent President Gerald R. Ford, a Repub- lican, emerge as early frontrunners for their party’s presidential bids, with Jimmy (Peanuts) Carter emerging as the winner. Inflation, soaring prices, and good times were a part of our lives. But these hap- penings, regardless of their outcomes, all affected people and their emotions. Peo- ple both made and were affected by the results. In essence, another year of life it- self took place. Delve into this publication as a child would dream his way into a fantasy world. Complete with its mystery, happy and sad moments, adventures and regrets, 1977 was a unique year. It was one that definitely touched each of us, how- ever differently.

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If I had a million lives to live and a million deaths to die in a million humdrum worlds, I’d like to change my name and have a new house number to go by each and every time I died and started life all over again. I wouldn’t want the same name every time and the same old house number always, dying a million deaths, dying one by one a million times: —would you? or you? or you? “Humdrum” —Sandburg 18