Gaston College - Reveleer Yearbook (Dallas, NC)

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CONTENTS: Campuses Student Life Board of Trustees Dedication Appreciation Administration Faculty Recognition Students Clubs Sports Features

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Foreword Aristotle said that the nature of man is the desire to know. In our seeking for this knowledge we must ob- tain, we sometimes find ourselves at a road block, but we always manage to break through and even if we must stumble along the way, we never give up the search. This year the staff of the 1977-1978 REVELEER has tried to capture the many moods of joy and sadness in the lives of the students here at Gaston College. Although the task has not been an easy one, all of us have contributed our best efforts to seek out more of what the students feel as they ex- perience the crossing of one bridge onto another. Life is a series of bridges and we must cross them all to reach our ideal goal. We are all aware of the dif- ficulties we encounter as we travel the many highways of everyday life. We never know if we’ll make it to the next bridge safely or if we’ll be stalled somewhere along the way. But we must do all we possibly can to get to the bridge that lies ahead because after it is crossed we’ll be on “the other side” looking back at all the roads and bridges of laughter and tears and we can make the changes that are needed. It is our lives and our choice — to build better bridges or to burn the ones behind us. Jo Avery l I

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You have lived in a large city all your life and now moving to a small town. Everything is small in comparison — the college, pop- ulation, classes. It is a totally dif- ferent environment and you feel that everyone belongs except you. You are an outsider, you don’t feel optimistic about the future here, hundreds of people around you yet you're alone. Then you make friends A smile in the hall from a familiar face from one of your classes Asking questions of the person sitting beside you Borrowing notes from the girl ahead of you You’re not an outsider anymore — now you belong. Everyone is friendly Seeing familiar faces in the stu- dent lounge and being asked to join them Having them save you a seat in the cafeteria This is new to them also. You’re learning together— Sitting through a whole lecture class and leaving feeling