Gaston College - Reveleer Yearbook (Dallas, NC)

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STATEMENT OF PURPOSES Gaston College is a comprehensive community college which seeks to be of optimum educational service to the peo- ple within its geographic area. Gaston College, concerned equally with the needs of individuals and the needs of the community, commits it resources to fulfill the following purposes: To provide for the college oriented student the first two years of academic college courses. To meet for industry, business, government, and service occupa- tions the pre-service and in-service manpower training needs that re- quire up to and including the Associate in Arts degree. To provide education opportunity for the population of this area, in- cluding the numerous individuals who are experiencing social and economic difficulty that is due to handicapping attitudes and work habits or who have inadequate basic general education or who lack salable skills. To raise the level of personal fulfill- ment, of responsible citizenship, and the standards of living of the people of the area through advanced general and continuing educational opportunities. - 22

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 •;■ .yfc! As the summer wanes and the shadows lengthen, we are caught up in Indian Sum- mer. There is a nip in the air, so refreshing af- ter languishing under the endless rays of the summer sun. The tempo livens, our gait is brisker, we have new tasks to master as we enter the world of academia. Fall, a beautiful season, finds us eager to face new challenges. Classes, study, friends, sports, the arts are beckoning. We are building toward our future. When one thinks of buildings, the mind's eye sees slabs of granite and marble inter- spersed with windows to let the outside in. But we like to think of buildings as animate. The students are the foundation of our building. There is no need to build buildings if there are no students to make them come alive. Gaston College is built and will con- tinue to build upon the strength of its stu- dents. Buildings cannot be constructed without first being planned on the drawing board. The architects are our administrators. They are the designers of our programs which are planned to enrich the lives of our students. To complement the designers are the mem- bers of the staff who work diligently to assure the success of the programs. They are com- parable to the girders of a building, often hid- den, but without whose support, the pro- grams cannot be implemented, just as a building cannot be erected without beams of