Gaston College - Reveleer Yearbook (Dallas, NC)

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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

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The actual builders of our programs are the faculty members . . . The faculty members who are the sub- stance of the college's existence—they who impart the wisdom on which our students build. They symbolize the lamp of knowledge—teaching students the basics and encouraging them to build upon their gained knowledge to aspire to greater truths. An education is not complete if one only pursues one facet of learning. In one's quest for knowledge, many avenues of life must be explored to understand the contradictions of Just as embellishments add to the character of buildings, so it is that cultural events enrich our lives. Music, art, drama, dance, literature are all important to our education. Sports teach discipline as well as skills, and, as an athlete is acclaimed for his prowess, so it is that our college is acclaimed for promoting physical education. The results are good health, self-discipline, power of concentra- tion, team play . . .