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VOL. IV. NO. 1
GASTON COLLEGE, DALLAS, N. C.
NOV. 1 1968
Dorms Planned For G. C,
At Last:
Shelter
A need that was, once,
just a dream is about to
be fulfilled. The blue
prints are drawn and ap
proved, the land is cleared
and the first foundation
has already been laid.
Gaston College will have
a dormitory this quarter.
In the past Gaston Col
lege students that were
from distant areas, lived
out of state, or just want
ed to be on their own
could not find adequate
housing facilities. The
prices were too high or
the apartments were too
few. College officials
tried to remedy this situ
ation by buying trailers
and renting them out to
students. This was some
help but it too was inade
quate.
Plans and visions of
dormitories were avail
able as far back as the
1965-66 academic year.
At that time, financing
the project was the prob
lem. Then, in 1968, Mar-
Sel, Inc., offered its time
and money to do the job.
Mar-Sel, Inc. has al
ready started building
the first dorm. It is un
der construction now and
will be ready for occupa
tion sometime during the
first week of November.
The building is a two
story construction with
eight semi-private rooms,
two communal baths and
it will house sixteen stu
dents. Each room has in
dividual heating and air-
conditioning facilities.
Forty dollars per
student covers all utili
ties and maid service. A
twenty-five dollar secur
ity fee will be charged to
each student and is ap
plicable to his entire stay
in the apartment. Leases
and regulations will be
available soon.
The first dorm will
have a parking lot con
nected by a driveway to
Main St. in Dallas. This
parking lot will be shared
by the second dorm and
the succeeding dorms
when they are built.
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Gaston Dolphins
Go International
The Dolphin Club, last
year’s winner of the Club of
the Year Award at Gaston
College, has now received per
mission to become the Com
pass Club—an international
organization.
The Dolphin Club was or
ganized in the Fall of 1965,
receiving their charter from
the Pilot Club of Gastonia.
This club was the first Pilot-
sponsored club in institutes of
higher learning. At the sug
gestion of the Executive Com
mittee of the Pilot Club, a
search was made regarding
availability of trademarking
the name “Compass Club.” At
the 1967 Convention, the
Board of Director approved
the name and the Bylaws for
Compass Clubs organized in
colleges and universities. At
the last meeting of the Dolphin
Club of G.C., the members
voted to become this interna
tional organization.
The Compass Club is not a
social sorority; it is a service
organization similiar in its
goals to other women’s service
clubs. It is a leadership and
character - building group
which serves the campus and
the community.
The past contributions of
the Club include: an Easter
Egg Hunt for the Day School
children; selling candy and
cookbooks with the Pilot Club;
ringing bells at Christmas
with the Salvation Army;
ushering for the Little Thea
ter; soliciting for the Heart
Fund and March of Dimes;
selling annual covers; contri
buting to the Holy Angel’s
Nursery; presenting a May Day
Program at the County Home;
and serving at various Gaston
College activities.
The Pilot Club contributes
$200 in scholarship funds to
Gaston College annually. This
year’s recipients were Misses
Bobbie Lewis and Sandra
Bumgardner, President and
Vice-President (respectively) of
the Compass Club.
Mrs. Helen Clup, English
teacher at Gaston College, was
the first sponsor of this club.
Mrs. Clup resigned her spon
sorship this year due to other
obligations. She is presently
the President of the Gastonia
Chapter of Delta Kappa
Gamma and President of Gas
ton College North Carolina
Education Association. Her
personal and professional ef
forts made the Compass Club
he progressive service club it
is today. The new sponsor is
Mrs. Martha Oates Lucas, a
new faculty member in the
Business Department.
Faculty
Graduate
Work
Mr. Bobby G. Sampson
completed his M.A. De
gree at Ball State Uni
versity in Municie, Indi
ana. He took courses in
speech and theatrical
works.
Mr. Leslie Berge
Beam, Head of the Eng
lish Department, took
four Eng-lish courses at
Appalachian State Uni
versity.
Mr. Larry Sam Phil
lips took three courses
in CONTEMPORARY
LITERATURE at Appa
lachian State University.
Mr. John B. Rankin
took a course in ENG
LISH AMERICAN LIT
ERATURE FOR JUN
IOR COLLEGES at Uni
versity of Colorado.
Mrs. Alma C. Lindeka,
member of the Language
Department, went to a
workshop at the Univer-
sity of Pittsburgh in
Pennsylvania. The work
shop was focused on Ger
man, the technique of
teaching it oral and lit
eral.
Mr. Don Killian con
centrated his studies in
PHYSICAL CULTURE
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Students
To Train
For Ward
Secretaries
By Bev Stewart
Staff Reporter
Gaston College has
joined forces with Gaston
Memorial Hospital to
train ward secretaries
for work in the hospital.
This training program
will be taught by Mrs.
Kinlaw, the former head
nurse, and now a relief
nurse at the hospital. The
class will be comprised of
fifteen students who are
to be instructed in the
various duties concerning
ward secretaries. These
duties will consist of re
quisitioning procedures,
good public relations, rec-
0 r d s, communications,
discharge of patients, re
ports, physicians’ orders,
supplies, and assisting
head nurses in preparing
timed schedules. This
type of training proced
ure is new at Gaston Me
morial and will replace
training previously used
there.
Mrs. Kinlaw will be
paid by Gaston College
through the adult educa
tion department headed
by Dr. Michael Latta.
The facilities to be used
at the hospital are made
available by Mrs. Cather
ine Morrow, director of
IN-S e r V i c e Education
there.
The class, which began
September 30, will con
tinue for six-weeks and
will constitute 240 hours
for the textbook to be
used.
Conslitutio
Ratified
The new constitution
that has been proposed to
govern the students at
Gaston College this year
has been ratified. 322
students voted — 155 for
the constitution and 67
voted against it.
The new constitution
was accepted officially
and went into effect on
September 26, 1968.