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The Gas Light
October, 1969
Cbitonal
Ben Pearson
Editor
Jerry Falls
Asst. Editor
It seems that every election editorials are challenging the
newly elected officials to do a better job than the group
before them. More often than not these challenges go
unnoticed and unheeded. The staff of the GASLIGHT does
not wish to make challenges at this time - we are going to
make demands!
We demand that Sam Haynie and Glen Wiley function at
the peak of their ability as president and vice-president. We
demand that the senators devote their full talents to the
betterment of Gaston College. We demand that the entire
SGA consider that first among all things that this is a college
- a GOOD college - and they can make it better!
The student body exhibited faith and admiration in
electing the new government leaders and the students deserve
in return full devotion by the SGA and anything less than
100% is pure selfishness on the part of the SGA. We are not
asking the impossible, we are asking what we know we can
get. We are proud of our new leaders, and we must emphasize
the word leaders, we proved we wanted them by voting for
them.
The SGA must assume the role as the leaders of the
student body. We as students follow the SGA and will listen
to them before we will Msten to the school’s administration.
Therefore, everything that comes before the senate must be
given complete and through study simply because we expect
it.
At this time the staff of the GASLIGHT wishes to extend
congratulations to the election winners and offer our total
support to them for the good of Gaston College and the
student body.
In our last edition we stated that the Joint Statement of
Rights and Freedoms of Students had been adopted and was
in effect. It was brought to our attention that this was
incorrect. We are still at a loss as to the status of the
STATEMENT. In writing the article we received what we
considered valid information from several sources. It seems
that the Joint Statement has not been adopted but is under
consideration by the three branches needed to ratify it. This
to me is a prime example of people not being aware of what
is going on around the campus. According to the people that
1 talked to there is nothing wrong with the Statement, in
fact, most people will welcome its ratification. So, I suggest
that it be brought to the attention of the students as soon as
possible and press for its adoption.
Letters To
The Editor
To The Editor:
Remember last spring when
somebody decided to enrich the
otherwise sterile appearance of
the campus by erecting a
fountain? Now all Gaston
students and visitors can stand in
muted awe between the College
Parallel and Administration
buildings at the rain-filled and
stagnant work of art. Next time,
boys, plant ivy.
Earl McClain
Evening Notes
Editorial
Comment
Well friends, here we are, we
have the latest sports news
concerning the Gaston College
Baseball Team, the Gaston College
Basketball Team and the Gaston
College Cross-Country Team.
Does that sound off? Why is
everything referred to as the
Gaston College so and so team?
Because, we have no other name
to address them by; we don’t have
the Greenies, or the Yellow
Jackets; we have The Gaston
College Baseball Team and so on.
You know what else? That’s all
we’ll have for a while. We don’t
have a school nickname and we
can’t have one for two years.
Unless you, the students at
Gaston College, want to be
referred to as the “Whoosits” or
the “thing-a-majigs,” then you
had best go to someone of
importance - someone who can
do something to appease the
situation and express your views
or/and opinions concerning a
school nickname. Otherwise you
can just grin-and-bear-it when
someone from the “outside” calls
you a “Wlioosit.”
The purpose of this column is
to report student, faculty and
staff happenings in the evening
classes. The column wiU report
anything which concerns evening
students — well, almost
everything.
It will not be to difficult to
spot Cindy Ramsey’s new car in
the parking lot. She is now driving
a new sunshine yellow
Volkswagon convertible with a
bumble bee on the bumper.
The evening staff regrets John
S. Carpenter, in Electronics
section, was unable to attend this
quarter.
Mrs. Rhonda Headspeath
reports that she is taking an art
course at the Lincoln Center
branch of Gaston College this
quarter.
The evening staff received the
following answer to this question:
Why are you attending, Gaston
College?
Mrs. Thelma Turner - “I am
proud to be a student here. You
never get too old to learn.”
Charles “Sarge” Setzer - “It
beats television.”
Doug Huffstetler and Albert
Lineberger - “We can get better
jobs through education and
Gaston College is located near our
homes.”
Mrs. Dixie Griggs - “I just
want to learn.”
Mr. David Layton, the police
science instructor, stated that
there will be a certificate awarding
ceremony for the fall
Introduction to Police Science,
which is a Rookie School for the
Gastonia City and Rural Police.
The featured guest speaker is
Mr. James R. Van Camp, the
newly elected Director of the
Governor’s Committee on Law
and Order.
Certificates will be awarded to
13 police officers, who have
completed a five week course in
all aspects of pohce work.
Several students who were
asked to comment on evening
happenings asked questions. For
example, why isn’t the snack bar
opened at night? These and other
questions will be answered in the
next edition of THE GASLIGHT.
If any evening student has any
information concerning evening
activities, services or just a
suggestion please let someone on
the e V e n ing staff (Dean Bob
Howard, Mrs. Helen Bobington,
Bill Cole, or Margaret Boyce)
know and we will tack action.
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^ Knowledge Bone Is Connected To The Seat Bone.M Vocational Student Works Hard
By Cherie K. Taylor
Someone should invent a
“TAM” of a Gaston College
student. A what? A “TAM,” what
the hcck! A “TAM” is a nickname
tor a transparent anatomical
manikin used in medicine for
studying the various organs of the
body.
The development cost of
“TAM” was approximately
$200,000 and the cost of
installing one manikin is around
$20,000. As soon as our money
dries, we’ll have someone devise a
“TAM” lo preserve for humanity
tiie distinguishing characteristics
of a G.C. student.
To begin with a specimen
would have to be captured in the
student ccnter and studied
carefully by a team of medical
experts.
Since there are three varieties
of Gaston College students, male,
felmae, and undecided, we would
choose the latter for our model.
Special care must be taken in
constructing the model as a
representative of both classes, the
freshman, and sophomores, better
known as God's gift to man.
We will build from the head
down for clarity’s sake. The
"TAM” head must be larger than
a normal human's head, for a
students head is swelled with facts
and figures, both mathematical
and “femininalical.” A special
removable beanie of red and gray
must be made so as not to slight
the l(5\ver class of students.
The face will also have unusual
characteristics, connnon only to
the G. C. student. The eyeballs
should be large and luminous as a
spotlight, so that the test paper of
the guy in the front desk can be
easily read. The lids should be
made to close automatically at the
mention of the word, LECTURE.
The nose should be long and
pointed as Pinnochio, witli a bit
of brown on the end.
Two mouths are required, the
freshman version with a foot
sticking out of it and a sophomore
mouth with diarrhea, or running
off of the mouth.
The neck should be long and
flexible for looking over shoulders
during a test or for looking up
dresses on the stairs.
The arms will vary in length
depending on which side of the
body the books are carried on.
The hands attached to the arms
should have different functions to
perform according to the personal
iuibits of the model selected.
The fingers should be
positioned so as to hold a
cigarette and a pencil without the
smell of burning rubber from the
eraser. The index finger should
remain moistened for turning
pages with great ease. Wlien
needed tlie middle finger should
be made to rise to an upriglit
position with the two fingers on
either side bent for support, if a
sign of this type is needed to
express an opinion.
The fingers of the other hand
should be left free and movable to
be used for counting in
mathematical computations. The
toes should also be taken into
consideration on this point and
the shoes should be large enough
to permit freedom of movement.
The end s of the fingers may or
may not be capped with
fingernails, depending on the
nervous state of the model.
The body of the model will
vary in size and shape. A large
protruding abdomen is apparent
on the males, originating from the
sampling of “Pappa Joe’s” family
treasure.
This condition may also be
apparent on a few selected
females due to circumstances
beyond their control; however,
diis condition will never be found
on the undecided.
A severe curvature of the lower
portion of the spinal column will
be noted in some because of the
relaxed position they assume
during classes.
Certain “behinds’’ will bear the
mark of a shoe, since a swift kick
is sometimes needed to stimulate
interest, or in other words, to get
his attention. All of the rears .will
have the same characteristic
flatness since most of the students
sit on theirs all the time.
Tire lower limbs should possess
great speed needed to get from
the parking lot to the classroom
before eiglit bells. They should
also be long enough to allow two
or possibly tliree steps to be taken
in one stride. This will also ensure
promptness.
The feet as previously
mentioned should have flexible
toes and should be large enougli
to permit the stamping out of all
the cigarettes on the student
center floor.
The finished mankin should be
placed in a prominent location in
tlie lobby of the administration
building to discourage the
nonconformist from darkening
the hallowed halls of Gaston
College.
James Hugh Tinkler, Route
No. 1, Dallas, Nortli Carolina, is
an evening vocational student. He
is special. True, there is nothing
special about being an evening
vocational student because there
are over 200. But Hugh is special
because he is completing a two
year full-time program by
attending four years of evening
classes. He has attended every
quarter, including summers,
taking 15 contact hours since the
spring of 1966 in addifion to
working forty to sixty hours per
week, and yet has maintained
better than a “B” average.
Hugh graduated from Dallas
High School in the mid-fifties and
went straight to work for F. A.
Young Machine Company. He did
take enougli time off from the
machine shop to marry the former
Cheerleader
Practice
Cheerleader practice is now
being held at the athletics field
every Thursday at 11:00 through
October 23. There is no limit to
the number of girls who may
participate in the practice
sessions. Final tryouts will be held
Tliursday night, October 30 at the
athletic field. The fime is still
undecided. For further
information, see Miss Fowler in
room S210 in tlie Science
Building.
Miss Roberta Bridges. After
working there several years he
recognized the need to further his
education.
Mr. Tinkler entered Gaston
College in 1966 and completed
the machinist program some two
years later. Where upon he began
the tool I and die course the
following quarter which he will
complete in 1970.
Hugh is presently employed by
the Productive Tool Corporation
of Dallas where he is a tool and
die apprentice. In order to attain
an Apprentice Certificate from
the State a person must have a
few hours of insfitutional training
per year. In Hugh Tinkler’s case,
he has greatly exceeded the
minimum requirements and is
taking the complete four-year
evening course in tool and die!
Hugh Tinkler is to be
commended for his excellent
academic record and his untiring
quest for knowledge.
VETERAN'S MEETINGS
C-119 11 A.M.
Oct. 16 Oct. 30
Oct. 23 Nov. 7
Rotoract
Rotoract is a local service club
compromised of college students
aimed at providing service to the
club and the community. The
local Rotory club sponsors- the
Rotoract club and offers aid and
counsel whenever needed.
Recently Rotoract went
international and there are now
several clubs in foreign countries.
The Gaston College Rotoract club
was the fourth such club
organized in the world.
Students desiring membership
in Rotoract must be in good
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