Tuesday. March 22,1977 - GAS LIGHT - Page
Jones Cracks The Sex Barrier
Gaston College just wasn’t
quite ready for a male beauty
“Queen.”
Freddy Jones cracked the sex
barrier by becoming the first
male to become a member of
this year’s reigning court.
He finished second behind
Donna Floyd who became the
new Miss Gaston while finishing
before second runner-up
Melissa Murdock.
One of the reasons Jones
entered was because, “A lot of
people, mostly girls, asked me
to.”
“I was real surprised,” said
Jones, “Someone told me I was
going to win, but I really didn’t
expect to,” stated Jones.
He said that he received a lot
of comments before the
pageant, but declined to
comment about their nature.
“My girlfriend thought I was
kidding when I told her - she
said that sounded like
something I’d do,” said Jones.
“Some people thought it was
crazy, I did too, that’s why I
ran,” said Jones.
What’s Freddy Jones like?
Twenty-one year-old Freddy is
one of the most active students
on campus. He served last year
as a member of the Student
Government. Again this year,
as the previous year, he serves
as chairman of the Social
Committee. On Awards Day of
1976 Jones received the “Out
standing Senator Award.”
After classes Freddy goes to
work at Jones Furniture Store,
which his father owns, on Main
St. in Gastonia.
He has sung with a couple of
bands enjoying rock and roll,
jazz and country rock.
Other hobbies for Jones are
sailing, cars and socializing. “I
like to have a good time,” said
Jones.
A lot of people around campus
have started calling Freddy
“King.” He said this makes
him feel pretty good.
The way Freddy looks at it a
girl should have won anyway,
“but I felt pretty good about
getting first runner-up against
all those girls,” said Jones.
Why should a girl have won?
“Well, it’s kind of unusual for a
guy to get something like that, it
just looks and sounds kind of
funny. I’m kind of both sided
about it, I don’t really know.”
Freddy said he believed in
equality, but to make the
pageant more equal it could
have been divided up into both
female and male contests.
Other members of the
pageant had different opinions;
some include: Donna Floyd,
Lawndale, 21: “I don’t think it
matters if it’s a guy or a girl as
long as they can represent the
school well.”
Ben Scott, Gastonia, 21,
escorted by Dawn Gardenhour:
“Who says beauty is only for
women, if girls can do anything
they want, then so can guys.”
Marcia Watson, Gastonia, 19,
escorted by Rick Price: “A guy
is a sign of masculinity and a
girl should represent the school
in a beauty pageant because I
think it should be held by a
feminine figure.”
Jackie McAbee, Gastonia, 21,
escorted by Steve Alexander;
“I was pleased with the results,
1 didn’t really want a guy to win
because I felt it was tradition
but it was fun having the guy in
it.”
Melissa Murdock,
Cherryville, 17: “I thought it
was terrific that guys entered.
After the pageant when Freddy
beat me, I just looked at them
(several male students who
were backing the females,) and
laughed. I thought Freddy was
more attractive than I was.”
Some students in the pageant
felt a little more time for the
pageant was needed, “At least
two weeks to put up posters, to
figure out a wardrobe and to
campaign.”
Melissa Murdock who
finished as second runner-up
said, “A lot of older veterans
questioned me about Freddy,
why he entered, and if he was
funny or something.
Niss Murdock, received a
drama award for Best Actress
at the Cherryville Little
Theatre. At this function,
Freddy Jones was her escort.
She said she was glad Freddy
had entered and that “If he
hadn’t, we would have gotten
some people to enter him,” said
Miss Murdock.
Miss Murdock who is a fresh
man while finishing up her
second quarter at Gaston enjoys
sketching and painting, riding
horses and bikes and playing
tennis. She also likes all kinds
of sports, working on cars and
dancing.
Miss Murdock said that she
would agree that “Beauty is in
the eye of the beholder.”
Pam Lazenby
1st Runner-Up Freddy Jones
Mystery Disease
A strange malady is sweeping
the Gaston College campus.
The symptoms are slight fever,
dazed look in the eyes, heavy
meaningful sighs.
Accompanying these symp
toms are a lack of con
centration, an acute aversion to
work, a sudden interest in the
opposite sex, a growing concern
with outdoor activities.
After much research by
faculty and staff, and very
careful observation, by ex
perimentation which exposed
the faculty and staff to the same
strange disease, it has been
determined that the entire
population of Gaston College is
suffering from Spring Fever.
S. K. Cantrell
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Pam Lazenby
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Dennis Perry
Gaston College Male Student Gives Woman Bath
A 45-year-old rather matronly
looking female patient at
Gaston Memorial Hospital was
startled one morning to find a
sandy-haired young man
preparing to give her a bath.
There were no objections,
however, and the young man
expertly finished his task.
“Someone else gave her a
bath the next day,” laughs Guy
Lopez, a freshman nursing
student at Gaston. “And she
wanted to know why I didn t
return to give her another
bath.”
Male nurses will soon become
a familiar sight at Gaston
Memorial Hospital. This year
the first male will graduate
from the registered nursing
program at Gaston College.
There are eight other males
along with Guy enrolled in a
class of 36 in the freshman
nursing class at Gaston. The
other males who hope to
graduate in June, 1978, include
Terry Cogdellj Rick Davis,
Albert White,; Roy Jenks,
Ronnie Thompson, Stanley
Zebroski, Bruce Norwood and
DeForest Tennies.
How does a male get in
terested in pursuing a career in
an almost female dominated
field? ,
“Why not get paid for doing
something you enjoy?” said
jTerry Cogdell of Gastonia.
Terry, who has worked nine
years with the Gaston
Lifesaving Crew, hopes to
continue his education and
become a physician’s assistant
after graduating from nursing
Male Nurses: Terry Cogdell
school.
Guy, who feels male nurses
are becoming more in demand
in civihan hospitals, got in
terested in nursing while in the
armed service. He’s been
working for the past four years
as an operating room technician
in a Charlotte hospital.
Another nursing freshman,
Rick Davis, got his start as an
emergency room technician,
later becoming a pharmacy
technician.
“I’ve always been interested
in the field of medicine,” Rick
said. “And this is the best way,
I think, to pursue a medical
career.”
Being a male in an almost all
girl class could give a guy a
terrific complex. But Terry,
Guy Lopez, Rick Davis
Rick and Guy don’t seem to
have any.
“The reason is very simple,”
Terry said. “We’ve been ac
cepted by the females in the
class. We are sort of looked up
to as big brothers or leaders in
the class as far as the par
ticipation goes.”
Students in the liberal arts
program go to classes during
the day and then are free to
work or attend night classes.
Nursing students must go to
class and then go to the hospital
for on-the-job clinical ex
perience. Some of them have
other paid jobs in the hospital.
Nursmg students must also
maintain a higher grade
average. They are not allowed
to fall below a grade of C on any
course. If they get a D, then
they have to take the course
over or drop out of the program.
The nursing department
defines its program as “total
nursing care.” This means a
student must do everything
from emptying bedpans, giving
bed baths and administering
medication to doing the paper
work.
In the clinical area, each
nursing student is assigned
certain patients to look after
from 8a.m. until 11 a.m. each of
the two days of clinical ex
perience. The student might get
one patient on Tuesday and a
different one when he returns
for more work on Thursday.
“We never know until the
assignments are posted which
patients we have,” Terry said.
“Most of the time the in
structors try to assign us the
same patient both days.
Although they don’t have
much spare time, Terry, Guy
and Rick enjoy a variety ot
activities.
Guy raises Doberman pin
chers, and enjoys reading,
listening to all types of music
except country and Western and
playing cards.
Rick is more the outdoors
type and enjoys playing a
number of sports. Terry is
active in the Gaston Lifesaving
Crew and likes to fish.
Sometimes all three get
together. Like last December
when the three went on a fishing
trip In 16 degree weather at
Mountain Island near Mount
Holly.
"I went to the trouble of
building a fire and they didn’t
even catch a fish, ” Terry said.
“We didn’t see you catching
any either,” shot back Rick.
“I wanted to go in swimming,
but I couldn’t talk Rick and Guy
into It,” Terry said.
“He told us the water was
warm, ” Rick said. “It wasn’t.”
Pam I.azenby
For Your Information...
Students interested In taking Education and-or Psychology courses
during the Summer Quarter 1977 should submit their suggestions to
Dr. Joseph LewandowskI, Room C-217 prior to April 20,1977.
ATTENTION VETERANS
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first of the month, will now be arriving at the end of the month This
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