10 Chowan Today Spring 1993
Campus News
CAMPVSBRIEFS
The college will also be participat
ing in men's and women's
intercollegiate soccer next year.
Eric Terrill, a former assistant
coach at Lees-McRae College, has
been hired to coach both teams.
Women’s Coach to Be Hired
The women’s basketball team
finished the
season with a
record of 0 and
16. The college is
in the process of
seeking a new women’s basketball
coach for 1993-1994. Dan Surface
only assumed the job for one
season and did a great job under
adverse circumstances, as have the
young women on the team.
Organ Recital Sponsored by
the Department of Music
Chowan College Department of
Music sponsored an organ recital
presented by Dr. James Good,
professor of church music at
Southeastem Seminary. Dr. Good
performed on Sunday, February
21, in the sanctuary of
Murfreesboro Baptist Church.
Dr. Good played works by Bales,
Bach, Boyce, Homilius, Saint-
Saens, as well as hymn preludes by
such contemporary composers as
Held, Manz and Wood. Of the
selected pieces, “Petite Suite” by
Gerald Bales, “Toccata in F” by
Johann Sebastian Bach and “St.
Anne” by Paul Manz were some of
the most famous and recognizable
selections on the program.
Dr. Good has been professor of
church music at Southeastem
Seminary in Wake Forest, North
Carolina, since 1978. Dr. Good
holds degrees from Wake Forest
University (B.A.) and Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary
(M.S.M., Performer’s Certificate in
Organ, D.M.A.).
Rogers Gives Clarinet
Recital
The Daniel School of Music
presented James E. Rogers, clari
netist, assisted by Catherine
Charles, pianist, and the Conway
Baptist Church Handbell Choir,
directed by Mrs. Pam Cox, in
"Faculty Recital" on Sunday,
April 4, 1993, in Daniel Recital
Hall.
The program featured airange-
ments from Mozart, Bozza,
Schuman, Greer, Weber and
Gershwin.
Photography Program
Discontinued
The college will discontinue its
two-year program in the area of
photography. Freshmen enrolled
in the program will have the
opportunity to take the required
courses for completion of their
degrees in the 1993-94 academic
year.
The program was eliminated due
to dwindling enrollment and
student interest and due to the
need to use the college’s re
sources as cost effectively as
possible in order to support
programs needed for four-year
accreditation.
"As Chowan starts to offer more
four-year programs, two-year
programs with marginal enroll
ments will be reconsidered," said
Eric Surface, director of college
relations and official spokesman
for the coUege, in an interview
with local media. "The college
must consider the needs of all of
its students and what is best for
the majority of them during this
period of transition to four-year
status. We have a responsiblity to
our students to provide the pro
grams necessary for four-year
accreditation."
A Profile of Service
Jack Hassell
When you take the same route to work
everyday, the details tend to blend to
gether, and you sometimes missthesubtle
changes. This was true for Jack Hassell,
Chowan’s director of the physical planL
On January 12, Mr. Hassell drove to
the work at 8:00 a.m. just as he has done
every weekday for 32 to years, but he
failed to notice that the once nameless
road onto the back campus, which runs
between Daniel Hall and the Homer
Building, now had a name, Hassell Drive.
“I didn’t even notice the sign until
lunch when it was pointed out to me by
one of the workers,” said Mr. Hassell. “It
was a total surprise that they named the
drive street me.”
“We needed to name the drive to di
rect traffic to the back campus and the
maintenance building,” said Dr. Jerry F.
Jackson, president of Chowan College.
“I appointed a committee of faculty and
staff members to make a recommenda
tion. The committee was unanimous in
suggesting that the su-eet be named
Hassell Drive in honor of Jack’s years of
loyal service to Chowan, and I pasted the
recommendation along to the board.”
In December, Chowan’s Board of
Trustees voted to recognize Mr. Hassell’s
32 year service to the college by naming
the road that he had driven so many
times to the physical plant building over
the years in his honor.
Jack Hassell came to Chowan on Au
gust 1,1960,33 years ago this August, as
superintendent of buildings and grounds.
“I’ve seen a lot of change,” said Mr.
Hassell. “In 1960,there wasonlyone AC
on campus and that was in the president’s
office. Now all the buildings have them.
“All the buildings except Green,
Lakeside, Columns, Mixon, part of the
Cafeteria and part of McSweeny Hall
have been built since I’ve been here.
“It used to be a constant challenge just
to meet to basic needs of our students and
staff I remember, in the old athletic
center, one time when Garrison didn’t
have any heat He was wearing gloves
and an overcoat in his office. I went up
town and bought a gas heater so he could
take off his gloves. That
type of thing wasn’t un
common when 1 first came
in the 1960s.”
Things have changed a
lot at Chowan thanks to Mr.
Hassell and his crew of
workers. Over the years,
Mr. Hassell and his mainte
nance team have saved the
college thousands of dol
lars by constructing and
renovating buildings on
campus. These projects took
place during the summer
months.
“Every year there was a
challenge to upgrade and renovate,” said
Mr. Hassell. "Each summer, we had a
major project to accomplish in a limited
amount of time.
“It is always very rewarding to com
plete a summer project. Some people have
to wait to see the effects of what they do.
When I renovate or build a building, I get
to see the effects of what I do immediately.”
One of his most difficult assignments
at Chowan involved the McDowell Col
umns building.
In the late 60s, they thought the wiring
in the Columns building may have been in
need of repair because you couldn ’ t run the
coffeepot and the vacuum cleaner at the
same time. When they investigated, it
turned out that the building still had the
original tube and knob wiring so mainte
nance had to rewire the entire building;
they used five miles of wire to rewire
every room in Columns.
One of Mr. Hassell’s most rewarding
challenges at Chowan happened when the
college was flooded with students because
of the Vietnam War draft deferment.
In the early 70s when we were over
flowing with students, I came up with
areas to house an additional SO students,
allowing them to come to college,” said
Mr. Hassell. “That was probably the time
when I had the greatest impact on other
people’s lives. I helped provide those
students with an opportunity.”
Mr. Hassell had to work while he
Bj Erk A. Surbce
Jack Hassell at the entrance of "Hassell Drive,"
named in his honor.
was in high school to support his family
and was unable to attend college.
“I didn't have the means to attend
college,” said Mr. Hassell. “A college
degree opens up a lot of doors for you. If
you don’t have a college degree you have
to prove yourself I had to work hard to
prove myself and get where I'm at today.
Those kids who have the opportunity to
get a degree and waste it are foolish.”
Mr. Hassell ’ s ad vice for young people
is to seek an occupation that they enjoy
doing because if you enjoy your job,
you are more like to be a success at it.
Mr. Hassell believes that it is impor
tant to provide opportunities for kids to
gain work experience and responsibility.
“I’ve been able to help a lot of kids out
with summer jobs,” said Mr. Hassell.
“I’ve taught a lot of kids to paint and do
other things that most people don’t want
to take the time to teach them. You have
to be patient enough toishow kids how to
do things; they are usually eager to learn.
“One kid that worked for me used the
painting skills he learned on the job to
work his way through N.C. State. You
never know the effect that taking a chance
on a kid will have on his future.”
Jack and Alice, his wife of 43 years,
have one daughter, Linda, who has been
employed at Chowan since 1975 and has
recently received her M.L.S. from East
Carolina and joined the library faculty.
Mr. Hassell plans to retire in a couple
of years and play golf