Chowan Today Spring 1993 7
Campus News
Area Schools Participate in
Typewriting Contest
Seven area schools competed in the
annual typewriting contest for high
school students, which was held on
campus on March 25. Students
from each school participated in
both the beginning and advanced
divisions to demonstrate their skill
and general knowledge.
According to Andrea Eason,
chairperson of the contest commit
tee, “The experience enables
students to build their poise and
self-confidence as well as represent
their schools.”
North Carolina high schools
represented were Gates, Hertford,
Mattamuskeet, Perquimans, South •
Granville, and Southeast Halifax.
Virginia was represented by Oscar
F. Smith, Chesapeake.
TECH HIGH
Thirty-four rising sophomores
from Northeastern North Carolina
were selected to enjoy hands-on
laboratory activities at Chowan this
summer. Each student will be
given a graphics calculator and
taught how to use it. The program
of activities will also include
biotechnology, chemistry, physics,
robotics and communications via
LASER.
This is the fifth consecutive
summer North Carolina Power has
sponsored Tech High for Chowan.
The dates are June 20-25. This
program is for rising sophomores
who are outstanding math and
science students. Only those
students whose homes are served
by North Carolina Power are
eligible for this program.
CAMPVSBRIEFS
YOUNG SCHOLARS
PROGRAM
Twenty rising sophomores from
Northeastem North Carolina and
Southeastern Virginia will be given
an opportunity to attend a three-
week program on July 11-30. This
program is sponsored by Chowan
College and the National Science
Foundation. Career opportunities
in a variety of scientific fields will
be explored. The Virginia Air and
Space Museum in Hampton, the
Virginia Nuclear Power Station at
Surry, Merchant’s Mill Pond in
Gates County, the North Carolina
Aquarium at Manteo, Wright
Brothers Museum and Jockey’s
Ridge in Nags Head are sites that
will be visited by the scholars. In
addition to traveling throughout the
period, half of their stay will
include hands-on experience in
biology, chemistry, physics and
computers. After acquiring experi
ence in the lab, the remainder of
their time will be spent doing basic
research. Reports will be compiled
and presented to the staff and
students.
On Tuesday, March 9, 85% of last
summer’s young scholars returned
to Chowan College with some of
their teachers for a follow-up visit.
Their day was spent learning about
the electromagnetic spectrum.
SCIENCE OLYMPIAD
On Saturday, February 27, Chowan
College Department of Science
The McCreedy House Is Coming Down; Due to the house's poor condition, the
Board of Trustees approved its demolition. (Photo by Eric A. Surface)
hSbHIS
sponsored a Regional Science •
Olympiad for middle and high
school students in Northeastem
North Carolina. South Granville
High took first place, and Camden
County High won second place in
the high school division. Greene
County Middle School won first
place, and Chaloner Middle School
won second place in the middle
school division.
Science Olympiad is an organiza
tion which is devoted to improving
the quality of science education,
increasing student interest in
science and providing recognition
for outstanding achievement in
science education by both students
and teachers.
McCreedy House to Be
Demolished
Due to the condition of the
McCreedy House, the need to fix it
up and the expense to remodel, the
Executive Committee of the Board
of Trustees approved its being tom
down. The demolition will be of
no expense to the college. The
college has no intention of selling
this property. See photo this page.
Holliday and Adams
Awarded Scholarships for
Summer Study in France
Two of Dr. Carl Garrott’s students,
Sloan Holliday and Anabela
Adams, achieved scores in excess
of 500 on The International Studies
Association Scholarship Exam
which makes them eligible for a
basic scholarship to the University
of Bourgozne for summer study.
Dr. Smith to Speak at
Chowan's Last Associate's-
Degrees-Only Graduation
Approximately eighty-five students
will receive their associate’s degrees
from Chowan at 11:00 a.m. on May 8,
1993, in Turner Auditorium.
This is a historic graduation for the
college because it is the last one in which
just associate’s degrees will be issued;
next year, the graduation of Chowan’s
first senior class since the 1930s will
mark the final stage in Chowan’s transi
tion to four-year status, as the college
awards ils first bachelor’s degrees in
sixty years. Associate’s degrees will
still be offered in some programs.
There will be a brunch provided for
the graduates, their families and
members of the college community at
9:30 on commencement morning
in Thomas Cafeteria.
Dr. Roy J. Smith, executive director-
treasurer of the Baptist State Convention
of North Carolina, will be the speaker for
the May 8th commencement.
Bom in Franklin, N.C., Smith has an
extensive educational background. He
received his B.A. from Wake Forest
College in Wake Forest in 1953. He
received his B.D. from Southeastern
Baptist Theological Seminary in 1956.
He holds an honorary doctorate of divinity
from Campbell University. He has done
graduate studies at the following institu
tions: North CaroUna State University,
Emory University and Southeastern
Baptist Theological Seminary.
He has diligently served North Caro
lina Baptists since 1954 when he
pastored Union Hope Baptist Church in
Zebulon while working toward his B.D.
Dr. Roy J. Smith
In 1957,
he became
pastor of Jer
sey Baptist
Church in
Lexington
which was
recognized
by the Bap
tist State
Convention
as Church of
the Year in
1962. That
same year Dr. Smith was named Rural
Minister of the Year by Progressive
Farmer and Emory University.
He left Jersey Baptist to be an associ
ate in missions in Region 10, in Western
North Carolina.
After holding the position for five
years, he then became secretary for the
town and country missions and seminary
extension department of the Baptist State
Convention, a position he held for 10
years. He then became associate general
secretary-ueasurer of the Convention. In
1984, he was elected to the position he
now holds.
Dr. Smith married Doris EUzabeth
Pearce in 1950. They have three children
and five grandchildren.
He is a chaplain, a member of Linwood
and Sylva Lions clubs and a volunteer
fireman for the Sylva Fire Department.
Dr. Smith has written articles for
Service, Church Administration, Search
and Contempo magazines.