Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 63, Decatur, Adams County, 15 March 1957 — Page 2

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The School Reporter

t — ■’ PLEASANT MILLS HIGH By MarabeUe Wolfe Lions club ban-gjoagi|gjjgMMH quet!! “What that??” was the ■ main questionJL" asked when passed t h e cafeteria, Mrs. Burkhart.g|®;?mf one of the lent cooks here,® has been ■ 'dßi tating the first floor with one of her prized flowers. This particular plant, an African lily, blooms during the months of February and March, but in the summer it grows into an umbrella tree. Everyone is amazed at this “thing” that needs no soil and little moisture. —P.M.H.S.The student body and faculty would like to extend their sympathy to Mr. Custard and family. Mr. Custard was absent from school Monday while attending the funeral of his brother-in-law. His algebra class remained in study hall but the goemetry class went about its uninterrupted duty of determing the altitude of the seniors high division. This was quite hard on the eyes and knees. For more unveiling information ask Sheldon Light —P.M.H.S.— Tickets for the freshman skating party are still available. Any member of this class has them. Hurry, one and all, for this entertainment. will be just as fascinating as "Elvis’s will be March 30. P.M.H.S.— On the subject of March 30, Mrs. • Ehrsam has been giving the P.M.H.S. mixed choir a good workout for the district band and choir music contest at Greeatqpn. Hopes were high for the high school band to go, too; but a lot more polishing of tones is needed before that is possible. —P.M.H.S.— New trophies were added recently to the trophy case near the gymnasium. Those responsible for these "beautiful things” are the P.M.H.S. alumni basketball players who call themselves the "RED HOTS”. —P.M.H.S.— At the Decatur Youth and Community center Carolyn Luginbill, Janice Smith, and Sharon Bebout, Mary Myers, Marilyn Seiple, Wanda Luginbill, and Betty Myers; Lynn Mefferd, Homer Gause, Dick Johnson, and Gary Millington performed at the Decatur merchants banquet Tuesday night. Each sang in groups and closed with a song by both quartets and the trio. - -- —P.M.H.S.— Having received their play books Monday, the junior will be selecting the Characters that fit themI gelves and wilt WutlitlWg M aemmit to memory those parts this week. The chosen play is "No Boys Allowed” a girl gives a slumber party — well, you Just come and see the outcome of this “predicament”. The date will be announced in this column next week. —P.M.H.S.— ■ Monday seems to have been a very busy day. Adding to the excitement at Pleasant Mills was the judging of the first team twirlers for the next school year. It was a different decision to make as the judges, Mrs. Sutton. Mrs. Ehrsam, Mr. Moore and Mr. Getting can tell you. These most forunate were Dixie Gamer, Mary Ann Kelsey, Judy Shoaf, Louise Currie and Virginia Wolfe. —P.M.H.S.— What’s a meal without meat? It's usually not a meal! It is very important in the diet and does not only serve as a source of variety to the table. This is a fraction of the things that were learned by the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade home ec. students, Monday while being privileged by their home ec. teacher. Mrs. Luyben, to watch the movie “Three to Get Ready.” —P.M.H.S — ADAMS CENTRAL HIGH By Barbara Fieehter

Leads in "Re-| serve Two Fori Murder” are] Winston Lister 3 and Rollie Zimmerman, Miss Imogene Biehold, play director, has announced. S Winston, cast asl Sergeant Detec-| tive Kennedy,

and Rollie as Lee, Kennedy's Chinese assistant, will head the cast of twelve juniors on the Central stage April 5. These ten are the supporting cast: Jane Grimm, as Helen Smith; David Salono, John Randall; Marilyn Christner, Mrs. Edwards; Marilou Uhrick, Mrs. Anglefritz; Jerry Beard, William Russell; Ned Stucky, Dr. Edwards; Barbara Steiner, Mrs. Thurston-Allen; Phil Barger, Shultz; Nancy" Jauregui. Sally Lynch, and Jerry Bovine, Ivan Strange. ' — ACHS - Working behind the scenes for the spring play—and helping to keep it a secret!—are the stage and makeup crews, the prompters, publicity workers, and ushers. Roger Hawkins heads the stage crew: Gary McMillen and Richard Meyers. Prompters are Alice Beer, Cecelia Lehman, and Pat Liechty. Makeup will be done by Donna Caub'le, committee chairman, Carolyn Mitchel, Doris Bluhm, and Barbara Sommer. Publicity is separated into two divisions: writing. Gary McMillen, and posters and programs. Suzanne Edwards, chairman. Barbara Sommer. Danny Mendoza. Cecelia Lehman, and Chloe Neuenschwan-

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der. Ushers will be Tom Lambert, Jerry Tharp, Floyd Zimmerman, Lloyd Zimmerman, Mariann Jauregui, Delores Sauder, Gordon Snyder, Mary Hamrick, Rose Lantz, and Suzanne Edwards/ — ACHS — Four more students, from advanced algebra and geometry, topped their classes in elimination tests in order to represent Central at the district achievement contests at Bluffton March 23, a week from Saturday. Winston Lister and Ned Stucky will take the twohour comprehensive mathematics test, while Bill Hoffman and Tom Heyerly will participate in the geometry examinations, Miss Lucille Beavers, Central math instructor, reports. These four, along with the four English hopefuls and two freshmen algebra pupils named last week, have been studying with their Instructors this week and will be "boning up” intensively for the Indiana univer-sity-sponsored contests next week. All district scores will be combined, and the top 20 percent will then travel to Bloomington to compete with the "cream” of the state. High scores there will be awarded with gold, silver, and bronze medals. - ACHS — Inter-school basketball competition ended for Central last week. A “Go You Greypups!” yell sounded out as the junior high squad, coached by Douglas LeMaster, advanced to the county finals after eliminating Preasant Mills in the Monday round of playoffs and then St. Joseph s of Decatur in the semi-finals Tuesday. Thursday night three points kept the Greypups away from the county juhior crown as they bowed to Berne’s junior Cubs at Berne. Greypup players will enter high school with experience and a knowledge of teamwork and sportsmanship in addition; they've earned sincere congratulations from Central for their excellent season. Well done, Greypups! - ACHS — Fourteen freshmen, coached by John Fruth, completed this last two weeks’ recap of Central's basketball teams: the ninth graders who ended their season with a 9-4 record. Recalling their own tourney at Montpelier toward the end of the '56-’57 season, the frosh remember one of those thrillers that have cropped up many times in Central sports this school year. A one-point deficit separated them from their opponents. All in all, the frosh can look at the summingup of their schedule with satisfaction. Teammates for the ninth graders were: Jim Brown, Larry Foreman, John Inniger, Palmei 4 - Uhrick, Ronnie Maines, Bob Hart, Dick Steiner, Gary Bluhm, Larry Funk, Jerry Funk, Jerry Gerber, Glen Yager, Ted Helmrick, and Sidney Schwartz. — ACHS — Cinder season opens March 28, when Central trackmen are to compete against Bryant's thinclad squad. Practice begins this week, as the Central athletes initiate the new quartermile track. While the cindermen warm up in preparation, there's an inside story on the important addition to Central's athletic facilities: — ACHS — It's a brighter season in store for the Central cindermen, as the new track stands ready for use. Credit and thanks go to the PTA for teaming with the athletic fund to make possible a better opportunity for fall and spring physical education and interschool competition. To Central Soya goes andther vote of thanks for the cinders which they donated. The industrial arts department lent a hand to make pole vaulting and high jumping standards and a vaulting box. Newly purchased, and soon to arrive, are two lanes of hurdles; the dream of ( a track is being realized at last! — ACHS — Basketball bowed out of the Central’s intramural sports picture as the seniors triumphed. 43 to 34, over the sophomores Thursday during the noon hour. Tuesday began the play, when the seniors began their victory march by beating the juniors, 43 to 20. Wednesday in the second round, the sophomores gave the freshmen squad a 33 to 21 defeat, to earn their way to the final game Thursday. The games were reduced to two 10-minute halves, so that the class tourney could be played during the noon hour when the student body could see the teams in action. ■ - ACHS - Both the boys’ and girls’ treethrow shooting contests come down the home-stretch this week. Tuesday found the girls’ competition narrowed down to Jeanie Smith and Dixie Smith, while in the boys' division freshman Tony Sharp and senior Jim Steiner came out on top as the two semifinalists. In the finals, Jeanie and Jim were the victors. — ACHS — What's in a name? Colorful titles go with intramurals: the eight girls’ and 12 boys’ volley bail squads arc no exception. “What happens when the “net nuts” tangle with the "flip flop, floozies” or the "block busters" clash with the "lazy six” in the playoffs?” Central can well wonder! Captaining the 79 girls in the roster are Doris Cauble, Edith Hirschy. Gretchen Schnepp, Brenda Sommer, Mae

Christner, Carol Haggard, Jeannie Smith, and Marcia Bimmerman. There are six teams of the frosh-soph division. — ACHS — Hydrogen sulfide, the perennial news-maker of chemistry classes, "evidenced Itself” through the high school halls yesterday last period. After preparing sulfide In its three forms and Watching its effect on metals, during Tuesday’s lab period, the junior-senior chemistry class prepared the hydrogen sulfide in Wednesday’s experiments. Centralites shared the experiments with them as the odor of rotten eggs walfted about the halls. Amused sympathies go to the occupants of the adjoining rooms and also to any passers-by —it's all in the process of learning! — ACHS - Taking time out from study sheets and outside readings, senior sociology pupils spent second hour a week ago yesterday to hear lawyer Dwight Gallivan talk of his experience with the FBI. Back to study this week, the class continues its "bonus reading” of chapters in such books as "The Power of Positive Thinking For Young People" and "Be Yourself,” in addition to magazine articles on human relations. Now entering a chapter that deals with jobs and selecting a career, the seniors readied themselves Tuesday for a third “extra" of sociology class: taking vocational preference tests. t — ACHS — *‘Pianorama” told a practical story with a fairy-tale twist to the senior chorus Monday, who took a breather from their practice for coming concerts and contests. The film-story surrounded a' family who thought they couldn't afford a piano; the young son and daughter, fascinated by an old man whb told stories and made the tales more interestong with piano music, led the family to their discovery of how a piano of today is made by the assem-bly-line method—and less expensive. The film, furnished by the Decatur Music House, preceded the chorus’es stepped up practice for their concert at the Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren Sunday evening. — ACHS — First in the March series of chapel services was introduced a week ago yesterday by two speech class members: Phyllis Singleton, reading the inspirational pbem “The Gospel According To You,” and Virginia Steffen, giving the scripture. Rev. Gerald Gerig of the Missionary Church of DecafiTr spoke to the junior-senior high assembly, for the main address of the chapel service. ■' '■ fl 'Hi ’ -lii DECATUR CATHOLIC HIGH By Marjorie Kohne

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D. C. H. S. wishes to extendi congratulations to Dave Voglewede, this year's' winner of the K of C. oratorical contest and to Ronald Ford, Alan Wiseman, and Pat Teeple, who also participated

in the contest. All the boys spent many, many long hours working on those speeches, and all deserve commendation. DCHS wishes you, Dave, the best of luck in the district contest to be held at the K. of C. hall in Decatur, April 8. —D.C.H.S.— Donations are being taken up in all the classrooms daily for the anual Catholic bishops’ relief fund. The drive opened Ash Wednesday and will continue through Lent. This is a fund that is collected yearly throughout the United States and is used for the outcast and needy children overseas. Each class has organized itself into teams hoping to increase its amount through competition. The four classes compete against one another too. So, come on students, don't let these needy people down. Let’s give our best. —D.C.H.S.— Do you read the DC Hi Light from cover to cover? If not, be sure to read this coming issue as your name or class might be mentioned. There will also be items which you won't want to miss on the closing of the basketball season, editorials on vocations, homecoming story plus many other interesting articles. —D.C.H.S.— Cheerleaders and basketball players picked out their sweaters and letters during the past week. These will be presented in a general assembly. These students of DCHS are truly deserving of them as they did a nice job this season. —D.C.H.S.— Did you make the honor roll? if not, in which is your mark low — chemistry, mathematics, typing or English? Remember there are only two more six-week periods in which to make good. So if you apply yourself and study consistently day after day, you might make it next time. Think how happy your parents would be and how proud you'd be. • —D.C.H.S.— Fingers sure fly in typing class as many of the students have increased their speed on short writings. In their one-minute timings there are now ten juniors in the 50's, while in the second-year class there are four in the 70’s and one in the 80's. Keep up the good work boys and girls. -D.C.H.S.— Pots and pans, noise-makers.

and a Mg wash tab made what the tenter girls called their brats band. This dever idea was used at the fatramaurals last Thursday and proved to be successful, but noisy, as the senior beat the sophomores in the first game of the evening. It was a good game, but the seniors led most of the way. In the first quarter the sophomores really gave the seniors a battle but couldn't seem to make their baskets. They played a good floor game, though the seniors were more adept at shooting. The seniors led at the half-time. The sophomores made things interesting, though In the third quarter, as they started clicking and kept pecking rf# at>*t lead the seniors had piled up. Then in the final quarter the seniors went ahead to win by a margin of 25 points. —D.C.H.S.— The juniors, picked to win this year's boy’s ihtramurals, beat the freshmen in the second game Thursday evening — but not without some competition from the freshmen. It was nip and tuck all the way' in the first half. It seemed as if Jim Omlor, Don Baker, and Jim Heimann just couldn’t miss for that peppy freshmen team. But the juniors kept cool and were in the lead by at least two to three points at half-time. I guess experience has the edge, for the juniors went on to win without too much difficulty. The freshmen kept playing hard, though, till that final whistle. —D.C.H.S.— Posters were displayed throughout high school making last Thursday’s intramurals more exciting. Each class enjoyed the posters. Each team was given a name — or should we say was “called names" by another class—. The seniors were the squares; the junors, the cats; the sophomores, the triangles; and the freshmen, the mice. So come on students let's root your class to victory. Last night the seniors played the juniors for the championship game while the freshmen played the sophs in the consolation game. —D.C.H.S.— Everything is top secret, but D.C.H.S. did manage to find out a few things concerning the prom. Their theme has been decided on, and their financial worries are almost over. The juniors are planning a bake sale for the near future, so most of these problems should be taken care of then. They are progressing nicely,- but finding out that it's not always “smooth sailing.” —D.C.H.S.— It was their first journey backwards for the freshmen, over their phildhood days, when they wrote their autobiography for English. It was not an inviting task to accomplish, but when the assignment was due, all booklets with colorful covers were bravely handed it to their teacher, Now their life history is no longer a deep dark secret. —D.C.H.S.— George Laurent, supervisor of employment relations at General Electric, spoke to the senior class at DCHS Tuesday morning on the topic “Job Opportunities at G. E.” Mr. Laurent stressed the need for as much formal education as possible in preparation for any one of G. E.’s 200 kinds of jobs. Nor should education end with the assumption of a job, he said, for opportunity for advancement is given first to those who show a willingness to better themselves. He spoke, too, of the opportunity for in-plant training and for attending G. E. apprentice schools. Applicants for jobs, Mr. Laurent told the seniors, are judged on such qualities as neatness, honesty of expression, and willingness to try. * Mr. Laurent, who was himself a student at DCHS and later spent thirteen years coaching basketball here, was introduced to the seniors by his son Edward, a member of that class. —D.C.H.S.— If this last article could be written in green ink it would be more fitting. Decatur won't have a St. Patrick's day parade like Chicago or New York, but it’s a bet that every son of Erin in Decatur will be wearing a green tie or a shammrock on March 17 in honor of the patron saint of Ireland. Happy St. Pat’s Day! —D.C.H.S.— DECATUB HIGH SCHOOL By Sara Brunnegraff

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George Laurent of the General Electric company visited D.! H. S. Monday afternopn and spoke to the senior class on job opportunities. He j described the different types of jobs available

and stated that in his opinion you can’t get too much education. Mr. Laurent answered questions that are always asked by students and other possible future employes. Following his talk there was a short'question and answer period. —D.HS.— The Jacket Journal came out Wednesday. How did you like it? Sharon Gray was the editor of this issue and she carried out a Saint Patrick’s day theme. The staff has had an addition to its numbers since Tony Kelly has become a member of the Journalism class. You can now look forward to the next edition which will come out in April. Sharon Michaud will be the editor of that issue. —D.H.S.— Recently the basketball team

met to elect honorary co-captains tor the 1956-1957 bazketball Mason. Gene Baxter and. Stanley Kirkpatrick were chosen to fill these posts. Congratulations to you both. —D.H.S.— Coach Warthman also announced the boys who received letters for this season’s play. The seniors who earned letters were: Gene Baxter, John Darwin, Stanley Kirkpatrick, Tony Kelly, Ted Schrock, Chalmer Reinking and Jay Gould. Juniors were: Larry Moser, Bob Banks, and Ted Hutker. Bob Shraluka was the only sophomore to receive a letter. —D.H.S.— Paul Schmidt, a very able speaker who is a member of the senior class, won the zone oratorlal contest, held at Marion, Thursday morning. He had previously won the oratorical contests of the local, county and fourth district levels. Now he will go to French Lick high school next Thursday, where he will compete with three other zone winners in the state finals. D.H.S. offers its most sincere congratulations to you, Paul, and extends only the best of luck in next week’s competition! —D.H.S.— Members of the speech class who attended the contest at Marion were Barbara Kalv er, Ted Schrock, Stanley Kirkpatrick, John Dorwin, Sue Petrie, Barbara Suttles, Twanette Magley and Marilyn Jefferies. Paul’s parents, the Rev. and Mrs. Edgar P. Schmidt, his sister, Phyllis, and principal Hugh Andrews, and speech instructor Deane Dorwin also attended. —D.H.S.— Following the theme of “Neptune’s Undersea Palace,” fishnets and seashells decorated the gym Monday eve. and had you entered the school, you might nave thought that you had been transferred back into the world of the Romans. There were the slaves and there were the gods, goddesses, and the others who made up the Roman civilization. This occasion was the second annual Latin banquet. The first and second year Latin students took part in this affair and most certainly had a lot of enjoyment out of it. Following the dinner, a playlet was given by various members of the group to which the parents were invited. For the sophomores it was an evening to be remembered and for the freshmen it is somthing to which to look forward to again next year. —D.H.S.— D.H.S. may have the honor of having one of its 1957 graduates attend West Point! Gene Baxter was appointed first alternate and if the present appointee does not succeed in fulfilling the qualifications, then Gene will have the chance. He i left Wednesday for Chicago where he will takes a series of tests at Fort Sheridan. Congratulations and good luck to you. Gene. —D.H.S.— Monday and Tuesday in the senior English class Ted Schrock, Gene Baxter, Paul Schmidt and Stan Kirkpatrick had the task of leading the discussion of some of the works of English authors. It was an interesting experience both for them and for the class. —D.H.S.— Don’t forget the program tonight at D.H.S.! It is a combined art and music event in which the high school choir and orchestra will take part along with the sixth and seventh grade choir. Local artists will show some of their work and at 8 o’clock there will be a musical program, at which time the choirs and orchestra will perform. Be sure to. come if you want an interesting evening, for that is exactly what you will have. y —D.H.S.— The all-star team of the NEIC conference was announced Tuesday. There were three members of Decatur high shcool's basketball team who were mentioned in the announcement. Gene Baxter, who was a guard on the team, was selected as a member the first five. A Yellow Jacket forward, Tony Kelly, was named on the second five and Stan Kirkpatrick, center, was given honorable mention. These boys all played excellently throughout the season and D.H.S. is proud of them and extends congratulations to them. -D.H.S.— The senior class of D.H.S. seems to be "loaded” with very capable speakers and orators. Tuesday evening Ellen Welch competed with three other contestants from Fort Wayne Central. Columbia City, and Berne, and won the group division of the Rotary speech contest. This was held at Fort Wayne at the Hobby Ranch House. As a reward for placing first in the event, Ellen was presented with a small gold medal. Her next step is unknown as yet, but good luck to you Ellen and may you know that D.H.S. is behind you all the way! -D.H.S.- . ; MONMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL By Grace Fuhrman

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During the school year the! need of a better] organized library at Monmouth has I become evident. I rhe girls in the I Library club, made up their j minds to do! something about this. Last week.

on Tuesday and Thursday, many girls stayed after school and worked in the library. Mrs. Vera Owens, sponsor of the club, was in charge. Let’s -see what they accomplished. The first job was to sort the books ancLYix Ihose in need of repair. Then /the fiction books

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were filed alphabetically by the authors’ name. The non-fiction books were filed numerically under the Dewey decimal system. Magazines were reclassified and acommittee has been appointed to work on the cataloging. Last Saturday four girls from the Library club and Mrs. Owens met with Mr. Jones at his home to draw up a list of rules for the library. These girls were Judy Goldner, Carolyn Fast, Anna Schlemmer, and Kenny Peck. The shop class also got into the act by making some new book shelves. The library should be completely re-organized and ready to use in about a week « All of the students at Monmouth high wish to say; “Thanks!" to the members of the library organization for the fine work they have done. -M.H.S.— More bells!! The students who were studying in the agriculture room were slightly fooled by the physics students who were having class next door. An experiment was being performed with dry cell batteries and a small bell. Soon several of the students discovered that the bell sounded just like the regular school bell. Two of the boys carried the bell and batteries next door and let it ring outside the agriculture room. Then they hurried back to the physics room and were hard at work when some amazed students from the next room were walking around in the hall wondering where everyone was! —M.H.S.— The freshman biology classes are eagerly anticipating the freshman trip to Chicago. This is an annual event for MHS freshmen. While in Chicago they visit the field museum of natural history and the museum of science and industry. The students will leave early March 23 and return late that night. —M.H.S.— “Hurrah for seniors!” was herad last Friday night when the seniors finished their baseketball season by winning the class tourney. In the first game the seniors defeated the sophomores by a large margin. The juniors were the winners in the junior-freshman game. In the final game the juniors and seniors met with the seniors winning by four points. Class tourneys are great fun qj MHS, with the players competing to see which one can appear in the most comical “get-up”. The students who do not play do their best to cheer their team or to victory. The 1957 Monmouth class tourney may be declared a success in all respects. (At least the seniors think so!) —M.H.S.— Last Wednesday a chapel service was held with the Rev. Stuart I Brightwell from the Decatur Baptist church as speaker. After group singing led by Mr. Gerig.Rev, Brightwell was introduced by Lowell Beineke, a member of the speech class. Rev. Brightwell’s message to the students was to learn to discipline their minds and let God control their lives. —M.H.S.— A special assembly was held for grades 10, 11, and 12 last Thursday. Mr. Jones introduced Arthur Miles, who spoke on “The Alcohol Problem.” A questionaire was given to each student tb fill out. Then a movie dealing with the problem was shown. After this Mr. Miles answered questions and distributed free literature about alcohol.. -M.H.S.— Another slide film was shown the Latin students on Tuesday. This time the picture dealt with Roman children. The showing of films in classes helps students to understand better what they are studying and also makes the class more interesting. The Latin pupils hope that more slides about Rome will be shown. —M.H.S.— “AU you can eat is the slogan for the fish fry which is being sponsored by the band parents' organization. The fish fry will be held March 29 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $1 for adults and 50 cents for children from 5 to 12. If you have eaten good fried fish, you will be sure to be there. If you nave never been to a fish fry or if you think you don’t like fish, come and find out what you have been missing! —M.H.S.— On Tuesday during the second period the entire school watched a program presented by the Ball State gymnastics team. The program was very well received by all of the students and teachers, who watched with great interest as the team did several tumbling routines: One small grade school boy was chosen from the audience and shown how to do a forward roll and a backward roll. Since the Ball State students remained at Monmouth for lunch, several of the physical ed. girls discovered what it is like to tumble on a trampoline. They report that although it is hard to maintain one’s balance on the trampoline, it is great fun to tumble on it. —M.H.S.— Ralph B. Thomas On Wabash Honor List CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind. - Ralph B. Thomas, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Benjhmm G. Thomas, 342 Winchester, Decatur was one of 59 Wabash College students named to the dean’s list for scholastic excellence during the fall semester. Thomas, a 1956 graduate of Decatur high, was one of 19 freshmen of a class 169 to receive this honor. In order to be eligible for the dean's list, a student must compile at least a 2 5 (half A, half B) grade average.