HIGHACEES COLLEGIAN GREETINGS FROM THE FRONT OFFICE The students , faculty, and staff offer their best wishes to owb nsw spring term students and the few who are retu rning to the Center- after having curtail ed their educational program for one or more semesters.: We realize the pace for the spring tern is a bit faster than during the fall term, for most of the student body is new composed of "old timers" used to the grind# Therefore* we invite all new students to work closely with faculty and staff to ease their adjustment into an efficient academic routine*■ the keynote is to knock on doors,, B"-ST WISHES TO ALL STUDENTS# THE NEW STUDENTS Richard D* Erogan Andre Burcixi F r ax± A „ C e rmak Roxy R. Fornataro Shirley A, Hough Frank C 0 Kostos W.i.3liam Jo Leuthold Carol A# Mastroianni Dorothy A. Melley Joseph V# Moody Ernest D# Scaran Jack E* Schwabeland Edward M. Vitagliano Stanley M. Zuber Andrew Baran Joan to. Deßalso Charles A* Erbe Michael R# Stefanisko I'l/HAT IS PARNASSUS ? Every year about this time, a few stude nts at o-ur Center will receive letters informing them of their eligibility for membership in the Highacres Parnassus Honor Society. After this semester's eight#week marking period, similar lette rs will be sent to a few more students. If these students accept these invita tions, they will be formally initiated into the society as members, rj nd, if they are first semester students, as pledges, and will receive a gold keyo The Parnassus Society recognizes studer: for their scholastic achievement and fo: active participation in organized a ;t- • ivities» It attempts to enrich student life at our Center by encouraging both academic.' study and extracurricular activity participation, and by aiming to better the morale within the Center and the prestige of the Center in the communityn A student is eligible for membership with the following qualificationst 1 - .\.f he has completed one or more sem esters of college workj 2 - :.f he has a minimum all-college average of 2#50? 3 - if he is active in at least two activities, and 4 - if he has acquired at least five activity points for each semester* First semester students can be eligible only for pledgeship if they have an all' college average of 2.80 at the end of twelve weeks, and if they have at least five activity points. (This average is based on the mid-semester grade#) Students having the required average, but lacking the necessary number of activity points may be voted into Parnassus on recommendations of their instructors* Faculty members may be nominated for mem bership by members of the society* Activity points are distributed according to the following system* Service Organizations! Student Government ..lasocisrtion President and treasurer —4 secretary—3 vice president and council members —2 (If vice president assumes duty., of president, often he may recieve 3 or 4 points on recommendation of the advisor#) Committees chairman—l or 2 FEB. 14, 1958
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