by Carol De Arent
The S.G.A. project to sponsor an
athletic scholarship is a good exam
ple of the hard work and cooperation
of many different groups that is
necessary if any action is to '^e
taken.
A scholarship was first proposed
by Coach Sweeting for the purpose of
recruiting athletes for the Bebrend
Campus. Funds would come from traffic
fines; there is $9000.00 in the till.
Sweeting met with opposition from
those who wanted the scholarship to
cover other student activities besides
sports.
Meetings were. held, informal
conferences took place, speeches
were made in S.G.A. ry Sweeting, Dick
Fasenmeyer, and Wayne Sasala. $4OO
was tentatively decided upon.
Ron Bachelor as scholarship com
mittee head has l - een pressured to
formalize the terms into a document
that the S.G.A. could vote upon. At
about the time when itseemed that
funds would 1- e availele for sports
only, the Cul , leaked this information
to the student 1..0dy.
The head of the Penn State athlet
ics department chanced upon this Cur
article, and dashed off a letter to
Sweeting that such a scholarship must
come only from an organization that
grants non-athletic scholarships as
well, and that a person winning a
scholarship cannot lose it for
failure to participate in a
sport. If this condition is not
met, Behrend would be ineligible
for certain athletic contests.
The Scholarship, though
still not formalized will now pro
bably be available to all students
in extracurricular activities.
Bachelor is expected to draw up
a sheet with specific qualifica
tions. This will be accepted or
rejected by S.G.A. If accepted,
the program is in effect, and
forms will be destributed to
high schools.
The scholarship will be
implemented by the Student Aid
Committee. This is the same
group that handles all scholarships
at Behrend.
There is a general form
filled out by students desiring
economic aid at Behrend. Probably
the same form will be used by S.G.A.
It is suggestdd that the
scholarship apply only to those
students wt.() will be freshmen
next fall or later. This is to
keep current Behrend students from
legislating money for themselves.
But there is still a basic
problem of attitude toward the
scholarship: Is its purpose to
recruit good students to Behrend
or to reward those who, after
being at Behrend for a while,
contribute something to the campus?