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?
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