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I am the 1972 valedictorian of PHS. I was born and raised in Philomath and the Clemens personally knew my parents and relatives. The scholarsahip paid for my college education and I am very grateful for it. The Clemens scholarship started as a loan progrm that when almost no one repaid it, they changed to a scholarship. A scholarship is a gift, not an entitlement. It is only natural that any scholarship can and will change requirements over time.

I think the conflict resulted because people changed from viewing it as a scholarhip to an entitlement. No scholarship is an entitlement! We should be grateful for everything the Clemens gave to Philomath - the pool, the allweather track, the football field, etc. While they were unable to have children themselves, the children of Philomath were very dear to them and they did what they could to benefit them.

posted 5 years ago
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