Charity Breaks With Ore. District; 'Liberal' Policies Cited

By Michelle Galley

A charity that has provided scholarship money for students in the town of Philomath, Ore., apparently is severing its long-standing ties to the local school district.

Since 1964, virtually every student graduating from the 650-student Philomath High School has been eligible to receive a four-year college scholarship, for up to $4,000 a year, from the Clemens Foundation. The philanthropy was established with timber profits made by Rex and Ethel Clemens shortly after the Great Depression.

But students will no longer be eligible for the scholarship aid, reportedly because the charity disapproves of some of the district's policies on controversial topics such as student dress and a club to help...