The Pennsylvania Youth Foundation Educational Endowment Fund Committee selected 23 students from nearly 200 applicants to receive $33,000 in scholarship awards for this year. In making selections, the Committee applies a formula which takes into account academics, financial need, Masonic relationship and youth group participation, and civic activities of each applicant.

The recipients are:

$3,000 Grand Master's Scholarships ­ Sharon E. Doud, a member of Northeast Rainbow Assembly No. 20 and granddaughter of the late William J. Dale, of the former Commonwealth Lodge No. 695, who will attend Ohio State, Pennsylvania State or Duke University as a freshman to major in pre-law; and Louis W. Gettel, Jr., a member of Fidelity Chapter, Order of DeMolay, son of Louis W. Gettel, Sr., Chartiers Lodge No. 747, McKees Rocks, who will attend West Virginia Wesleyan College as a junior to major in computer science and mathematics.

$2,500 Grand Master's Scholarships ­ Paula J. Biscup, daughter of Chester J. Biscup, Plum Creek-Monroeville Lodge No. 799, Pittsburgh, who will attend the University of Pittsburgh as a fifth-year senior to major in pharmacy; David L. Gilbert, son of Donald L. Gilbert, Ligonier Lodge No. 331, who will attend West Virginia Wesleyan College as a junior majoring in social studies education.; Dawn Orwick, daughter of Edward M. Orwick, a member of Osceola Lodge No. 515, Osceola Mills, who will attend Albright College as a sophomore majoring in biology; and Jessica S. Waywell, a member of Pennsylvania Valley Rainbow Assembly No. 143, and daughter of James A. Waywell, Shiloh Lodge No. 558, Lansdale, who will attend Gwynedd Mercy College as a senior majoring in nursing.

$2,000 Herman Witte Memorial Scholarships ­ Amanda Feigel, a member of Betsy Ross Assembly No. 174 and the daughter of Paul J. Feigel, Palestine-Roxborough Lodge No. 135, who will attend Pennsylvania State University as a junior majoring in pre-medicine; Sarah Gettig, daughter of Paul Gettig, Hazle Lodge No. 327, Hazleton, who will attend Bucknell University as a junior majoring in management; Melissa Logan, a member of Reading Rainbow Assembly No. 33, daughter of Stephen R. Logan, Sr., Stichter Lodge No. 254, Pottstown, who will attend the Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Robert E. Cook Honors College as a junior majoring in education of persons with hearing loss; and Gregory M. Schaeffer, a member of Elizabethtown Chapter, Order of DeMolay, and son of Charles W. Schaeffer, Williamson Lodge No. 307, Womelsdorf, who will attend Case Wesleyan University as a junior majoring in computer science.

$2,000 Pennsylvania Youth Foundation Scholarships ­ Jeanette M. Sloan, a member of Homestead Rainbow Assembly No. 43 and the daughter of Ralph H. Sloan, Homestead-Amity-McCandless Lodge No. 582, who will attend Dickinson College as a junior majoring in physics; and Lauren L. Wagner, a member of Greensburg Bethel No. 3, International Order of Job's Daughters, and the daughter of Charles D. Wagner, a member of William S. Snyder Lodge No. 756, Harrisburg, who will attend Allegheny College as a freshman to major in pre-dentistry.

$1,500 Pennsylvania Youth Foundation Scholarships ­ Kelly E. Evanoski, granddaughter of the late John L. Black, New Castle Lodge No. 642, who will attend Westminster College as a freshman to major in Spanish secondary education; and Tracy L. Stecker, daughter of Dennis C. Stecker, Hazle Lodge No. 327, Hazleton, who will attend King's College as a freshman to become a physician's assistant.

$2,000 Lawrence Dietrich Smith Memorial Scholarship ­ Jessica E. Brown, a member of Somerset Rainbow Assembly and the granddaughter of Edward J. Smith, McKeesport Lodge No. 641, who will attend Colorado School of Mines as a sophomore majoring in geological engineering; and Heather Gantt, granddaughter of Donald B. Craven, Youghiogheny Lodge No. 583, McKeesport, who will attend Clemson University as a freshman to major in engineering; Amber Pifer, granddaughter of Theodore Peace, John W. Jenks Lodge No. 534, Punxsutawney, who will attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania as a sophomore to major in nursing; William T. Reddinger, son of William W. Reddinger, New Bethlehem Lodge No. 522, who will attend Juniata College as a sophomore to major in English; Kelly M. West, a member of Rainbow Assembly No. 144 and granddaughter of Arthur West, Nanticoke Lodge No. 541, who will attend Wilkes University as a sixth-year senior to major in pharmacy; and Justin V. Wick, grandson of Alex Popp, Henry H. Phillips Lodge No. 337, Monongahela, who will attend Cornell University as a freshman to major in electrical engineering.

$1,500 Lawrence Dietrich Smith Memorial Scholarships ­ Ruth E. Bingman, granddaughter of Charles A. Smith, Old Fort Lodge No. 537, Centre Hall, who will attend Pennsylvania State University as a freshman to major in chemistry; and Catherine G. Corey, daughter of John R. Corey, Germania Lodge No. 509, Pleasant Hills, who will attend Grove City College as a freshman to major in computer engineering.

$2,000 Charles R. Nebel Scholarship ­ Louis Grow, a member of Somerton Chapter, Order of DeMolay and son of Michael Grow, Hiram Lodge No. 81, Chestnut Hill, who will attend Lock Haven University as a senior majoring in social work.