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CLARK COLLEGE - ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Student Reform Movement
In recent months there has been ineffective discussion be
tween students and instructors on the subjects, academic freedom
and student participation in planning the overall College program.
The discussion has been ineffective in the sense that it has not
led to action. The problems appears to be one of communication.
The administration fails to heed
the voice of the sudent because
the student has no effective way
of making his opinions known
to the administration.
The student and the adminis
tration might say that the stu
dents are represented by the
S. G. A. However, anyone fa
miliar with the S. G. A. at Clark
College will readily realize that
this is not the case. The Stu
dent Government Association at
Clark College is important for
two reasons. One, the adminis
tration has very little respect
for the S. G. A., and secondly,
the administration feels that the
S. G. A. is a farce because it
does not dynamically represent
the student body. The fact is
that no organization or its
leader can represent the student
body at Clark College. What is
needed is some type of mecha
nism by which the students can
represent themselves.
As a student at Clark College
and as presidential candidate of
the Student Reform Movement,
I think that I have worked out
an effective scheme which will
allow the students at Qlark to
more effectively represent them
selves and take a more active
role in planning the overall pro
gram of Clark College through
more effective representation on
College committees and sys
tematized grievance procedure.
Some may ask why the empha
sis on grievances? I would re
spond by saying that students
at Clark in general feel alien
ated and not a functionary part
of campus life. Why? Because
of systematized and regular
sanctions against student ideas
and opinions; suppression of
student potential constant har
assment and intimidation by
the use of paternalistic tactics.
The candidates of the Stu
dent Reform Movement feel
that through an organized sys
tem of processing grievances,
the student would have a via
ble tool to more effectively pre
sent their grievances to the
administration in an atmosphere
of collective-bargaining to ob
tain a voice in campus planning.
It is the opinion of the can
didates of the Student Reform
Movement that anything that
the students feel they need to
do can be accomplished through
a more viable machinery of gov
ernment. We as candidates and
students are aware of the fact
that in order to become useful
and responsible citizens we must
gain some experience that will
enable us to achieve this goal.
If we are to be first class citi
zens we must be exposed to the
best experiences that our Col
lege opportunities afford us. As
long as students are enclosed in
a shell of apathy and inactivity
they will never be able to ex
perience all of the joys and
sorrows that college life has to
offer.
The goal of the Student Re
form Movement, if elected, is
not to be a figure-head or to
try and lead the student body
like parents dictating activities
to their children, but to encour
age the students, all students,
to act as responsible men and
women and to help to get the
mechanism to provide them
with the opportunity, to mani
fest .their responsibility.
The presidential candidate of
the Student Reform Movement
is Nathaniel Jackson. Nathaniel
is Vice President of the Junior
Class, a Freshman Guide, and
Chaplain of the Men’s Associa
tion. He is a student represen
tative on the Student Welfare
•Committee and the Committee
on Exchange. He is a member
of the Forum and Forensic So
ciety and has attended Model
UN Assemblies at the Univer
sity of North Carolina, Duke,
New York City and Mosel Se
curity Council at Hollins Col
lins College, Virginia. He rep
resented Clark at Princeton
University on an exchange pro
gram with Earnest Mann. This
summer Nathaniel will partici
pate in the Summer Law School
Program at Harvard University.
He is a member of Who's Who
Among Students in Universities
and Colleges. Nathaniel is also
Vice President of Psi Chapter,
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and
Vice Director of the State of
Georgia Phi Beta Sigma Fra
ternity. He is a graduate of
Turner High School, Atlanta,
Georgia.
The Vice Presidential can
didate of the SRM is Robert
Bryant. Robert is a family man
with a wife and two children.
He served his country for eight
years as a member of the Air
Force. While in the Air Force,
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The United Party
I have selected four excellent candidates to represent along
with myself the United Party. We believe and we advocate that
through unity there is strength. “It is our purpose, and an in
trinsic one, to bring about unity among the administration, fac
ulty and student body which will
progress in the Clark College
community.” President Hender
son says that it can be done;
we of the United Party will do
it.
Calvin W. Sharpe is a native
of Hickory, North Carolina and
presently resides in Winston-
Salem, N. C.
In 1963, he came to Clark
College as Vice President of the
Freshman class and after a suc
cessful year with his class was
elected President of the Sopho
more class at which time he
became immediately involved in
most of the S. G. A. functions.
He has been a member of the
Philharmonic Society since his
arrival in 1963.
Mr. Sharpe has held the of
fice of Ecumerical Relations
Committee on the Georgia State
Methodist Student Movement.
He has represented Clark on
a number of occasions includ
ing: Spring-back Exchange Pro
gram at Haverford College,
Haverford, Pennsylvania, 1965;
United Negro College Fund an
nual conference, Dallas, Texas,
1965; Seminary Conference at
Chicago Theological Seminary,
Chicago, Ill., 1965; United Ne
gro College Fund’s Annual Con
ference, Cleveland, Ohio, 1966.
He was elected on Febraury 13,
1966 National president of Pre-
Alumni Council of United Ne
gro College Fund over the 33
member colleges of U. N. C. F.
He is presently a member of
Who’s Who Among Students in
American Colleges and Univer
sities for the year 1965-66,
President of the Men’s Associa
tion of Clark College, Chairman
of the Religious Life Committee
of the S. G. A.; a member of
the Student Welfare Committee;
and an honor student.
His vice presidential candi
date Mr. Larry T. May is a
native of Pittsburgh, Pennsyl
vania; however, he has spent
most of his time in the South
moving to Dublin, Georgia, in
his early childhood.
Larry is presently a sopho
more at Clark College who has
gained enormous experience in
the S. G. A., having served as
business manager in the present
administraiton. He has proven
to be a diligent worker and in
keeping with the aims of the
United Party has been chosen
to serve as vice-president.
Miss Lillie Harden, candidate
for recording secretary from the
United Party is a native of
Huntsville, Alabama. She is
majoring in mathematics and
minoring in physics. Miss Har
den, a very apt student, has
worked with Calvin Sharpe pre
provide an atmosphere for “real
viously as secretary of the
Sophomore class of 1964-65.
She too has been a Freshman
Guide since 1964. Miss Harden
is President of the Association
of Woman Student (Counter
part of the Men’s Association);
she is secretary of the Py-
thagoren Society; she is a mem
ber of Who’s Who Among Stu
dents in American Colleges and
Universities. Miss Harden was
recently elected to the office of
Student Assistant to National
Executive Secretary of Beta
Kappa Chi National Scientific
Honor Society — the only of
fice held by a student. On the
national scene she serves as a
competent secretary. Miss Har
den is presently “Miss United
Negro College Fund” for the
school year 1966-67, and an
honor student.
As corresponding secretary
from the United Party comes
Miss Evelyn McGruder, a soph
omore from Atlanta, Georgia.
She is majoring in Political
Science and minoring in Edu
cation. She also served as a
Freshman Guide for the year
1965-66. Miss McGruder has
gained much experience in the
S. G. A. through her affiliation
as Social Chairman. Miss Mc
Gruder represented Clark at
Smith College for the Southern
Student Exchange Program of
1966. Her energetic air, willing
ness to “work” and past per
formance deems her well quali
fied to act as corresponding
secretary of the S. G. A.
Mr. James C. Mays is a very
dynamic Freshman personality
from Gary, Indiana. He at-
ended Roosevelt High School
and graduated in the class of
1960. He has spent four years
with the United States Air Force
as an instructor of pilots. He
entered Clark in 1965 and was
immediately elected president of
Pfeiffer Hall Senate. He is a
member of the Student Council.
Mr. Mays obtained an average
of 3.37 in his first semester at
Clark College. He has a major
in Business Administration. He
April 29, 1966
Precampaign
Poll Taken
In a poll taken by the PAN
THER Staff a week before the
S. G. A. campaign supposed to
have started, Calvin Sharpe, the
United Party leader, outranked
Nathanial Jackson, head of the
Student Reform Movement by
a substantial margin. Accord
ing to the pollesters, Sharpe
was given 57 per cent of the
sample while Jackson received
31 per cent.
The fact that one of the can
didates is from the City while
the other candidate lives on
campus, appeared to have been
a determining factor in the way
the questionnaires were marked.
This is borne out by the fact
that Jackson, a city student,
was given only 20 per cent
of the campus sample while
Sharpe, a campus student, re
ceived 64 per cent. When we
turn to the sample taken of the
city student population it was
found that Jackson decreased
the gap by picking up 42 per
cent to Sharpe's 50 per cent.
However, 8 per cent of city
sample voted for neither of the
candidates while 16 per cent of
campus sample fell into this
same category.
QUESTION: In one week,
there will be an election of
the Student Government Asso
ciation officers. THE PAN
THER has been informed by
Nathaniel Jackson and Calvin
Sharpe that they will seek the
office of president. Based on
what you know about the quali
fications of Mr. Jackson and
Mr. Sharpe and also based on
what you know about the quali
fications needed for a compe
tent president, for which would
you vote if an election were
held today?
CAMPUS
Male
Female
Total
Jackson
8%
12%
20%
Sharpe
16
48
64
Neither
8
8
16
Total
32%
68%
100%
CITY
Male
Female
Total
Jackson
12%
30%
42%
Sharpe
22
28
50
Neither
-
8
8
Total
34%
66%
100%
NOTE: It should be clearly
understood that this study was
conducted by Students who have
had the minimum requirement
in statistics. Therefore, there is
much room for error. Also the
results do not represent support
of either candidate by THE
PANTHER.
is a highly respected young man
at Clark, as well as candidate
for Business Manager from the
United Party. —Calvin Sharpe