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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, (Continued on Page 2, Col. 3) 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