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Mays Defeats Flanigan
For Presidency
By Eddie L. Embry
Running on a ticket that promises student power through the
Student Reform Party, James Mays led his party to victory in the
recent SGA election by defeating Robert Flanigan and the Student
Liberation Party by a narrow 78 vote margin (Student Reform
Party — 417 votes, Student Liberation Party — 339 votes).
Mays, whose party became Along with Mays, Vice-Presi-
known during the campaign as dent-Elect John Wyatt is an-
the “people who are not afraid
to say it out loud”, will move up
from his present position as
vice president of the Student
Government Association to re
place SGA President Elias Hen
dricks for the 1968-69 academic
year. Along with Mays as presi
dent, the officers-elect of the
SGA are John Wyatt, vice presi-
dentdent; Joseph Wilson, busi
ness manager; Shirley Waldon,
recording secretary; and Bar
bara Eiland, corresopnding sec
retary.
Both the Student Reform
Party and the Student Libera
tion Party offered the Clark
College student body candidates
who had exemplified leader
ship abilities in the past. Robert
Flanigan, the Student Libera
tion Party' 1 candidate for Presi
dent, presently leads the Sopho
more Class as President.
A native of Conyers, Flan
igan is an honor student major
ing in Business Administration
and was a member of the 1967-
68 Freshman Guides. Flanigan’s
running mate for vice president,
David Holt, served with him
as vice president of the Sopho
more Class.
Holt, an honor student maj
oring in Business Administra
tion, is a native of Florence,
South Carolina, and he is a
member of Omega Psi Phi Fra
ternity. Other candidates for
SGA offices from the Student
Liberation Party were Andrew
Hill, business manager; Peggy
Noble, recording secretary; and
Shirley McElroy, corresponding
other natural leader. Wyatt, a
native of Chicago, Illinois is a
Mathematics major and an hon
or student. Presently he holds
the office of Business Manager
of the Student Government As
sociation for 1967-*8; he is a
charter member of PRIDE, a
member of Black People’s Al
liance, and a member of Phi
Beta Sigma Fraternity.
To replace Wyatt as business
manager of 1968-69 is Joseph
Wilson. Wilson, who is a native
of Orangeburg, South Caro
lina, is vice-president of the
Junior Class, charter member of
PRIDE, and member of Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity and Phi Beta
Lambda Business Society.
Looking forward to the 1968-
69 academic year as Clark’s
Centennial Year and the year
he will serve as President of the
student body, President-Elect
Mays has expressed hopes for a
progressive year and has called
upon the cooperation of all
Clarkites to “acomplish the
things that must be done”. In
a statement made after his
election, Mays said:
“Next year, which is Clark’s
Centennial year, will be per
haps the most active year in
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James Mayes, SGA President, 1968-69
Elias Hendricks, SGA President, 1967-68
Robert Flannigan,
A Job Well Done
By Jerry Allen
secretary.
James Mays, president-elect
and leader of the Student Re
form Party, is a junior from
Gary, Indiana. During his en
rollment at Clark College, he has
demonstrated superior leader
ship ability in nearly every phase
of student activity. Presently,
he holds the title of vice-presi
dent of the Student Government
Association, president of the
Pan-Hellenic Council, chairman
of PRIDE (Persons Ready In
Defense Of Ebony , and chair
man of Black People’s Alliance.
A member of Kappa Alpha
Psi Fraternity and Phi Beta
Lambda Business Society, Mays
is an honor student and is listed
in Who’s Who In America’s
Colleges And Universities.
Approximately three years
ago, a junior was appointed
editor-in-chief of the “Panther
Newspaper” by the S.G.A.
President — Marion Phillips.
Prior to this occasion, the
“Panther Newspaper” was pub
lished something like twice
every school year. And, if I
may add, showed very little
promise for the future. Mr.
Smith, well aware of this fact,
was determined not to follow
the norm. Instead, he set out
to produce a paper which
would be respected and hon
ored by the students. This was
a task which was not at all
easy. For, Mr. Smith had abso
lutely no journalism experience,
nor did he have anywhere near
the adequate facilities or ma
terials with which to operate.
dream come into reality.
During his leadership, Mr.
Smith had written on various
topics. In the December issue
of 1966, in an article entitled,
“White America, Racial Op
pression and the Black Man,”
Mrs. Smith stated, “White
America is now reaping the re
sults of racial oppression of the
black man. . . . The Negro has
served as the white man’s psy
chological, physical, and social
scapegoat. . . . Students, you
have an obligation to your
black brethren to understand
the problems we are facing with
the white world. More conver
sations concerning the destiny
of the black man must be car
ried on in order to unite what
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Yet, through his determination
and extremely devoted staff
members, he readily saw his
Carrell Smith
The Campaign
By Rubye J. Jackson
The recent S.G.A. election
proved to be perhaps one of the
most interesting and exciting
student campaigns ever to hit
Clark College. The campaign,
which officially began on April
22, resulted in everything from
dormitory speeches to city-wide
radio speeches. Mike Rogers,
speaking or the Student Liber-
tion Party, went before WAOK
news urging students to vote
Pro-Liberation in an effort to
defeat the opposing Student Re
form Party. The campaign at
times were marred by stiff per
sonalities attacks, but had sev
eral highlights:
The Student Liberation Par
ty, with candidates Robert Flan
igan and David Holt, struggled
hard against the Student Re
form Party with James Mays
and John Wyatt. Both the Lib
erators and Reforms cam
paigned with great strategy.
Each night during the campaign
period, the parties were in dor
mitories seeking more votes to
defeat the opposition. Both par
ties presented their platforms
with the coolness of true Clark
ites.
On April 24 in Davage Au
ditorium, both parties presented
their platforms. Mays’ platform
was memographed and distrib
uted among the audience at the
11 o’clock assembly to preserve
time, whereas Flanigan pre
sented his platform at that time
open-mouthed. The Student Li
beration Party’s platform in
cluded : non-compulsory classes,
extended curfews, more student
operations, vending machines in
dormitories, a student bank, and
stronger student-teacher rela
tionship. His cry of: “Thank
God, we are free at last!” stirred
the audience into an applaud of
Pro-Liberation.
Although James Mays did
not explain his platform at the
11 o’clock assemby, the plat
form was presented later in the
afternoon by the Vice-President
candidate Johy Wyatt. The Stu
dent Reform Party proposed
mass student participation in
the function of the S.G.A., an
increase in the S.G.A. budget,
lounge facilities for off-campus
students, extended curfews, a
new sign-out roster system,
pressure on the academic de
partments, a S.G.A. student
credit union, no mandatory
classes, improved orientation,
re-evaluation of the scholarship
program, and more jobs on
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