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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, October 2, 1968
White student reaction
'LHS black walkout hurt cause'
By MIKE SHEARER Kansan Staff Writer
Most white Lawrence High School students disapproved of the black walkout at the high school last week, Mike Roark, LHS student body president, said last night.
Roark said in an interview that most whites considered "some demands reasonable and some just too far out."
He said as a result of the walkout, "Now they've hurt their cause."
Roark said many students and teachers were angered by the black students' request for a black cheerleader when "the colored girls didn't even try out."
Predicting the LHS Student Council members would approve the blacks' resolution for a new system of choosing cheerleaders, Roark said a similar situation had existed in a Wichita high school. Roark said after one black cheerleader was installed at the Wichita high school, the blacks demanded a second.
"I'm wondering just how far this will go because you can never satisfy their demands," Roark said.
Referring to the black students' request for a black homecoming queen, Roark said, "A lot of students thought that was out of the question because there are only about 100 black students (at LHS)."
Roark predicted "Things are going to cool off . . . but they did hurt their cause to an extent."
He said most students at the high school did support some of the demands which the black students had made. Neal Pease,
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"The petition said although the students did not necessarily agree with all the demands, we were in sympathy with their grievances." Pease said.
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editorial writer for the Lawrence High Budget, was one of the advocates of petitions circulated last Thursday and Friday at the school expressing sympathy for the blacks' grievances.
"We thought the school administration and board should make a compromise step," he added.
"We made a substantial effort to get names." Pease added.
backing of parents and officials who would be instrumental in bringing about solutions to the demands."
Mary Maffett, editor-in-chief of the Budget, said, "I feel the walkout was less than desirable because the students lacked the
Kansas Association of Secondary School Principals Conference. All day.
Pease said the petitions garnered only about 40 or 45 names so they were never presented to school officials. He said the decision whether to go ahead and turn in the petitions
Some students "felt the petition was clumsy worded," so not all refusals to sign could be interpreted negatively, he said.
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The petitions had been worded vaguely with the intention of outlining more specific plans when the petitions were submitted, Pease said.
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Pease said he personally thought "some of the demands were very reasonable." He favors "reforms in the selection of cheerleaders," formation of a black student union and inclusion of Negro history into the curriculum.
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