3 p. A typed open letter on Sigma Chi Fraternity letterhead dated May 4, 1965 from Grand Consul and President Harry Wade to college administrators on all campuses at which Sigma Chi maintains chapters, regarding the charter suspension at Stanford University. Also enclosed is a letter to Wade from the Stanford chapter dated March 10, 1964., Document from the University of Oregon Office of the President.
3 p. A typed letter to Judge Bolon B. Turner, president of the Sigma Chi Corporation, from University of Oregon President Arthur S. Flemming and Oregon State University President James H. Jensen, jointly. The letter, dated November 11, 1965, is on the letterhead of the Oregon State Board of Higher Education. Flemming and Jensen provide a summary of the Oregon State Board of Higher Education's policy to withdraw recognition of any fraternity or sorority that restricts membership on the basis of race or religion and cite several clauses from the fraternity's constitution that seem to be at odds with the Board's policy. The letter invites Judge Turner to offer his views on the matter and to respond to several questions., Document from the University of Oregon Office of the President.
3 p. typed draft of speech with handwritten corrections of University of Oregon President Robert D. Clark regarding the assassination of Martin Luther King. Includes a paragraph from Carolyn M. Cross, President of the Black Graduate Student Council, to President Clark regarding King's death., Document from the University of Oregon Office of the President.
3 p. A memorandum to University of Oregon President Arthur S. Fleming from Dean Orlando J. Hollis, dated August 18, 1965, and typed on UO School of Law letterhead. The memo is a report to President Fleming from the ad hoc committee (comprised of Dean Hollis, Professor Robert Campbell, and Dean Donald DuShane) detailing their examination and conclusions of the Sigma Chi Fraternity's compliance with the policies of the Oregon State Board of Higher Education and the University of Oregon. In short, the committee concluded that this fraternity was not in compliance with the requirement that fraternities and sororities shall not restrict their memberships on the basis of race or religion. The memo also states that previous statements from President Fleming about the compliance of this fraternity were not accurate., Document from the University of Oregon Office of the President.
4 p. A typed memo calling for a meeting of the President's Committee on Racism, to which is appended a roster of its members., Document from the University of Oregon Office of the President.
4 p. A typed memo calling for a meeting of the President's Committee on Racism, to which is appended a roster of its members., Document from the University of Oregon Office of the President.
1 p. A memo from University of Oregon President Arthur S. Flemming to Dr. Robert E. Agger regarding the establishment of a President's Committee on Racism as a response to requests by the Black Student Union to address racial issues on campus., Document from the University of Oregon Office of the President.
6 p. A typed letter and list of grievances and demands relating to racism and underrepresentation of African American perspectives in the University of Oregon community, signed by the president of the Black Student Union, Johnny Holloway., Document from the University of Oregon Office of the President.