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Description: 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.

Description: 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.

Description: 1 p. The original handwritten draft of a statement by President Robert D. Clark acknowledging complaints by the Black Student Union that black students at the University of Oregon were subject to police harrassment by the Eugene Police Department. Clark stated that harrassment for any reason, including race, was against the police of the EPD and the City of Eugene and that these specific allegations would be further investigated., Document from the University of Oregon Office of the President.

Description: 1 p. A typed letter from Donald DuShane, Dean of Students, to University of Oregon President, Arthur Flemming, reporting the progress of the elimination of racially and religious discriminatory clauses from the constitutions of fraternities and sororities at the University of Oregon., Document from the University of Oregon Office of the President.

Description: 3 p. A typed response dated December 23, 1965 on Sigma Chi Fraternity letterhead from Grand Consul and President of Sigma Chi, Bolon Turner, to University of Oregon President Arthur Flemming regarding the fraternity's membership selection requirements., Document from the University of Oregon Office of the President.

Description: 1 p. A typed joint statement by Oregon State University President James Jensen and University of Oregon President Arthur Flemming regarding discrimination policies in fraternities and sororities., Document from the University of Oregon Office of the President.

Description: 5 p. A typed response to Vern Cook from Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Harry Alpert. Cook inquired about the University Oregon's hiring practices for homosexuals and Alpert responded that to the extent of equal opportunity laws, the UO did not discriminate against homosexuals in hiring practices. He did, however, cite legal cases and other arguements that he considered to be acceptable reasons not to hire otherwise qualified homosexual candidates., Document from the University of Oregon Office of the President.

Description: 8 p. A typed letter from University of Oregon President Arthur Flemming to ASUO President F. Scott Farleigh in response to Farleigh's memo regarding the ASUO's decision to form a committee to investigate housing discrimination on campus., Document from the University of Oregon Office of the President.

Description: 1 p. A typed motion by the Oregon State Board of Higher Education to the University of Oregon and Oregon State University directing them to withdraw recognition from any fraternity or sorority using race or religion to discriminate its membership., Document from the University of Oregon Office of the President.

Description: 2 p. A typewritten statement by President Robert D. Clark acknowledging complaints by the Black Student Union that black students at the University of Oregon were subject to police harrassment by the Eugene Police Department. Clark stated that harrassment for any reason, including race, was against the police of the EPD and the City of Eugene and that these specific allegations would be further investigated., Document from the University of Oregon Office of the President.

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