DIY History | Transcribe | Campus Culture | University of Iowa Committee on Human Rights policies, 1958-1986 | 1962-05-11 Student Organizations Membership Policy Page 2

Transcribe
Translate

University of Iowa Committee on Human Rights policies, 1958-1986

1962-05-11 Student Organizations Membership Policy Page 2

1.  Notifications
     All approved student organizations at the University of Iowa shall be notified by the Office of Student Affairs as early as possible of the recently established deadline date of October 1, 1965, by which time it is expected by the University that existing student organizations shall be able to exercise free choice of members on the basis of their merits as individuals, without restrictions as to race, color, or national origin, and that any such organization unable to exercise such a choice as of October 1, 1965, will have its Certificate of Recognition revoked by the Committee on Student Life.
     Letters of notification similarly shall be sent to the national offices of those organizations which have local chapters on the University of Iowa campus.
     Such letters of notification shall be conciliatory in spirit and emphasize the desire of the Committee and of the University to cooperate, counsel, and work in conjunction with both national and local organizations in the achievement of the University goals.
     The communications shall further advise that no action recommended by the University as set forth in the letters shall in any way abridge the freedom of the local organization to select individual members on their individual merits.

II.  Reports of Progress
     Any student organization whose national or local constitution or by-laws contain any discriminatory provision relating to race, color, or national origin shall be asked to report to the Committee on Student Life, during January of

Saving...

1. Notifications All approved student organizations at the University of Iowa shall be notified by the Office of Student Affairs as early as possible of the recently established deadline date of October 1, 1965, by which time it is expected by the University that existing student organizations shall be able to exercise free choice of members on the basis of their merits as individuals, without restrictions as to race, color, or national origin, and that any such organization unable to exercise such a choice as of October 1, 1965, will have its Certificate of Recognition revoked by the Committee on Student Life. Letters of notification similarly shall be sent to the national offices of those organizations which have local chapters on the University of Iowa campus. Such letters of notification shall be conciliatory in spirit and emphasize the desire of the Committee and of the University to cooperate, counsel, and work in conjunction with both national and local organizations in the achievement of the University goals. The communications shall further advise that no action recommended by the University as set forth in the letters shall in any way abridge the freedom of the local organization to select individual members on their individual merits. II. Reports of Progress Any student organization whose national or local constitution or by-laws contain any discriminatory provision relating to race, color, or national origin shall be asked to report to the Committee on Student Life, during January of