University of Houston, 4333 University Drive, Houston TX 77204-2000, (713) 743-1050.
© 2013 University of Houston. All rights reserved.
| Title | Memorandum from A. D. Bruce to Clanton W. Williams, concerning a study by the faculty committee on integration (with handwritten notes) |
| Creator (LCNAF) |
|
| Creator (Local) |
|
| Date | March 13 - May 31, 1956 |
| Subject.Topical (LCSH) |
|
| Subject.Name (LCNAF) |
|
| Subject.Name (Local) |
|
| Genre (AAT) |
|
| Language | English |
| Type (DCMI) |
|
| Original Item Location | ID 1985-005, Box 29, Folder 17 |
| Original Collection | President's Office Records |
| Digital Collection | University of Houston Integration Records |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/integ |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
| Use and Reproduction | This image is in the public domain and may be used freely. If publishing in print, electronically, or on a website, please cite the item using the citation button. |
| File Name | index.cpd |
| Title | Page 21 |
| Format (IMT) |
|
| File Name | integ_201401_026_021.jpg |
| Transcript | - 4 - leniency in the cases of Negro institutions, may not be acceptable to the University of Houston from the standpoint of standards of scholarship. It is quite possible, therefore, that the University of Houston may see fit to require special examinations for transfer students. <& OhJL. ~4k&4**« * fr&^^d+i A /o, «H»'"fcg further * facts/bhat ao &§ now the University of Houston **» «*<* « <\ is testing for placement purposes in other schools; Negroes^allowing Negroes to borrow books from our library; engaging in^athletics with Negroes > and permitting Negroes^ wshfrfme miwifoorc of ^learned societies and organizations, which arc meeting on q\w gampuerfto participate within certain limits. ^> "-**£** *m""1" ""■-«»~*>c«t^-,^ - jSQ i*4 H^-m: The Committer feo<g>k cognizance -&£» of the various sociolog- ical problems which must be faced as a result of integration^/ ~ ~ possibility of Negro athletes paying on our teams when gamers arp scheduled with institutions who would be opposed^ Negro students seeking admission to various student organizations; the problem of whether or not Negro students H^^ght be housed in our dormitories, &. The Committee also was apprised of the fact that there are certain accrediting agencies which will not grant accreditation to institutions which bar qualified Negroes. A case in point is the Association of American Law Schools. a. Students transferring from our College of Law to certain other law schools which are accredited by the Association of American Law Schools are finding that credit granted by the University of Houston is not being recognized because our /» * ''-'/..'■-,■■■ S-4*»0>+sJL &~*0*4. A<++***% **%*+**% , College of Law is not accredited by the Assoulee'bfte»~^^Aw&g»- lean Law Schools, |