Wednesday, July 14, 2010

t.u. Moves to Change Name of Dorm

Huh.

The president of the University of Texas will ask the school’s regents to remove the name of a former professor and Ku Klux Klan member from a campus dormitory.

Simkins Hall, a two-story brick dorm built in the 1950s, is named after William Simkins, who was a popular law school professor in the early part of the 20th century but one with a dubious past. He served as a Confederate fighter and early organizer of the Ku Klux Klan in Florida, promoting the Klan and bragging about efforts to terrorize and harass “darkey” in campus speeches and publications.

On Thursday, Texas President William Powers Jr. will ask university regents to take his name off the dorm — a move that comes after weeks of deliberations by an advisory panel and two public hearings. The regents are expected to bring the issue to a vote.

I wonder if someone will work to remove Robert Byrd’s name from stuff in West Virginia.

(6) Comments
Posted by Owen at 1750 hrs
Politics + Politics - Texas

  1. I wonder if someone will work to remove Robert Byrd’s name from stuff in West Virginia.

    You could if you really wanted to.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 14, 2010 at 1836 hrs


  2. No need to remove Byrd’s name.  The DNC rewrote history instead.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 14, 2010 at 1839 hrs


  3. No need to remove Byrd’s name.  The DNC rewrote history instead.

    And what exactly did they re-write about it??

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 14, 2010 at 1920 hrs


  4. Dave Player, associate editor for the Daily Texan student newspaper, wrote last month that the dorm was named after Simkins because of his 30 years teaching law, not because he was a racist.
    The school could acknowledge Simkins’ past while keeping his name on the building, Player wrote.
    “Honoring an individual by putting his or her name on a facility does not mean the University is condoning every aspect of that individual’s character,” Player wrote. “(If) a perfect character record is a requisite for honoring an individual then our campus would likely be composed of nameless buildings.”

    BEST and MOST IMPORTANT quote of the entire article!

    Therefore, the same would apply for Senator Byrd.  Actually Owen, I was a little disappointed that you brought it up.  Hell, the same could be said for Woodrow Wilson, yet no mention from you on that.  Nothing like kicking dirt on a fresh grave, huh?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 15, 2010 at 0750 hrs


  5. I wonder if someone will work to remove Robert Byrd’s name from stuff in West Virginia.

    Now THAT would actually create jobs!

    Posted by dad29 on July 15, 2010 at 0851 hrs


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