Posted on 03/29/2021 7:11:30 AM PDT by C19fan
Students at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia are demanding that the school remove "Lee" from its name to promote racial equity, according to a local report.
On March 23, at least 200 students, many clad in t-shirts and face masks staged a walkout, protesting for what sophomore Amber Morrison called the university's "second chance to be on the right side of history."
"We will only be made better by creating a more inclusive campus," she said, "A lot of students feel like there's no point arguing because we don't have the support and we don't have the people, but we do, and I think this really shows that."
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I smell some “F’s” coming...
This used to be a great school with a lot of military folks... my FIL went there in the 50’s.
Nobody forced these snowflakes to attend this school.
Right.
A result of passing students that should have failed the first, second or third grade.
This is the Red Hen Restaurant town. Whatever happens to these people, they deserve it.
Robert E. Lee was President of Washington University, which later became Washington and Lee.
He was one of the finest Americans to ever live.
They went with the intention of infiltration, that’s how The Left works.
“Try to learn a little about history. Just a little.”
Student response: “Who has time for learning history?! We’re too busy being indoctrinated. Sheesh!”
Just tell them it’s named after Denzel Washington and Spike Lee.
Robert E. Lee was President of Washington University, which later became Washington and Lee.
He was one of the finest Americans to ever live.
Some Southerners may not agree :)
Suddenly, they find the name offensive even though it was named that when the racists applied for admission.
Why don’t they change their school?
Exactly! Don’t enroll there if you have a problem with the school.
No, beat them at their own game. Say that it’s named for a Chinese Lee, and they are now engaging in a horrific hate crime against Asians. Consequently, they are all expelled. No refunds.
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Our University’s name recognizes the pivotal roles of George Washington and Robert E. Lee in the institution’s history — Washington for his gift that rescued the struggling school in the 18th century and Lee for his transformative presidency of Washington College from 1865 to 1870.
The University’s name was changed on several occasions during its early history. Founded in 1749, the tiny school was initially known as Augusta Academy and was located in Augusta County, Virginia. After relocating a number of times during the ensuing decades, Augusta Academy was operating in Timber Ridge, about 10 miles from Lexington, when it was renamed Liberty Hall Academy in 1776, in response to the patriotic fervor then sweeping the Colonies. In 1782 the academy moved into a small frame building on the edge of what is now the W&L campus.
Liberty Hall Academy was in dire financial straits in 1796 when U.S. President George Washington chose the school as the beneficiary of 100 shares of James River Canal Company stock. He had received the stock as a gift from the Virginia General Assembly in recognition of his service to the commonwealth. The stock was one of the largest donations to any educational institution at the time. It remains part of the institution’s endowment to this day, contributing to the University’s operating budget.
Explaining the purpose of his gift, Washington wrote that the time had come “when a plan of universal education ought to be adopted in the United States.” Education, Washington further asserted, not only prepares us for personal success and public service, but also unifies diverse communities of students and teaches them to live in harmony.
To express their gratitude, the trustees changed the school’s name to Washington Academy, prompting Washington to respond: “To promote Literature in this rising Empire, and to encourage the Arts, have ever been among the warmest wishes of my heart.”
Seventeen years later, in 1813, the name was again changed, this time from Washington Academy to Washington College.
Washington College was one of the few southern colleges to remain open throughout the Civil War. Fewer than 50 students were enrolled in 1865, when the college awarded only one degree.
On Aug. 4, 1865, four months after Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, the Washington College board of trustees invited Lee to become president of the college. The trustees believed that his dedication to principle and duty would inspire students and faculty. In addition, they hoped his reputation as the leader of the Confederate army could help attract students and funding from both the north and the south, thereby allowing the school to recover from its perilous situation.
For his part, Lee described his motivation for accepting the presidency in an 1865 letter to his wife: “Life is indeed gliding away and I have nothing good to show for mine that is past. I pray I may be spared to accomplish something for the benefit of mankind and the honour of God.” He elaborated in another letter the following spring: “So greatly have [educational] interests been disturbed [in] the South, and so much does its future condition depend upon the rising generation, that I consider the proper education of its youth one of the most important objects now to be attained, and one from which the greatest benefits may be expected.”
Prior to the Civil War, Lee had been superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point. During his five years at Washington College, he proved to be a creative educator whose curricular innovations transformed the classical college into a modern university. He incorporated the local law school; instituted undergraduate courses in business and journalism; introduced modern languages and applied mathematics; and expanded offerings in the natural sciences.
Lee also endorsed a lasting tradition of student self-governance, putting the students in charge of the honor system that the faculty had previously overseen. “As a general principle you should not force young men to do their duty,” Lee said, “but let them do it voluntarily and thereby develop their characters.” That principle remains part of the foundation for a campus culture that fosters honor, integrity, and civility.
When Lee died on Oct. 12, 1870, the college had regained its financial footing and enrollment had grown to more than 400 students. Upon his death, the faculty requested that the trustees rename the college in Lee’s honor. The trustees agreed, changing the name to Washington and Lee University.
https://www.wlu.edu/the-w-l-story/university-history/
Well if we were heading up the classrooms, yeah. With the current crap, uh, crop, of profs they’ll probably get extra credit for being wokenistas.
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