Confederates Defeat Vanderbilt

Inside Higher Education ^ | May 16, 2005 | Scott Jaschik

[TexConfederate1861]

Yes sireee.....


Anytime now the WLAT Brigade will show up, and the fun will begin:)

I am a submariner as well.....USS Sunfish SSN-649 1978-1981

[Blood of Tyrants]

Let's see. In 1933, a man would work all day for $1 (or less) and today an unskilled worker would make say $10 per hour or about $80. So, let's use a factor of 80 just for the heck of it. That comes out to $4 MILLION.

[TexConfederate1861]

Dixie Ping!

[southernnorthcarolina]

As a Vanderbilt alum (also UNC, as my tag line indicates), I can't tell you how much this gladdens my heart. Thanks so much for the post!

I've been following this issue for quite a while now. As it happens, I received just last week the spring quarterly edition of the alumni mag (creatively titled Vanderbilt Magazine), which contained a long, and I thought well-done and balanced, article commemorating the 25th anniversary of the "merger" between Vanderbilt and Peabody (more accurately, a takeover by Vanderbilt of an economically distressed, yet well-regarded, college devoted primarily to teacher education).

The two schools were (and are) adjacent, separated by 21st Avenue South, and had a long history of cooperation and cross-course registration; yet they seemed miles apart philosophically and academically (Vandy being the stodgy, even conservative, university, and Peabody being largely devoted to public service; therefore, a bit of role reversal in that Vandy tried to erase the "Confederate" name from its more liberal acquisition). The "Confederate Hall" issue was mentioned in a peripheral sense in the article, but I'm sure Vanderbilt had assumed its position would be upheld.

I believe I'll have a celebratory libation on this news. And my future donations to Vanderbilt, if any, will largely depend on the University's course of action on light of this ruling.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Not equivalent. In 1933 a man would work all day for one silver dollar and today silver is only $5.50/oz. $35 would represent an entire month's wages for many.

[Mustng959]

Maybe Vandy can dig into their enormous football winnings fund for the money. (/sarcasm off)

Hey I'm a Tennessee Volunteer fan, what do you expect!

But seriously, a good ruling and kudos to the judge for mentioning the protection of homeland by invading soldiers! Pretty much only the extremely wealthy landowners had slaves. I get irritated by people that assume that if you're born and bred in the South then you automatically support slavery, drink moonshine, never wear shoes, married your cousin, have one leg longer than the other because of the hilly landscape, ......... well you get the picture.
Southern and proud of it!

[sgtbono2002]

Thats Southron and proud of it.

[RXSalesman]

Yep, this is chump change compared to Vandy's multi-$ billion endowment. I hope they pay up and change the name. The DOC could then donate the funds to one of several civil war battlefield preservation efforts in Tennessee that really need the funding.

[sgtbono2002]

south•ron (suhth'r_n) n.
1. Often Southron. A person who lives in the south, especially an
Englishman as called by a Scotsman.
2. A native or inhabitant of the American South. Used by the
Confederates in the Civil War.

[jsk10]

as another vandy alumn, it's good to see our administration act like our football team. but hey, our team has never been beat by a bunch of girls. kirkland hall now has.

ha. i miss san antonio taco's more than i should....

john

[CurlyBill]

Gotta love it!!!

[rwfromkansas]

“A great majority of those who fought in the Confederate armies owned no slaves."

Indeed, less than 5 percent of the Confederacy owned slaves.

It is remarkable just how close the south came to winning the war.

[ikka]

I did say "at a minimum". You could get a loaf of bread for 10 cents then, and today a loaf of bread is about $1.10 to $1.25 , which would come out to $550K to $625K. Of course, that is all after-tax earnings, so if you take into account the much much heavier tax burden, it goes up from there.

[CurlyBill]

Anytime now the WLAT Brigade will show up, and the fun will begin:)

I think there are only a few WLATers left. Most have either been banned or can no longer argue their senseless points.... and just maybe some here at FR were actually embarassed to discover that they actually were brainwashed by leftist professors on this toipic.

[Jasper]

Great news!!
Our Southern ancestors smile from on high.

Thanks for the post Tex.

Deo Vindice,

/jasper

[Blue_Ridge_Mtn_Geek]

So, what does $50,000 in 1933 dollars come to today?

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Roughly $743,460. See
http://www.bls.gov/bls/inflation.htm

for details.

[RichInOC]

Heh. Big deal. I thought everybody beat Vandy.

[baseballmom]

Confederates Defeat Vanderbilt

Good.

[FreedomCalls]

So, what does $50,000 in 1933 dollars come to today?

Go here:

http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl

And plug in the numbers.

It seems $50,000 in 1933 is equal to $743,462 in 2005.

[TexConfederate1861]

If you think they are gone friend, have a look at this link:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1390366/posts?page=1391#1391


They have new recruits, and are just as vicious.....