2005
Memorial Hall
This
dormitory was built in 1935 as a rent-free residence for
women students of Confederate ancestry, with financing by
the United Daughters of the Confederacy and Peabody College.
The building was modernized and renovated in 1988 and now
has computer connections for the residents, seminar rooms,
exercise practice, and music practice rooms. (http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/tour/memorial.htm,
viewed 4/24/05.)
Official campus map on Vanderbilt web site, April 2005.
Official campus map in Confederate Memorial Hall, April
2005.
Official dorm signage in Confederate Memorial Hall, April
2005.
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Representative news story headlines
regarding Confederate Memorial Hall, now named Memorial
Hall:
9/17/02- Peabody Dorm Is Gone With The Wind
9/17/02- Renaming Of Confederate Memorial Hall Long Overdue
9/18/02- Southern Bashing On The Rise
9/19/02- Confederate Memorial Hall Renamed Memorial Hall
9/19/02- VU's Confederacy of Dunces
9/20/02- VU Will Delete 'Confederate' From Hall Name
9/20/02- Daughters 'Outraged' By Name Change, UDC Considers
Suit In Wake of Decision
9/20/02- Confederates Rise Again
9/20/02- Renaming 'Confederate' Rewrites History
9/24/02- Letters To The Editor: Vanderbilt Administration
Bows To Pressure From Politically Correct
9/24/02- Looking Back: Confederate Hall's Storied Past
9/30/02- UDC Takes A Stand Against Vanderbilt
10/02- The Vanderbilt Problem AND The Problem With Vanderbilt
10/1/02- Letters To The Editor: Vanderbilt Administration
Bows To Pressure From Politically Correct
10/4/02- Slumbering Memories Aroused By Building's Name
Change
10/6/02- Changes At Vanderbilt Part Of Push To Boost Diversity
10/8/02- Uproar Wrong In Vanderbilt U. Name Change Of 'Confederate
Memorial Hall'
10/8/02- Firestorm Of Protest Over Name Change
10/11/02- Legal Battle On Horizon For Vanderbilt
10/17/02- United Daughters Of Confederacy Sue Vanderbilt
10/18/02- BREAKING NEWS: UDC FILES LAWSUIT
10/18/02- Vanderbilt Sued Over Building Name
10/18/02 -Confederate Group Sues Over Vanderbilt Dorm
10/18/02- United Daughters Of Confederacy Sue Vanderbilt
10/21/02- Confederacy Discussion Draws Opposing Perspectives
10/24/02 -Greens Rally Behind Vanderbilt University's Plan
To Rename 'Confederate' Dorm.
10/25/02- Lawsuit Filed, Students Support Administration-
Black Student Alliance And Green Party Begin Letter Writing
Campaign To Show Support For Name Change
10/25/02- Frankly, They Give A Damn
11/1/02- At Vanderbilt, Confederate Controversy Goes To
Court
11/2/02- Dorm Debacle At Vandy
11/8/03- Revising History Clouds Truth
11/20/02- Jonathan Farley: Remnants Of The Confederacy
Glorifying A Time Of Tyranny
12/01/02- VU Professor's Essay Sparks 'Confederate' Backlash
12/3/02- Vanderbilt Professor Calls Confederates 'Cowards'
12/6/02- Private Property And The American Heritage
12/9/02- Some Genocides Are More Politically Correct Than
Others
12/10/02- Inciting Campus Controversy
12/11/02- Race Dilemma Continues
12/19/02- Hate And Ignorance At Vanderbilt
1/9/03- VU Asks Privacy For Those Who Renamed Confederate
Hall
1/11/03- Court Asked To Reject Secrecy in 'Confederate'
Vote
1/13/03- Political Correctness Grips Nation's Colleges
1/14/03- Vanderbilt Seeks To Withhold Documents
1/14/03- Vanderbilt Moves Into Modern Age Of Secrecy
1/21/03- Court Rules On Papers
1/24/03- Vanderbilt Seeks To Withhold Documents
2/1/03- Is There a Liberal-Conservative War Going On In
The Administration At Vanderbilt University?
2/27/03- Old South, New South Clash On Vanderbilt's Campus:
Decision To Change Building's Name Lands University In Legal
Battle
4/4/03- Students Must Speak Up, Foster Inclusion Of All
Groups
8/29/03- VU Asks Court To Drop UDC Lawsuit
9/23/03- Motion For Summary Judgment Under Advisory
9/30/03- Bass, Berry & Sims Wins Summary Judgment For
Vanderbilt
9/30/03- Vanderbilt Wins ‘Confederate’ Suit
9/30/03- Court Ruling Supports Vanderbilt Decision to Change
Name Of Building
Click
here to read Judge Irvin Kilcrease's findings against the
United Daughters of the Confederacy in .pdf.
10/1/03- Court: Vanderbilt Can Take 'Confederate' Off Building
10/2/03- Permission Granted To Change Name Of Vanderbilt's
Confederate Hall
10/3/02- 'Confederate' To Come Off Building
10/10/03- Court Allows Vanderbilt U. To Remove 'Confederate'
From Building's Name
10/7/03- UDC Matter Mishandled
10/10/03- Court Allows Vanderbilt U. To Remove 'Confederate'
From Building's Name
10/11/03- 'Confederate' To Come Off Building
10/11/03- The Enemy Of Your Enemy Is Not Always Your Friend
10/17/03- Vandy Has Sold Out Once Again To Political Correctness
10/23/03- Round II Of Fight Over Vanderbilt Dorm Starts
As UDC Files Appeal
10/24/03- Guilt Over Slavery Should Have Ended By Now
10/24/03- UDC To Appeal Decision
12/12/03- NY Times Article Causes Row
4/26/04- Violation In Tennessee - Vanderbilt University
10/22/04- Blood Spills Yet Again In Latest Skirmish
10/22/04- Our Civil War
11/04- Ethnic Cleansing Of Dixie
12/04- Removal Of Confederate Images Is Allowing A New
South To Rise
12/04- Vanderbilt University Repudiates 70 Year-Old Obligation
To Name Dorm In Accordance With Generous Terms Of UDC Gift;
Lawsuit To Be Appealed; University Claims name 'Confederate'
Discriminates Against Minorities
12/1/04- Appeals Court To Hear Confederate Case
12/1/04- We Know We Promised, But Times Changed
12/8/04- Memorial Suit To Be Appealed
12/22/04- Deep in Dixie’s heart, rebel symbols fall
one by one, South slowly shedding reminders
of its still-divisive Civil War past
12/26/04- South Slowly Removing Symbols
1/5/05- Vanderbilt 'Confederate' Dorm Case Opens
1/6/05- Legal Arguments In Confederate Memorial Hall Case
1/6/05- Vanderbilt Case Argues Confederate Role In South
1/6/05- Confederate Memorial
Hall Time Line
1935: With a $50,000 donation from the United Daughters
of the Confederacy, George Peabody College for Teachers
builds Confederate Memorial Hall, a $150,000 dormitory.
1979: Financially ailing Peabody merges with Vanderbilt
University.
1988-89: Vanderbilt renovates the dormitory, igniting
a campus debate over its name. The university subsequently
puts a plaque describing the building's history near
the front door.
July 2000: Gordon Gee takes office as Vanderbilt's
chancellor, or chief executive.
September 2002: Vanderbilt announces it will drop
the word ''Confederate'' from the building's name
in an effort to make the school more welcoming to
people of all races and ethnic backgrounds. The university
does not let UDC leaders know about the move before
making it public.
October 2002: The UDC sues Vanderbilt in Davidson
County Chancery Court, accusing the school of breach
of contract.
September 2003: On his last day on the bench before
retiring, Davidson County Chancellor Irvin Kilcrease
Jr. dismisses the UDC's lawsuit. Kilcrease rules that
Vanderbilt must be allowed to change the building's
name so it can recruit African-American and other
minority students and professors and says the Peabody-UDC
contracts were signed at a different time in American
history, when racial segregation was legal.
October 2003: The UDC says it will appeal Kilcrease's
decision to the Tennessee Court of Appeals.
Yesterday: The Court of Appeals hears arguments by
the two sides but doesn't issue a ruling.
— Michael Cass (http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/)
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1/7/05- Rewriting History
1/7/05- Court Hears 'Confederate' Dorm Arguments
1/7/05- So Many Memorial Names Will Have To Be Changed
1/7/05- Erasing History In The Name Of Political Correctness
1/10/05- Vanderbilt Should Not Remove 'Confederate' From
Building Name
1/12/05- Confederate Suit Returns To Court
1/13/05- Vanderbilt University In Court Again Defending
Its Right To Remove The Word 'Confederate' From Campus Building
2/12/05 Colleges Suffer Identity Crisis
2/13/05- Colleges Downplay 'Old South'
2/24/05- Battle Over The Past Rages On In An Evolving South
2/28/05- Southern Universities Shed Their Stereotypes
3/11/05- Airbrushing History
Click here
to read the Court of Appeals decision reversing Judge Kilcrease
in .pdf.
Click
here to read Judge Cain's concurring opinion in .pdf.
("Their homeland was invaded...")
William B. Cain
215 Supreme Court Building
401 7th Ave. No.
Nashville, TN 37219-1407
Born Jan. 30, 1932 , Old Hickory, TN. Married, 2 children,
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Columbia, TN.
Middle Tennessee State University; Cumberland University
School of Law, 1958; delegate to 1965 Constitutional
Convention; city attorney, city of Columbia, 1969-73;
U. S. Army Corps of Military Police, 1950-1952; State
Commander, The American Legion of Tennessee, 1969-70;
member, National Legislative Commission, The American
Legion, 1971- 96; appointed circuit judge 22nd judicial
district, Dec. 31, 1986, elected 1988, re-elected
1990; appointed to Court of Appeals April 1998; elected
August 1998. (http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/geninfo/Bio/Appeals/Biotca.htm,
as of 5/28/2005)
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5/4/05- University Loses Court Battle Over Controversial
Dorm Name
5/5/05- Confederates Defeat Vanderbilt
5/5/05- Nashville: Vanderbilt Loses Bid To Rename Dorm
5/5/05- Confederates Beat VU In Court
5/5/05- Vanderbilt U. Loses 'Confederate' Bid (Forces of
P.C. Actually LOSE One, For Once...!)
5/5/05- Vanderbilt Loses Bid To Drop 'Confederate' From
Dorm Name
5/5/05- 'Confederate' Must Remain On College Dorm, Court
Rules
5/5/05- Pay To Strip 'Confederate From Dorm, Court Tells
VU
5/6/05- Vandy Should Surrender On Confederate Battle
5/9/05- Sanity Prevails
5/10/05- Court To Vandy: Come Up With The Cash, Or Leave
Dorm's Name Alone
5/18/05- Right To Rename Dorm Worth $50,000 To Alumnus Of
Vandy
5/18/05- Doctor Offers Heritage Group Money For Dorm Name
5/18/05- Black Vandy Grad Trying To Buy Out 'Confederate'
Name
5/18/05- Alumnus Donates Thousands To University In Battle
Over Dorm Name
6/05- The UDC Succeeds In Court Over 'Confederate' Name
At Vanderbilt
6/9/05- War Rages On Over Confederate Symbols
6/9/05- Battle Over Confederate Symbols Still Simmering
In Tennessee
6/9/05- Tennessee Seeks Solution For Handling Civil War
Past
( http://www.geocities.com/tnudc/ConfHallUpdate.html;
viewed 7/11/05) |
7/12/05- Vanderbilt Not To Appeal Ruling On Confederate
Dorm Name
7/12/05- Vanderbilt Decides To Leave 'Confederate' Carved
On Dorm; Choice: Keep Name Or Repay Daughters Of The Confederacy
7/12/05- Vanderbilt Dropping Court Fight Over Dorm
7/12/05- Vanderbilt Won't Appeal 'Confederate' Ruling
7/12/05- College Ends 'Confederate' Dorm Dispute
7/12/05- 'Confederate' To Stay In Vanderbilt Dorm Name-
School Said Name Hurts Efforts To Promote Diversity
7/12/05- 'Confederate'
Will Remain In Name Of Vanderbilt Dorm ("The
university plans to create an annual lecture series or other
educational events to keep issues of race, history, memory
and the Civil War on students' minds.")
7/13/05- Vanderbilt
Agrees To Leave The Word 'Confederate' On A Building, Ending
A
3-Year Fight ("We have addressed this
very aggressively and very positively from the beginning,
and we're now going to use this as an educational opportunity.")
7/13/05- Southern Heritage Remains At Vanderbilt
7/13/05- Lost Cause At Vanderbilt
7/14/05- Tennessee Guerilla Women- Challenging the Conservative
Politics of Sexism, Homophobia, Racism And Classism- Vanderbilt
To Keep Racist Memorial
7/18/05- What Does Your Family's Name Mean To You?
7/21/05- Vanderbilt
Goes PC
7/25/05- Tennessee, Alabama Face New Rifts Over Old Confederate
Symbols
8/31/05- Vanderbilt Wrong To Renege Deal With UDC
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