Over the last several years we have seen an eruption of the bossiness that lurks within left-wing academics and students who demand that college campuses be remade to suit their tastes. Statues must be torn down and buildings renamed if some leftist can find fault with them — otherwise, students might feel “unsafe” and “unwelcome.”

One school where such historical cleansing is in full swing is Washington and Lee. In today’s Martin Center article, Garland Tucker (an alum), writes about the ways the administration has caved in to the demands for change.

“For almost 150 years,” he writes, “the legacy of general Lee appeared well established; however, in the aftermath of the Charlottesville incident, the Board recently announced several troubling changes. Portraits of generals Washington and Lee in military uniform will be removed from Lee Chapel, fire doors will be installed in Lee Chapel to screen off the famous recumbent statue of Lee during university events, and the names of Robinson Hall and Lee-Jackson House will be changed. Presumably, such a screen will ensure that no student feels threatened or uncomfortable during university events.”

The school will also hire an historian whose job it will be to tell the story of Washington and Lee in ways that won’t offend anyone with politically correct sensibilities.

Will these actions calm the demands for PC change? Tucker thinks not, citing economist Walter Williams’s claim that that appeasing the left only makes it want more.