Suggested names for South Hall (formerly Slocum Hall)
The dormitory at 130 E. Cache La Poudre, built in 1953, was originally named for William F. Slocum. When the "Slocum Affair" received new attention in 2017-2018, the building was temporarily renamed South Hall. Students, faculty, and staff shared ideas for a new name with Special Collections over the next few years. Here they are, in no particular order:
Effie Stroud, African-American woman, CC class of 1931. She went on to receive a master’s degree in library science from Columbia University and became head of the New York Public School library system. She was active in the civil rights movement and community service. CC honored her in 1991 with a banquet. She was interviewed as part of the CC oral history project.
Mary Chenoweth, CC Art faculty 1953-1983, prolific artist in many mediums.
Florence Haskell, daughter of Thomas Nelson Haskell, founder of CC. She died at the age of 14 in 1873. Thomas Haskell vowed to establish a college in tribute to her, and thus CC came to be. The college was coeducational from the start, as was Haskell’s wish.
Minna Knapp, instructor in German and Music during the very first year of the college’s existence (1874).
Grace Preston, M.D., lecturer in Physiology and Hygiene and the first “Medical Advisor” at CC, hired 1894.
Leila Clement Spaulding, first woman with a Ph.D. to teach at CC. She taught in the Classics department from 1911 until 1914. She received her AB from Vassar and her PhD from Columbia.
Mabel Barbee Lee, second Dean of Women, 1922-1929 (after Ruth Loomis).
Louise Kampf, library staff 1920-1958; head librarian 1929-1958.
Margi Duncombe, Sociology faculty for 36 years and a founding mother of CC's women’s studies program.
Maud Bard, CC class of 1912, secretary to the president 1912-1916, wife of CC professor Edward R. Warren. Bard was one of the many women who made a statement about Slocum, and one of the very few who allowed herself to be identified as such. See her statement at the time and her later interview with J. Juan Reid.
Harriet Sater, CC cashier, 1910-1918. One of the many women who made a statement about Slocum, and one of the very few who allowed herself to be identified as such.
Jill Tiefenthaler, president of Colorado College 2011-2020.
Edith Bramhall, History and Political Science faculty, 1920-1946, Colorado Springs city council member.
Sallie Payne Morgan, Dean of Women 1950-1957, civil rights activist.
Jane Cauvel, Philosophy faculty 1960-1995; Ombudsperson, 2010-2012.
Mary Goodale Slocum, founder of the Woman’s Educational Society (1889), wife of William Slocum.
Tava, meaning "Sun Mountain," the name the Tabeguache (now Uncompahgre) Ute use for Pikes Peak. (To go with Tava Quad, named in 2019.)
Note: there are about sixty named buildings on the Colorado College campus. Ten of these are named for women: Katherine Lee Bates House, East Campus houses Marian Clarke, Peggy Fleming, Glenna Goodacre, Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, Ruth Loomis Hall, Marion McGregor Hall, Elizabeth Robinson Montgomery Hall, Anna Ticknor Hall, Cheryl Schlessman Bennett Children's Center. Three are named for people (men) of color: Theodore Roosevelt Collins Hall, East Campus houses Frederick Roberts, Ken Salazar.
maintained by Special Collections; last revised October 18, 2022, jr