A generation after the construction of Deady Hall, those who were then most aware of the history of the creation of the UO and who had been involved, with Deady, in its administration during that ensuing generation - determined to name the first UO building after this man. 

There is no evidence that they named the building after Deady because of his then moot stance on slavery - a stance taken most fervently 40 years before. 

But there is plenty of evidence that they named it after him because of his instrumental, leading personal role in creating the institution, the siting of campus in Eugene instead of Salem, the fund-raising for the construction of the building and the administration of the little college for its first decades.

The farmers who funded the UO by their votes, taxes and donated cattle are the people being maligned by this current demand that we judge prior generations by the standards of our own.