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Rules for Renaming

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With the historical names of public and private institutions increasingly being challenged on the basis of contemporary norms and values, what criteria should determine whether a name stays or goes? Three tried-and-tested procedural solutions are worth considering.

CHICAGO – When Shakespeare wrote, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” he meant that the essence of something is not determined by its label. Calling a plum a pear does not make it taste any different.

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