One could make that argument but IMO Amherst students really didn’t feel like CHEERING FOR the guy. They made a great case that this isn’t a statue or a plaque to be removed, it’s a mascot, something the college is supposed to see as a unifying symbol to rally around. Asking,say, Native American students (but really ANYONE), to rally around someone who wanted to annihilate them and gave them small pox infected blankets, among other things, seems to me to be asking a lot.
You’ll note the town is still Amherst, the college is still Amherst, the history has not been “erased”. He’s just not the “Yay, Go Us!!” symbol at sporting events anymore.