st, '51, pastor of the Ann Arbor Presbyterian church, who was among
those considered for the Presidency, was elected to the Professorship
of Moral Philosophy.

Dr. Tappan never returned to Michigan. He spent the rest of his life in
Europe and died in Vevey, Switzerland, in 1881. He had come to Ann Arbor
with high hopes, the fulfilment of a desire to take part in the
"creation of an American University deserving the name," and his
disappointment and disillusionment was a crushing blow. His spirit still
lived, however, in the institution he loved and served, for we know now
that no man has had so large a share as he in shaping the course the
University was to take or insuring a proper direction of the first
steps. When he came he found a small struggling college of 222 students;
when he left there were 652 students in three flourishing departments
and the beginning of a real University. Were he alive today he would
realize that his great work was not in vain. The earnest invitation of
the Regents that he be the honored guest of the University at the 1875
Commencement, which was declined because of failing health, must have
softened bitter memories, particularly as the message of acknowledgment
included a statement renewing the invitation for the following year and
incorporated a resolution erasing all criticism from the Regents'
record.

The situation which faced his successor was a delicate one. The removal
of Dr. Tappan had created a storm which grew rather than decreased, and
President Haven found an unfriendly community and a hostile student body
awaiting him. Every effort, in fact, was being made to secure the
re-election of Dr. Tappan as soon as the new Board of Regents was in
authority. President Haven, however, who had known nothing of the
circumstances which led to the removal of Dr. Tappan when he accepted
the Presidency, showed great wisdom and tact in this emergency. He won
the respect of every one by an announcement that he did not intend to
stay unless re-elected by the new Board, and appealed for harmony and
good feeling in the face of what was to all a difficult situation. At
their first session the new Board of Regents considered the recalling of
Dr. Tappan. Floods of letters had been received from alumni, students,
and friends of the University, advocating such action, but the Regents
felt that this course would be unwise as it would have involved
practically a reorganization of the whole Faculty. The p