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Day
11
Month
March
Year
1881
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Public Domain
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At the meeting of the board of ngMti lay, Dr. RoM tcndercil tiis resignation to take effect the firstol'October next. He was espoliad b Graat, Walker and ('o., in 1876 unlieard, the lcgiflature of 1877 proaoaaeed hin innocent ifter tul examinalioii, witU bot li sides beforc thetn, and askcd the regen ts to rawetate liim. 'l'lie univer.-ity IngfalatiTfl coimiiittee of 1879 askcd ihc regonts tn reinstale liim anl it wal Aom BgMWt the protost ot I'rof. Cooley aml adherents, and he has OM on witli his teaching tor ibfl last two y; 'lly as any profesar, and tlie university hu pro-M'nd and (.'onstantly increa-cl in lamben, noiwithstanding tlic cry of incmics that it would be ruinouri if he was reslnred to bil place. By bil i'aillif'ulness and ability as a professor he would havo retained his place in spite of all opposition, and no man, or set of niet', acting in thcir capaeity aR eitizt'iis nr ; 0 'iild he li.inued a liair of his liead. ¦ last naorti Jodfe Cooley dedded to apply kia judkitü mmd t" tb case, and nfter baaringoflly Docm'i riele, (Rom rcfusiDg to appcar li't'orc hioi), the ta-k was an easy one. Judge Cooley has a - complishcd ia hi judicial position what lu1 failed to do in his oapacity as citi.en and professor, and Dr. ROM had to .-ubmit to the inevitable. We have dono what we could for thia innocent man and hU lulplrss family, and only i-easc work when we are eompelled to. It is hard to l his reat wrong done, kunwiiif.' as wc do ibeiaooooaefl of Dr. IV - Wê a pot BBTJ Jodge ÜOOley, A,ian,s, D'Ooge, DuüitOT and a few others in their wickod joy otci (lic tlilllllpll Ol lOJUSttCC and the contusión of innoccnc!. VVe do not wonder that .Indo' ('oolcy came home IV.mi LaNnf aok the weok that he made his decisión in tliis easc. In elosiDR wc will say it is a greut Htki faction to u that wc wrote Swige Cooley the open letter wc üd ( tok 8th, 1880, To the pre, - d to ourfiiends froiu cvery nook and corner ot' his creat state, who have 80 nobly and manfully stood ly us in this gruat conti'st for justice and right, wc extend our thanks. What wc have not accomplished a tribunal higher than any supremo court will. Littli' Saín. Walker, on kil way lo theregents' meeting last WedMtda niglit, said in a raihoad oar, in the pi'CMOt ol' a number of people, tlial lln' ÜDM Muivhci he feit it an honor to be a regent of the university, but nnw, with James Shearcr M the board, he feit it to bekditgrace. In our opinión, í-uch a rrinark, i'rom sueh a souree, is ereditebte to I irer.

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Ann Arbor Courier
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