Moving their meeting to Elyria on January 1, 1835, at the Temperance House instead of Oberlin, so as to avoid a hostile and possibly disruptive audience, the trustees agreed to hire Mahan and Morgan, but took no action on the black question. They tabled it, until it was made clear that if they did not agree, they would lose the Tappans' money, the cadre of students, Mahan, Finney, and Shipherd himself, who threatened to quit and set forth at length the reasons Oberlin should educate blacks. The Trustees, meeting on February 9 in Shipherd's house, reexamined the question, and it passed after Trustee Chairman John Keep broke a 3–3 tie vote.
There would be no restrictions on discussion of slavery or any other topic.
Asa Mahan, the Lane trustee who resigned with the students, would become president. This initiative came from the Oneida students, and Weld in particular.
Professor John Morgan, fired by Lane for supporting the students, would be hired also.
Under what Fletcher labeled the "Finney compact", in sharp …
中文名/译名
SAT EBRW 25%
700
SAT EBRW 75%
760
SAT Math 25th %
670
SAT Math 75th %
750
ACT Composite 25th %
30
ACT Composite 50th %
32
ACT Composite 75th %
33
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