so tappan really wanted to institute that here. and in the 1850s, astronomy was really fundamental to other sign enss. in part because the math is ferocious. so if you understand the math to operate a telescope hike this then you understand the math to move into engineering or chemistry, notes of different sciences. in the 1850s, universities that wanted to be contenders needed observatories. so this was the first step in a very public commitment to taking the university of michigan in the direction of becoming a research university. but it was also a very savvy, public relations move on tappan's part because it's saying loud and clear, we have a commitment to scientific research at the university of michigan. we're willing to build this building, put some of the best instruments at the time, the best scientific instruments at the disposal of faculty and s d students. and the image of this building was put on letterhead, catalogs. students were like oh, my god, i can't believe you're going to dartmouth, dartmouth doesn't have an ob

part of a campaign to transform the university of michigan that was first proposed by henry philip tappan who was the first president of the university. he didn't get here until 1852. he wanted to transform the university of michigan into a research university. prior to that time, michigan was mostly a sort prove vincial college where you really had to know your classical, greek and latin and be able to stand up and recite same. and he was really enamored of the prushian educational system. in the prushian educational system there was a

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