R. Gamliel was proud and harsh and forced R. Joshua to stand up in the college during his lecture. Those present, greatly irritated, forced R. Gamliel to resign. R. Elazar b. Azaryah was appointed President and as he was very young, his hair became grey over night by a miracle. He was much milder and admitted a much larger number of students to the college. R. Gamliel saw in a dream pitchers filled with ashes and he was comforted as it signified that these students were worthless; he had only allowed a select number to attend. The dispute was afterwards settled and R. Gamliel was reappointed, but only as the colleague of R. Elazar, though his senior.