Word: dissented
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...situation, but instead of consenting to an extension of the time, he offered to increase his gift to $50,000 provided the other subscribers would allow their contributions to "go to the fund from which purchases for the collection are being made." This offer was accepted without dissent, and the University will accordingly have the desired Semitic Building in addition to $19,240 for increasing the museum collections...
...body of the college; and for that reason, if for no other, your committee think it would be unwise for the Corporation and Overseers to approve so important and far-reaching a change as the reduction of the baccalaureate degree in the face of an earnest, weighty and influential dissent. Such momentous steps should not, as a general rule, be taken unless there is substantial unanimity in their favor...