Word: resignation
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...chess game lately in progress with Yale, Harvard has been forced to resign...
...George Keyes, captain of the freshman crew, has been obliged to resign from his position on account of injuries received in the gymnasium. The following expression of regret has been received from candidates for the crew: "The candidates for the freshmen crew wish to express their hearty thanks to Mr. George Keyes for the manner in which he has so thoroughly and conscientiously fulfilled the duties of captain of the crew; and their sincere regret that he has been compelled to resign his position...
...government of the House, and propose questions in the form of bills, which are placed by the clerk upon the docket in the order of their presentation. On the refusal of the House to pass such a bill, if the measure is of a political nature, the ministry resign. They can also be deposed by a direct vote of censure, and hold office simply at the will of the House, irrespective of the expipiration of the speaker's term. All bills pass through the regular parliamentary course in their consideration, and we have indeed found it possible to imitate...
...uninterrupted in its usefulness until the breaking out of the Civil war. Then remembering his military education, he once more joined the army, in spite of illness. He was made colonel of a Massachusetts regiment and a brigadier general in 1863. His health becoming worse he was compelled to resign in June, 1864, and it was then that he resumed his old place in the Scientific School. Here for the past twenty years his labors have been unceasing. His great knowledge did not, as with some, hinder him as a teacher, He was considered a shining light in the latter...
Under the same head we wish to speak of the letter of resignation sent by the advisory committee to the boat club during the recess. The gentlemen of that committee say that as they are not in accord with the under-graduates in the matter of a paid coach, it seems but proper for them to resign. It is, indeed, unfortunate that a state of things has come to pass, such as to bring a difference between this committee and the students. Since its organization, no one can deny that it has given material aid to the cause of boating...