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Word: resignation (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...delegation consisted of S. W. Sturgis, R. D. Brown, F. M. Brown, F. W. Nicolls, H. A. Davis, R. S. Hale, O. Everett and F. Irwin. All were obliged to resign with the exception of F. M. Brown, who forced a very pretty mate on Mr. Cummings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Simultaneous Chess Games. | 3/8/1889 | See Source »

...showing against Mr. Prentiss Cummings, one of the strongest Boston players. The men sat down at two rows of tables, and Mr. Cummings walked up and down in the middle, making his moves against one player after another, with almost no hesitation. R. D. Brown was the first to resign, having made an unfortunate slip in the middle of his game. L. W. Chamberlin was the next victim, and was soon followed by O. Everett. Meanwhile F. W. Nicolls was making a plucky but losing fight. H. A. Davis lost a considerable advantage by a careless move...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Games of Chess. | 2/21/1889 | See Source »

...since Mr. Agassiz's appointment in 1874 that the Museum has been most rapidly enlarged both in buildings and connections. Under his curatorship, also, the Museum of Comparative Zoology has been so arranged and remodelled as to leave to Mr. Agassiz's successor, should he resign, as he at present intends, a thoroughly manageable institution with a distinct policy and an income adequate for the normal expenses, including expenditures for research and publication...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Agassiz Museum. | 2/6/1889 | See Source »

Professor Norton has requested all men taking Fine Arts 3 as an extra to resign from the course, and to send him notice of their resignation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 12/14/1888 | See Source »

...That the faculty regulations 2 and 3 be repealed and abandoned, and that the faculty resign full control of athletics to the students, subject to advice from the committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard's Athletic Decadence. | 11/14/1888 | See Source »

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