Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...those two points, the Secretary was adamant. No Senator tried very hard to shake him. He went back down the Hill. Behind him he left the impression that, if he did not get substantially what he had asked for, he would resign and go back to his pleasant colonial house in Leesburg...
Finally, it is this department's impression, without wishing to question the parties concerned, that the so-called player "rebellion" was strictly passive during the season and that its exposure after the Yale game was a contributing factor to the resignation. Harlow is not one to resign under fire, but he probably realized that as a sick man he could not handle any squad trouble. With his dominating voice and energy gone, team spirit had to suffer, and those who cannot condone the player revolt can at least understand its causes...
Reached this afternoon for comment on the Harlow resignation, past and present members of Crimson football teams expressed surprise and sympathy over the sudden announcement. "It must be a tough blow to Dick to have to resign because of his health," said 1947 Captain Vince Movavec. "He so liked coaching. I'm sure that the whole team wishes him the best of luck in the future...
...season he could make playing pro football looked pretty tempting to 2nd Lieut. Glenn Davis, late of West Point. It obviously had more glamor as well as more pay than his Army job ($2,412 a year). So he wrote a confidential letter of resignation to his commanding officers. Last week, after some noisy throat-clearing in Washington, "Junior" Davis got a sharp answer from Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall. Normally, said Royall, an officer can resign from the Army when he wants to, but this was still a time of "national emergency." The Army, he said, needs trained...
McCurdy could have resigned from the Navy last January in time for the spring term but elected to finish his officer training since a wartime regulation, in effect at that time, required only one term of residence for athletic competition. When the emergency rule was thrown out in March, it was too late for McCurdy to resign and enroll at Harvard. Probable Starting Lineups HARVARD BRADLEY TECH Brady RF Ricel Davis LF Melchlorre Hauptfuhrer C P. Unruh Gannon RG Wilcoxon Henry LG Humerickhouse