Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Alumni, casting sentiment to the winds, tried to force Old Zup to resign, even offered him a $6,000-a-year pension. When he refused, they tried to have him ousted. Last summer, in a bitter showdown, Zuppke won over Athletic Director Wendell Wilson, head of the anti-Zuppke faction. Since then, it has been common campus gossip that the little Dutchman, his honor vindicated, would resign at this season...
...Squire of Eliot House is leaving! The news isn't exactly a surprise, but there were those of us who were hoping that the powers that be in such matters would relax their rules and that R.B. himself would decide not to resign...
...until the next session of Parliament, in January, will Leader Meighen be able to assume active command of his Party. Before then he must resign his Senate seat, accept a seat in the House which some Conservative member will, by convention, surrender...
...British Expeditionary Force in the Ukraine or the Donets Basin. But the testy, growling Beaver himself was stirring up a Cabinet crisis that might bring about a drastic reorganization. Last week he was wheezing with his periodic asthma. His sickness may have been partly political, for he threatened to resign. Behind his threat was seen a warning that he would like the non existent post of Minister of Production, a powerful combination of the Supply & Labor portfolios, which millions of Britons think the Beaver could carry to perfection...
...right. In Manhattan, a few hours later, Chairman Flynn announced that he would not resign. But Franklin Roosevelt's friend was visibly shaken. Said he: "Free speech is a cardinal principle of American democracy. The President has seen fit to exercise this privilege, and I shall do likewise...