Word: withdrawals
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...person can run for more than one office and one committee. If nominated for more than one office and one committee he must withdraw the additional nominations...
...feel competent to lay down the law as to the actions of the administration, or willing to support the nation with loyalty of a "possibly illogical nature." Perhaps he thinks the present Senior class will agree with him in his picture of the men they honored by refusing to withdraw their names from the list of Class Day Officers, as "scrambling for a landing in Cuba" under a "morbid impulse for personal excitement." Perhaps it is becoming for men who have been so fortunate as to receive the best education the country can give, to openly taunt patriotic fellow-countrymen...
Captain Goodrich's resignation from the position he held for a year and a half as the head of the Harvard crew and his withdrawal from the squad are events which have taken the undergraduates altogether unawares. A week ago it would have seemed almost as likely that the eight would be disbanded entirely, as that a Harvard crew would be sent to New London this June without Goodrich. No similar occurrence could create deeper or more widespread regret, and most Harvard men, whether oarsmen or not, find it hard to reconcile themselves to the step. Nevertheless, since Goodrich...
President Brown, of the University of California track team, will be required to prove his charge that in Eastern colleges the amateur status is but a pretence; otherwise he will be asked to withdraw his team from...
...like the way the crew or the eleven, or the nine is run, go to the captain or the manager, and talk to him. He is perfectly capable of treating you politely, and when you have found out a thing or two from him, you may be willing to withdraw your suggestion. On the other hand, if it is sensible, your idea will be well received. In short, if you really want to accomplish anything, go about it quietly. A little less random reform, please, gentlemen...