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  • The University, which had never been prosperous, being always starved in its revenues and undermanned, had declined so far that its gates had to be closed for lack of students; so that when he entered on the Principalship he actually constituted the whole Senatus in his own person.

    Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series William Morison

  • Melville continued in the Principalship of St. Mary's for upwards of a quarter of a century -- from the close of 1580 to 1606, when he was summoned by the King to London, never to return to his native land.

    Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series William Morison

  • After serving for several years in the Department he was elected to the Principalship of the Colored High School in Washington, a position he filled with honor and credit to the race and himself.

    The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 Various

  • In 1580 Melville was translated to the Principalship of St. Mary's

    Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series William Morison

  • Returning to Toronto in 1944 he accepted the Principalship of University College to be followed by promotion to the Presidency of U. of T.

    Your University and Canada's Finest Generation 1947

  • Those who worked with him or who studied under him and who are best qualified to speak, tell that it was, after all, the noble humanity with which Dawson invested his teaching and his administration that gave greatness to his occupancy of the Principalship.

    McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 Cyrus MacMillan 1916

  • The last five years of Sir William Peterson's Principalship were the years of war tragedy.

    McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 Cyrus MacMillan 1916

  • Principalship to the Rev.S. T. Wood of T.ree Rivers, and if he declined to accept it, to offer it to the Rev. T.omas Littlehales of Christ

    McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 Cyrus MacMillan 1916

  • Sir William Dawson's resignation of the Principalship, two buildings for the Faculty of Applied Science were opened -- the Macdonald Engineering

    McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 Cyrus MacMillan 1916

  • Principalship of McGill to the Board of Governors, and reluctantly it was accepted.

    McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 Cyrus MacMillan 1916

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