Professor Richardson Resigns*

In a letter to the Trustees at their meeting in Hanover, October 1, Professor Charles Francis Richardson tendered his resignation as a member of the Dartmouth College faculty, to take effect at the close of the present academic year. The letter reads as follows:

To THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE:

HONORABLE AND DEAR SIRS:

I have always intended to resign my professorship while I felt that I was, as far as I knew, giving the College the best of my strength and enthusiasm; and with that purpose in mind I have long thought that the sixtieth anniversary of my birth and the fortieth of my graduation would be a fitting time to exchange the teacher's work for the literary life. I therefore beg herewith to tender my resignation of the Winkley Professorship of the Anglo-Saxon and English Language and Literature, to take effect on Commencement day, 1911.

In thus laying down labors which will have busied me so pleasantly for twentynine years, I wish to express my sincere gratitude for the uniform kindness and consideration which I have received from the successive members of the Board of; Trustees; from the three presidents' under whom it has been not only an academic but a personal pleasure to serve; and from my associates on the faculty, both older and younger. The long line of graduates, too, who have passed under my instruction seems to me a procession of friends. My sole regret, in looking backward, is that—especially as I worked single-handed in the English department from 1882 to 1894—so large an element of imperfection has mingled with my toil. But as the department now has two full professors besides myself, and six other instructors, I have every belief that it can secure better results in the future than in the past. Men come and go, but Dartmouth endures.

Sincerely yours, CHARLES F. RICHARDSON

The trustees accepted the resignation with deep regret and the following minute of appreciation was entered on the records in recognition of Professor Richardson's long and distinguished service to the College:

By the resignation of Professor Charles F. Richardson of the class of 1871 the College loses one of her strongest teachers and most widely known productive scholars. Of his long and highly distinguished services to the College the trustees here record their grateful appreciation and add their hopeful expectation that he may enjoy a long continued service to the cause of letters.

Professor Richardson was graduated at Dartmouth in 1871, was granted his A.M. in 1874, and received the degree of Ph.D. from Union in 1895. He was an editor of the Independent from 1872-78; conducted the Sunday School Times from 1878-80, and Good Literature from 1880-82. In 1882 he was appointed Winkley Professor of the Anglo-Saxon and English Language and Literature at Dartmouth and has held the position since.

In addition to his other activities, Professor Richardson has published a number of books, among them "A Primer of American Literature," 1878; "The College Book," 1878; "The Cross" (poems), 1879; "The Choice of Books," 1881; "American Literature," 1886-8; "The End of the Beginning" (novel), 1896. In 1897 he edited "The Last of the Mohicans;" 1902, "Poe's Works;" in 1903 "Daniel Webster for Young Americans'." He was one of the editors of the "International Cyclopaedia, 1928 , and of "The World's Best Poetry, 1904.

It is his purpose, after retirement, to devote his leisure to literary work.

*Editorial Comment.

CHARLES FRANCIS RICHARDSON Winkley Professor of English who retires next Commencement