He was forced to announce this reversal and his ‘resignation’ to the whole school at an informal assembly held in the quad on the chapel step. ‘We sense it’s going to be painful, but we’re excited. What’s he going to say?… Council has seen fit to overrule his decisions. Those who’ve been expelled will return… It’s obviously painful for him, but there’s no loss of self-control… “I will take up a new position next year”, he says, and it hits us that he’s resigned.'”
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