chair

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From The Green Fairy Book by Various

Once a year, on Commencement-day, If you'll only take the pains to stay, You'll see the President in the CHAIR, Likewise the Governor sitting there.

From Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

But the good old gentleman shook his head, and declared that here ended the history, real or fabulous, of GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR.

From Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

THE CHAIR: 'The gentleman from Missouri will take his seat.

From Sketches New and Old, Part 7. by Twain, Mark

For an account of the chair from which the President delivers diplomas on Commencement Day, see PRESIDENT'S CHAIR.

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer