Pearson's Resignation Refused

Washington, Feb. 12. - Superintendent Brownson of the United States naval academy has refused to accept the resignation of Midshipman R. H. Pearson. The young man had his jaw broken as the result of a fight caused by his objection to "running," a mild form of hazing, by his classmates, and evidently feared that the subsequent severe corrective measures applied by the authorities would make him unpopular with his class.