Word: grubbier
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Madeira School was founded for a grubbier motive than most educators like to admit: Lucy wanted to make more money. A Vassar graduate ('96), Miss Madeira began teaching English and history in a Washington, D.C. private school. After ten years of it, she was earning $950 a year. Borrowing $6,000, she started her school in 1906 in a rented building in downtown Washington. One month before the term began, a parent telegraphed to ask if there were any openings. Replied Miss Madeira: "All of them...