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Word: redeem (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...there must be somewhere in the school a streak of ordinary good-breeding in the midst of the vulgarity that is so prominent, and we would ask the decent element in the school to make an apology, as public as the insult, in order that they may partially redeem the good name of their school. Hereafter, we would recommend that no Harvard team play with the students of Phillips Academy, Andover...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/23/1884 | See Source »

...another column will be found a communication relative to the altering of old Massachusetts into a dormitory. It seems as if this would be a wise measure, since it would not only increase the present accommodations of the yard, but could redeem from neglect a building which is dear to many of the alumni from the memories which cling to it. By altering the three lower stories into students' rooms, the fourth story could be left undivided and thus be still used for examination purposes. We hope that the faculty may see fit to consider this project at an early...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/23/1884 | See Source »

...With the material now in college, properly developed, we feel assured that Princeton will redeem herself at the Polo Grounds in May," says the Princetonian hopefully...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/7/1883 | See Source »

...Harvard Advocate," published a few years since, and many humorous or sentimental poems that have appeared in our papers since. And we say this in all candor, not in prejudice or undue self-praise. However, there are several very good pieces in the book that go far to redeem the rest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/11/1881 | See Source »

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