Word: redeeming
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...some years the estate of the poet, James Russell Lowell, on Brattle street, has been in danger of being sold and divided up into small lots. A committee, consisting of President Eliot, Bishop Lawrence, Professor Norton and others, has been trying to raise a sum sufficient to redeem the land and make a park of it. $19,000 of the necessary $35,000 has already been subscribed; but in order to make interest in the matter more widespread an appeal has lately been sent out by prominent men in other parts of the country...
...team on account of the poor showing made against Yale. As a matter of fact the captain or coaches have no right to take the H's away from the men, the whole matter being entirely voluntary, the men agreeing to give up their H's unless they can redeem them on Saturday...
...else the mortification of Saturday's failure and are determined to set themselves right in the Pennsylvania game, their only opportunity. It is hardly necessary to add that the University feels confident that whatever the outcome of the game, the Harvard team will play in a manner to redeem itself...
...failed. The exact cause of the failure is immaterial. The main fact remains that the eleven did not win when the victory was almost, if not actually, in its hands. Now next Saturday will be the final game of the season, and in that game lies the chance to redeem Harvard's reputation. The team is well coached. It showed at times on Saturday that it had much more than average power. Against Pennsylvania then let the play be of the best all the time, and when the instant comes at which success is to be won, there must...
...students. He was appointed one of the Board of Preachers at the beginning of the past academic year, but was prevented from keeping his engagements during the year by an unexpected call to South America. Now, on his way home, he has come at great personal sacrifice, to redeem to some extent, his promise to the University...