Word: bought
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Bursar who calls for $50 by night-time,--penalty for non-payment, no more relations with the University. Old clothes, furniture and the other essentials of a happy existence all must be pawned to appease the all-powerful Bursar. By this time we are supposed to have bought fifty-dollars worth of knowledge from the University and if we desire more culture we must pay for it. So says Terry and he knows...
...mould or mar a blood-bought heritage...
Bishop Lawrence stated, "I have at present a book by an American general on the training of soldiers, which says that prayer is a necessary part of a good soldier's equipment. Spiritual force is just as much needed as physical force. It was spiritual force that bought those bonds for five billions last week--the spirit of liberty, and the determination to maintain...
...perfectly sure you have bought all the Liberty bonds you can afford? If you aren't, be a sport and buy another...
...class. We may allow 47 for the number of men who are in a position unable to push the plan. If, through teams of four or six men, each Freshman Hall could be canvassed and two dollars secured from each man, a Liberty Bond of $1,000 could be bought. This security would be held by the University for a definite period, to be decided by the class. This money at 4 per cent. compound interest, would, if compounded semi-annually, amount to $3,185 in twenty-nine years, or at our twenty-fifth anniversary; in fifty years...