Word: downrightness
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...oath was taken into account; for instance, a parson's oath was worth twice as much as a deacon's. In trials by arbitration, the judge is the mediating power. In closing, Professor Vinogradoff said that every country has been through the period of customary law, proceeding from downright struggle to compromise, and that this advance was the greatest curb...
...this year no more subscriptions be taken for any team, except Freshman teams. This step must, I believe, be the starting point of any scheme which can hope to solve in any permanent and satisfactory way this complex question of financing our teams. That the subscription system is a downright nuisance I think every man in College will agree. It is, moreover, a thoroughly ineffective system; for as a result of all the soliciting by the many candidates for managerships, the average amount raised for track, crew and all minor sports together, as shown by the Graduate Manager's reports...
...high standard of honor in athletics, with regard to training, is mentioned next, as a contrast to the comparative indifference shown by some to downright dishonesty in preparing college work and in explaining absence from lectures. As to the latter, "able-bodied youths are afflicted with diseases that admit all pleasures and forbid all duties." . . . College ideals are for the most part high, however, and we should not forget "that, when all is said, our undergraduates themselves are constantly purifying and uplifting college honor...
These words, said Mr. Douglas, have to do with the life of a typical Christian. From the time Paul spoke the first words until he declared himself ready for sacrifice there had been a great change in his character. The law of sacrifice is a downright fact of life, and the effect of living under that law is the essence of true religion...
...right to persist in refusing to grant a change. It is hard to understand at any rate on what ground Princeton felt justified in trying to dictate, particularly when these dictations were contrary to all previous agreements. Harvard would have arbitrated, the question on the field, but nothing but downright submission would satisfy Captain King. Rather than disappoint the thousands who had gathered, Harvard made this submission and yet Princeton wonders why we should feel indignant at her conduct...