Word: insist
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...thinking, there is something encouraging, indeed, inspiring, in the sight of the dozens of men who each year rise from the College ranks; and, while we grant that much more can be done to raise College Democracy even farther above world democracy than it now is, we insist that it should not be judged, with slighting attention to the existing hopeful situation, by the standards of twenty-odd years...
...with such unexcelled training as the Harvard Law School affords, to carry the courts through this crisis. If the trouble is due not so much to the judges and the bar as to the people, them bring in "a government in which the people shall consent and insist on putting upon themselves the restraint which shall show them worthy to govern themselves...
...game of council umpired, by the judge. They admire and applaud the ingenuity and spirit with which counsel take technical points for their clients, and the public press often sympathizes with and encourages this misdirected admiration. Of course, the best men in the practice of the law do not insist on technical points in favor of their clients, but rather waive them, and the best judges try to control counsel and direct the course of justice so far as state statutes permit. Unwise legislation is largely responsible for the particular evil now under consideration; and in recent years there...
...first instance of inadaptability to the new rules, will participator themselves into, and break up the game. We have also voted that we must have some pecuniary asset in order to counterbalance the tremendous advertisement which such a game will be to you, and must therefore insist that the gate receipts be divided among the winning team. Hoping that you will be satisfied with this, We remain, LAMPOON HOCKEY ASSOCIATION...
...these separate collections, however complete they may be as a whole, are effectively displayed at present. We will not, however, suggest any definite course. Undoubtedly the Athletic Association can handle the matter by themselves. We do, however, register a complaint that we have heard on many sides. We also insist that the Varsity Club as an exclusive organization should not be considered as the proper place to display our collection. Finally we end with a question: Why not use the Trophy Room...