Word: steadfastly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...things which makes the memory of University days precious to alumni is the recollection of the host of customs and traditions by which their undergraduate days were ruled. Like the Hand of Death and the Laws of the Medes and Persians, they were steadfast, unmovable, always present to remind the newcomer of the whims and fancies of his predecessors, and to serve as a connecting link between the young generation and the old. When a tradition is broken or a custom allowed to fall into disuse, something very close to the spirit of the college is taken away...
...moral intensity of a martyr, the intellectual confidence of a great logician, and the calm assurance of an English aristocrat." His experiences with human nature in its least tolerant mood during the war as one of an insignificant and most unpopular minority have not made him more steadfast in his purpose...
...business partners, steadfast pals, disagree violently on only one point, man's other business?marriage. One (Alan Dinehart) says he is a "born husband, " and paints the advantages of matrimony as glowingly as a marriage broker. The other (Robert Warwick) wants to be free to take his women or leave them...
...have been ever a valiant soldier of the truth; a "Happy Warrior", strong, serene and steadfast, in the full meaning of the poet's phrase--with, I imagine, something of the Puritan's delight in the joy of righteous conflict. We rejoice that you are still clad in your shining armor; that your soul is radiant with the spirit of youth...
...gold and vain display, but in simple and elemental things; in the love that glorifies the home; is health of body and mind; in labor that is of service to our fellowmen; and in the joy of work well done. You teach us to be honest in thought; steadfast and true; tolerant, of open mind, and just; and to be of courage and good cheer, having faith in the power of truth, faith in our fellowmen and in democracy, faith in God and in the increasing purpose that through the ages runs...