Word: straightway
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...hold that these resolutions will straightway make college athletics spotless. Far from it. But they will give us a good start on a good road. The fact that the National Association is tending toward the views of this whom we regarded as mere theorists a few years ago would lead us to believe no small changes is coming. The above three changes would not be opposed by the members of teams themselves. Their effect will take away none of the enjoyment or the value of sport. They will simply remove collegiate athletics a little farther from the realms of professionalism...
...Another misfortune is that when a controversy has taken on a certain form it is impossible for us to get outside the presuppositions of that form. Dr. Flexner says: 'Teach science and practical craftsmanship.' We immediately take for granted that this means no Latin. Straightway the representatives of the classics take the stage as Dr. Flexner's principal opponent...