Word: unionization
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Between these two cases, as in a twilight zone, lies the treacherous field of common-law marriage. Only the hairline of intent divides such a legal union from the lover-mistress relationship...
...sound common-law marriage is usually composed of: 1) a man and a woman both legally competent to make the contract (age, absence of other matrimonial obligations, etc.); 2) their actual and mutual agreement to enter the union faithfully, permanently, to the exclusion of all others; 3) their cohabitation; 4) the length of time they live together (varying in practice from one to seven years); 5) their public and social conduct as man and wife. Children by such a union, the existence of a settled home, and the community's recognition, all tend strongly to confirm the relationship...
Into the courts come infinite circumstantial variations of the common-law marriage, most of them confused in intent and darkened by deliberate secrecy. Courts generally hold that the good faith of one party sustains such a union, regardless of the mental reservations of the other. Promiscuity, neglect, cruelty, etc., open the door to legal separation as in any statutory marriage. The secrecy usual in a lover-mistress relationship prevents its becoming a common-law marriage unless time dispels the cloak and establishes public and personal acceptance of the union...
...sentiments. The charge of "general incompetence" seemed as much of a commentary on the people he had to govern as upon his daydreaming predecessors. Gov. J. C. ("Jack") Walton was impeached, convicted and removed in 1923. Three of Oklahoma's five other Governors since it entered the union faced legislative charges...
Robert Reinhart '29, magician, will appear at the Union at 7.15 o'clock tomorrow night in the regular Sunday evening entertainment offered there. Reinhart will talk on "The Aspects of the Magician's Life", and will illustrate his talk freely. He will also relate the history of sleight of hand artists and has promised to expose some of the famous Indian rope tricks. Reinhart has appeared on previous University occasions, having showed his tricks at the Instrumental Club concerts...