Word: becks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...James M. Beck recently presented Mr. Coolidge with his resignation as Solicitor General (TIME, May 11), consequently the President has been casting about for a successor. Last week, he picked. He picked William D. Mitchell of St. Paul. This Mr. Mitchell has never before held political office. He is the son of a man who sat in the Minnesota Supreme Court. Now, at 50, he has been practicing law for 29 years. He is a member of the firm of Butler, Mitchell & Doherty. His chief excursions outside of the law have been into military life. He served as a lieutenant...
...Beck Hall E. W. Wood '28, Room...
...memory of Professor Charles Eliot Norton '46 and in recognition of his work, Mr. C. Chauncey Stillman '98 has endowed a chair of Poetry at the University. The announcement, which follows close upon the news of Mr. Stillman's purchase of Beck Hall and the intended site of the Roosevelt Hotel, states that the chair is given in gratitude and in reverence to the memory of Professor Norton...
...acquiring this property, Mr. Chauncey C. Stillman has shown the same intelligent and generous interest in the development of the University which he displayed in his recent purchase of Beck Hall, about to be replaced by an apartment house...
...Stillman has purchased the plot in the name of Moodna Farms, Inc., of which he is President. This is the same interest which recently acquired Beck Hall when it was threatened with demolition...