Word: becks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Under the auspices of the Departments of English, Romance Languages, and Music, Professor Jean B. Beck of the University of Pennsylvania will give a series of three lectures on "The Music of the Mediaeval Drama", today, tomorrow, and Wednesday in the John Knowles Paine Concert Hall of the Music Building at 8.15 in the evening. The subjects of the lectures are as follows...
...Beck: 1--30 (21) G.U. Baylies '24; 31--47 (22) J.D. Lodge...
...special article in the Hearst press, the Hon. James M. Beck, Solicitor General of the U. S., compared and contrasted the Supreme Court of the United States and England's Privy Council. These are the two leading tribunals of the civilized world. Mr. Beck, who won a case before the Privy Council last Summer, is said to have been the first American jurist to appear before Great Britain's highest judicial tribunal. He was compelled to wear a gown...
...business attire, in a 30-foot London room, decide legal rights affecting one-fourth of the world's population. The procedure is extremely simple and uncomplicated. Unlimited argument is allowed on cases before the court, and oftentimes immediate oral decisions are rendered to the waiting counsel. Mr. Beck said: "Of all courts that I have seen, it is the simplest in form and procedure." There are no formal or lengthy " briefs," although there is a printed summary of the essential facts and the legal points involved, which is called " the case." The arguments are often inordinately prolix. Mr. Beck...
...difference between the Supreme Court of the U. S. and the Privy Council is the difference in the size of the calendar. Comparatively few cases come before the Supreme English bench, whereas the U. S. Supreme Court has each year a thousand or more cases on its calendar. Mr. Beck states that the appeals to the Supreme Court are generally more difficult and complex, involve greater interests...