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Burke Hall Cigarette card featuring the Xavier College colours and crest, c. 1920s. In 1920, Studley Hall, a gift from T.M. Burke, a Catholic businessman, was opened in 1921 as Xavier's first preparatory school. James O'Dwyer SJ, Rector of Xavier between 1908 and 1917, became Burke Hall's first headmaster, before the campus was renamed Burke ...
La Salle Extension University (1908–1982, Chicago) Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Chicago (1983–2017, Chicago) Lexington College (1977–2014, Chicago) Mallinckrodt College (1916–1991, Wilmette), merged with Loyola University Chicago [4] [5] Mundelein College (1930–1991, Chicago) merged with Loyola University of Chicago [6]
Burton–Judson Courts (BJ) is a dormitory located on the University of Chicago campus. The neo-Gothic style structure was designed by the Philadelphia architectural firm of Zantzinger, Borie & Medary, and was completed in 1931 at a cost of $1,756,287.
With the City of Chicago less than 10 years old, the religious sisters, under the guidance of Mother Mary Francis Xavier Warde, R.S.M., established Saint Francis Xavier Female Academy. The Academy, which would later become Saint Xavier College , and finally Saint Xavier University, was the first Mercy College in the world and is the oldest ...
The College Inn was a popular venue for musicians to perform. [12] The hotel, for years, anchored a vibrant district of the city full of popular theaters, restaurants, and hotels. [2] It attracted many celebrities. [14] It was also a popular gathering place for politicians who worked at nearby Chicago City Hall. [12]
It was built in 1927 and opened on March 7, 1928, with a win against archrival Cincinnati.It is named for Walter Schmidt, Class of 1905, a benefactor to then-St. Xavier College who also donated money for Schmidt Hall (formerly the library, now the President's office) on campus.
CHICAGO — Whether a job can be considered “property” and what constitutes an “official act” were the focus of court arguments Wednesday in ex-Chicago Ald. Edward Burke’s corruption ...
The Richard J. Daley Center houses more than 120 court and hearing rooms as well as the Cook County Law Library, offices of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, and certain court-related divisions of the Sheriff's Department. The building also houses office space for both the city and Cook County, of which the City of Chicago is its seat of ...