THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 19 PAGE TEN THE MICHIGAN DAILY ._ - STE ARNS WATCHES COOLIDGE RENEW OT fOfIE OAT OFOFC THE SEVEN AGES OF COOLIDGE Ittlatute Friend a ud Supporter When President Takes Vows N ear ADVISOR TO EXECUTIVE' When President Coolidge took the oath of office yesterday, near at hand Was a man, a little under medium height, rather portly, and slightly gray, who was thinking even though not saying; "I told you so." That man is Frank W. Stearns,I friend, counselor and ardent support- er of Mr. Coolidge. He sometimes is described as the one who "discovered" Mr. Coolidge, but he, himself, makes no such claim, holding that Mr. Cool- idge needed no discovering. Mr. Stearns is a Boston merchant and makes no pretense of being a pioliticion. Yet he was the first to predict that some day Calvin Cool- idge would sit in the White house and yesterday was the day of days for the Boston man because he saw not only a prediction but a dream come true when Mr. Coolidge became President by vote of the American people Calvin Coolidge as President of the Massachusetts Senate in 1915 first came under the notice of Mr. Stearns. lie represented the Northampton dis- trict, and Amherst College, of which Mr. Stearns then was and still is a trustee, is near Northampton. The college was constructing a sewerage system and the trustees wanted a con- nection with the city system of, Northampton. An act of the legisla- ture was necessary, and Mr. Stearns sent a representative to see Senator Coolidge. It' was just three= weeksI before the close of the session, and the legislative calendar was jammed. The representative of the trustees made his plea for the legislation, hop- ing for favorable response despite the early ending of the session. Mr. Cool-, idge said little and promised nothing. The representative was bitterly dis- appointed; and when the report off the interview was made to Mr. Stearns, he was as he, himself admits, "plain mad." When the legislature convened1 .HIGI POiNTS IN LF E OF CHARLJESG: #A ? 1865-Dorn at Marietta,.Oho 1884-Graduated from etta College. F 1886-After attending Cin - nati Law School, was adminted .>to the bar. h' 1887-Moved to Lincoln, N6- braska and began law practice; became public utility counSelr and organizer. hs:1889-Married Caro P. Myzier of Cincinnati. 1896-Attracted n o t i c e of- Mark Harrna and -managed Mc- Kinley's Illinois canmpa1gri. 1897-Appointed Comptroller , of the Currency by President McKinley. I M1902-Founded Central Trust, Company of Illinois. 1917-Commissioned Lieuten- ant-Colonel in the wowhi IUnique Position and rose to be Brigadier General By F in charge of purchAses for:the ii SI Flled By Taft i American Ex editionafy Forece., 1921-Appointed Director of; I To William Howard Taft goes the theBudget. lars, makes no effort to enter into anyj of the public affairs with which the;Coolidge s Career Shows Love President is dealing. He scarcely I'ef ever attends any of the conferencertsr that take place at the White House. H le knows all the cabinet members, (alvin Coolidge is the thirtieth of the Coolidge family gre but seldom talks business with them. lie is acquainted with Republican President of the United States and tudy and practice law, the leaders in the Senate and House, lhtijthe sixth Vice-President to succeed for generations have been leadrs n te SnateandHoue, ixtThe father of Calvin ran a when he goes to the Capitol h'e will be to the higher office through the death toe be bein a a store besides being a farmer found sitting in the gallery, and gen- of a President. In the Commonwealth President Coolidge was erally when the President acts on a o, Massachusetts, where he spent Independence Day, 1872, at F matter it will be found that he dis- cussed it with Mr. Stearns after and more than twenty years in public of- Vermont, a small town, notsed b tore the Mrc t n a t e an d ice, the nam e of Calvin Coolidge w as am ong thb hills, and twel nMr. Stearns likes to be near the a synonym for independence, rugged from a railroad. Incidental President, ut he does not like to pro- honesty, simplicity of habits, courage, been the birthplace of four G ject himself into the limelight of pub- inflexible devotion to duty, and the one United States Senator an licity that constantly plays on the austere virtues generally associated ongressmen. White House. He says he never madeIwith the pioneer stock whence he Mr. Coolidge received his a speech in his life, and never intends sprang. It also became synonymous ucational training in the pub] to; and when the Union League Club for success at the polls, because hle of his home town. He wen of New York recently listed him for never had been defeated for office. herst after preparing at tl nto r h The ancestors of President Coolidge River Academy, at Ludlow, metropolis at once to squelch the pro- settled in Massachusetts about 1630, and St. Johnsburg Acade osal. or tern years after the arrival of the worked his way through sch( S'i Mayflower and the Pilgrims. A pion- prescribed four years. He "adI'lltel th i 'm ick," he a idon eer community on the Charles river, mitted to the bar in 1897. me for a sech."h a known as Watertown, saw the first twenty-three years old at 1 me for a tspeech' John and Mary Coolidge. Some fifty I 'Where other occupants of According to Washington society years later, the Coolidges, who lived President's office found ti editors who are sticklers for form, there, removed to the hilly country heavy on their hands, Mr. Mr. Stearns resides in Boston, but to across the Connecticut river, now after he went to Washingtol the newspaper correspondents that are known as Vermont. Here the sturdy u) his duties kept pretty bi assigned to the White House it would ( pioneers invested some acres from the He was the first Governor seem that he lives at the White House wilderness and placed them under cul- sachusetts to submit an and frequently makes trips to Boston. tivation. Even until the present head budget to the Legislature. He may be seen about the executive offices most any day, wearing his hat as though he had just arrived or was Ion the point of departing, but he seldom does either. Ile is as ap- proachable as an Indiana politician, and will talk at length on his favorite tock w Up to Coolidges farmers. country -. born on Plymouth, situated ve miles ly it has overnors, d several! early ed- 4ie schoolj t to Am-I ie Black Vermont, Amy, and{ ool in the was ad-, He was the time. the Vice- me ,often Coolidge, n to take Lusy. of Mas- executive MILESTONES WHICH MARK THE CAIIEER OV COOLIDGE 1872-Born at Plymouth, Ver- mont. 1895-Graduated from Am- herst college.j 1897-Admitted to the bar and began practice at Northhamp- ton, Mass. 1899-Elected to Northampton city council, and served subse- quently as city solicitor and county clerk. 1905-Married Grace Anna Goodhue of Burlington, Ver mont. 1906-Elected state represen- tative. 1909-Elected Mayor of North- ampton. 1911-Elected to Massachu- setts state senate, and later be- came president of the Senate. 1915-Elected lieutenant gov- ernor of Massachusetts. 1918-Elected governor, 1920-Elected vice-president of the United States. 1923-Became President upon the death of President Harding. 1924-Elected President by the largest plurality in history. i i i unique distinction of being the only I m3-CUi1 IWeuorp man who ever was called upon to tions ex erts conimittee t Ftframed the DaWe spla. take the oath of office as President, 1924-Elected Vice-residenLt. and later to administer it. Mr. Taft was inaugurated on March 4, 1909, - and yesterday as Chief Justice of the P IteIItsh diisee h Pennsylvania avenue iu. Waahing United States, be. administered the ton was thronged with people.at6 same pledge to Calvin Coolidge. early hour yesterday, mornimg ItilifIif~illIIIII~lllll[ Il IIIII[[II l tu tilIIIIIitilillfill tutt il"illIfOlilfi i= Gace Van,-Schnc I- I BrillanlyClorteud r pb " A .x.1I I .iuur Grace Van Se/wick Designor =-308 flarynard St Phota:t d-d. i~Twvo doors from 1laeatic. : IIIIIIIIIst IIfIlI1I~ItIIIUIIIII~lIU11fotlp1XNlll 1 ii again the next winter, however; topic-Calvin Coolidge-but diligent Senator Coolidge without a word took inquiry has revealed not one single, up, the legislation and put it throughi. instance where lie ever disclosed all The quiet and efficient way in which Iadministration secret.. the hill Was .handled attracted the Frank W. Stearns has the greatest attention of Mr. Stearns, and from possible admiration for and confidence that beginning developed a warm in Calvin Coolidge, he honestly be- friendship that has had much to do lieves him to be the greatest natural with bringing Mr. Coolidge to the point executive produced by the present he reached yesterday. j generation, and he is satisfied to stand It was at Frank Stearn's urging that on the side, assist where he can, and Mr. Coolidge become a candidate for watch the fulfillment of the expecta- lieutenant governor. It was with F tions lie developed ten years ago. Frank Stearn's aid that he was elected governor. It was Frank Stearns who backed the move to obtain the Repub- INAUGURAL CEREMONY lican presidential nomination for Mr. OF DOUBLE INTEREST Coolidge in 1920. That move failed, TO ADJOINING STATES but it won the Massachusetts gover- nor the Vice-Presidential nomination. , asuachusetts and her neighbor Vig election with Warren G. Harding'Msahsts-adhrniho Hiseletio wih Wrre U.haringVermont founid *a(double community followed, and Mr. harding's death of interest in the inauguration cere- made him President. And in the re- inonies yesterday. The Vermont born cent pre-convention and election cam- I man, Calvin Coolidge, who became paign the Boston nan had quiet but, Governor of Massachusetts, found the camipaign managers say, a not in- hear hint when lie took the oath as Thus did Frank Stearns come to be President a Massachusetts born ilan, called by some "the Colonel House Franklin S. Billings, who is the pres- of the Coolidge administration." Those ent governor of Vermont, and who who know Mr. Coolidge and Mr. was that state's chief representative , at the inaugural. uuo-Irwvrhnti ,h+r t t j e _I i t d I More Than Just Milk Just Jersey milk is more than ordinary milk-it is richer in vitamins, richer in butter fat, and contains the most food solids, which means it is the most nourishing. 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