1930–31 Volume 55 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

Vol. LV, No. 2to the Confederate command of"Stonewall" Jackson. Most of thepolitical fights over the General werevery bitter and Brother Calfee waswith him when the attempt was madeon his life in 1898.After taking his arts degree fromRoanoke, Brother Calfee receivedfrom George Washington University,in 1901, his LL.B. degree. He haspracticed law in Cleveland since 1902.He has had many interesting legal experiencesbut his activity has not byany means been confined to his chosenprofession. Since 1917 he has servedas one of the four members of theOhio Public Health Council, the statedepartment of health of the Buckeyestate. Since 1926 he has been presidentof the Associated Charities ofCleveland, the large welfare organizationof that city. For a number ofyears he has been a trustee of RoanokeCollege. He assisted PresidentThomas Masaryk of Czecho-Slovakiain preparing that country's declarationof independence in 1918. During thelatter part of the World War he servedas a special legal adviser in the WarDepartment."That, sketchily, is the story ofBrother Calfee. And, may we add,since 1924 he has been a most efficienttrustee of the Walter B. Palmer EndowmentFund.-\ man who might almost be classedmore accurately as a public servantthan as an attorney, except for thefact that most of his government workhas been of a legal nature, is MartinTHE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETAA. Morrison, Butler, '83. Many eminencesof governmental service havebeen reached by this brother, who isa Golden Legionnaire, Thirty-thirdDegree Mason, etc. In addition to hisbachelor's degree he received an .\.M.from Butler in 1885 and an LL.B. fromVirginia in 1886. Until 1909 BrotherMorrison held only two local publicoffices, but in that year began an eightyear term of service in the U. S. Houseof Representatives. During the WorldWar he served for a short period asdirector of the U. S. Bureau of Information.From December 1919 to July 1921Brother Morrison served as presidentof the U. S. Civil Service Commission.He lectured widely on Chautauquacircuits during 1923 and 1924. Latein 1925 he became a member of thelegal staff of the Federal Trade Commissionand has been serving as assistantchief counsel for the Commissionsince December 1929. He is incharge of cases pending in the courtsof the District of Columbia and in thevarious Federal Circuit Courts.Other interests of Brother Morrisoninclude ^ A 0, his Masonic affiliations,and the large Presbyterian SundaySchool class he teaches. He has twicebeen president of the Washington.\lumni Club of * A 0. In 1914 and1915 he was Grand Master of theGrand Lodge, F. and A. M. of Indiana.He has been an honorary Thirty-thirdDegree Mason since 1916.Canada, in spite of its phy.^ical nearnessto our own country, displays in.XELSON T.HARTSONWashington, '12HEXRV H. DAVISToronto, '07[105]R. M. CALFEERoanoke, '93