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

THE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETA November, 1930its legal system a number of featurespeculiarly akin to those of the MotherEngland. For one thing, the termsbarrister and solicitor are much morefamiliar to our brothers of the Dominion,as in England, than our "lawyer."For another, barristers, as wellas judges, are gowned while appearingin court. Then again, the more distinguishedmembers of the Canadianand British bars are sometimes entitledto the coveted initials '"K.C."after their names, a distinction naturallyforeign to our own legal practice.These letters stand for ''King'sCounsel," and represent one of thehighest honors that can be bestowed ona Canadian or British attorney.Henry Hague Davis, Toronto, '07,P.R.G.C. has for two years been amember of this select group. Thehonor was conferred upon him on theKing's birthday in 1928.Brother Davis received three degreesfrom Toronto, B.A., 1907; M.A., 1909;LL.B., 1911. His part in the life ofToronto is not at all confined to hislegal work. His club memberships includethe Royal Canadian Yacht, theUniversity, the Albany, the Granite,and the Scarborough Golf and CountryClubs. He is actively interested in thework of the Church of England inCanada, and is a lay member of theSynod of the Diocese of Toronto anda member of the Board of Trusteesand Council of WycUffe College, atheological school federated with theUniversity of Toronto. Brother Davisis a confirmed convention goer in* A 0 and represents one of thestrongest personal ties between theDominion and the States in the fraternity.He served five years on theGeneral Council.An interesting exception to Greeley'sadvice to the younger generation to goWest is to be found in Nelson T. Hartson,Washington. '12. Brother Hartsonwent from Washington to Washington—statein the West to nationalcapital in the East—to make his mark.He is a member of one of the country'sleading law firms in Washington.The World War broke into BrotherHartson's practice of the law in Seattleand he enlisted in an officers' trainingcamp. He returned in 1919, acaptain of artillery. He did not becomeone of the army of unemployed;he was at once retained as assistantcorporation counsel of Seattle. Threeyears later he resigned to become theassistant solicitor of the Bureau of InternalRevenue at Washington D.C.Six months later he was made solicitor.This office would be hard to find nowin any index as the name has sincebeen changed to that of general counselof Internal Revenue. It fell toBrother Hartson's lot during this periodto defend the Treasury Departmentfrom the aggressive attacks ofa Senatorial committee headed by theredoubtable Couzens of Michigan.This defense he conducted most successfullyand the Senate charges weredropped.Brother Hartson resigned in 1925 tobecome a partner of Frank J. Hogan,one of the capital's outstanding triallawyers. The firm name is Hogan,Donovan, Jones, Hartson and Guider.Many notable cases have been restedwith this firm, among them the defenseof Edward L. Doheny and Robert W.Stewart in the oil trials of a few yearsago. The firm is now retained by someof the largest Chicago meat packersin important anti-trust litigation.Once in a while a genius is so submergedin an antithetic element thatfull recognition of his merit is retardedor even made impossible. Hadthat not been the case, $ A © mighthave added another governor and UnitedStates Senator to her list of thosenotables. For several years during andafter the World War North Dakotawas one of a number of states in the[106]grip of the Non-Partisan League. Inthe election of 1920 the Republicansand Democrats placed an oppositionfusion ticket in the field to try tobreak the stranglehold of the League.The fusion candidate for governor was