The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 43, July 1939 - April, 1940 Page: 104
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
require the full time of one person, and the work now done is
nothing to what might be done. During the year 1937-8 a com-
mittee conducted a campaign which resulted in contributions of
several thousand dollars, but the sum is not yet adequate to justify
the employment of a full-time secretary. This campaign should be
resumed, by those who know how to make such campaigns succeed,
at the earliest time possible. For the present the policy is to con-
serve the funds until they are more adequate for the needs. Before
a new campaign is launched, I feel that the Association should
adopt a program that will merit the support of all those who have
at heart the interest of this state.
On behalf of the Association I wish to thank those who have
given their aid to what has been attempted. Others can help by
joining the Association, by sending names of prospective members,
by sending inquiries or notes for Texas Collection, or by contrib-
uting sound historical articles.
Those who have prospered because of the natural resources in
Texas may well consider doing something for the state. The citizens
of Texas have done and will do a great deal, but it has long been
customary for many large concerns to take their wealth from
Texas and other states and use it to endow institutions far away.
Many considerations would seem to justify them in considering the
state from which their good fortune comes.
Following the presentation of the above program, Mr. Harbert
Davenport spoke in support of it, and was followed by Professor
Herbert Gambrell of Dallas. A week later at the Austin meeting
the Executive Council took an initial step by a resolution request-
ing the Board of Regents of the University of Texas to support
the program. The Regents acted favorably on the request and
authorized the editor to devote half-time during the school year of
1939-40 to the promotion of interest among the people of Texas
in their own history. In plainer terms this means that the Board
of Regents pays one-half of my salary in order that I may carry
extension work among the people. Thus does the University inte-
grate learning with life.
The best agency through which to do this work is the Texas
State Historical Association. It will be mainly through the in-
terest of the few members of the various communities that my104
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