The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 63, July 1959 - April, 1960 Page: 133
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Texas Collection
the entrenched interests who never do the plebian thing of look-
ing with any appreciation at things of an American character.
To them all culture originated in Europe and was to be derived
only from English sources. Just as it was not by popular demand,
nor by academic recognition, that O. Henry's writings got into
the channel of American and world literature, but instead by
the efforts of one literary editor, so it was through Scudder's
efforts that Longfellow, Lowell, Whittier, and Hawthorne were
introduced in American high school courses in the Riverside Lit-
erature Series by the precursors of Houghton Mifflin. It is well to
pause to remember just how recently it was the educational pariahs
who had taken to themselves a monopoly on "curriculum plan-
ning" put the cold and fishy eye upon things of an American
character. Even today it has recently been broadcast across this
state that "Texas history just isn't worth it." So American litera-
ture in 1875 "just wasn't worth it." May Scudder long be remem-
bered both for what he did for Texas and for American literature.
Colonel J. W. Beretta has retired from the active management
of the First National Bank of San Antonio. He and his father,
J. K. Beretta, purchased controlling interest in the bank in
1945. J. K. Beretta was an enthusiastic follower of Texas history,
particularly of San Antonio. The present First National Bank
is descended from San Antonio's first national bank, opened in
1866, as the San Antonio National Bank with George W. Brack-
enridge as president. The bank, itself, with its distinctive architec-
ture, has long been a landmark on Commerce Street.
The bank, the city of San Antonio, and the University of Texas
will always be indebted to George W. Brackenridge for services
and benefactions. About 1912 Judge Leroy G. Denman succeeded
Brackenridge in the bank and also frequently gave assistance to Dr.
Barker in his work for the Association.
Upon his retirement from active participation in the manage-
ment of the bank, J. W. Beretta prepared a pamphlet entitled
The Story of Banca Nacional de Texas and z36 Years of Banking
in San Antonio de Bexar. It is a charming thumbnail history of
banking in San Antonio and it perpetuates a historical tradition
long established.
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