The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 70, July 1966 - April, 1967 Page: 494
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And the walls of this old romantic structure-if they could talk--
I would cease my ramblings and listen-
LISTEN-tO the sobs of the heartbroken Carlotta as I look for her
beautiful face in her mirrors of 1863.
LISTEN-tO the stories of my old friend, Pete Lawless, who made
the Driskill his home from the day it opened until 1928.
LISTEN-tO the orchestras of University Final Balls and Governors'
Inaugurals as "After the Ball" fades away as the break of dawn at
the Crystal Ball Room.
LISTEN-Yes, as I listen I come alert with a jolt as the bullets of
a six-shooter of a noted lawyer glance from the sturdy cast-iron
columns in the broad hallways and imbed themselves in these old
walls-as he misses his target-the other lawyer!
ONCE MORE--I listen for that tantalizing sound that comes to me
over eight decades-Head Waiter-Old Sam is calling, "Dinnah
is now served in de Crystal Ball Room. Roast Ham, Fried Chicken,
O'Possum an Sweet Potatoes, Virginia Style, thirty-five cents..."
and the sounds from the old walls fade away.
James L. Cate, University of Chicago Medievalist, who was a
dinner speaker at the Association's annual meeting in 1964, has
just published a booklet entitled The 1965 History Institutes
Revisited. It is sponsored by the American Council of Learned
Societies, the United States Office of Education, and the Ameri-
can Historical Association. With his typical ability to keep things,
even dull things, in perspective, Cate has subtitled his article, "It
Was Wonderful!!" or "Man, I Got Took."
I am pleased to announce that Dorman and Ruth Carolyn
Winfrey will give a special award in memory of H. Bailey
Carroll for this year's best Junior Historian article on the Texas
cattle industry, a very special interest of Dr. Carroll's. The prize
is to be in the amount of $75.00 in cash and books. In offering the
award the Winfreys recalled how their lives were so greatly in-
fluenced by Dr. Carroll and the Junior Historian organization.
We appreciate the generosity and loyal support the Winfreys
have given the Junior Historian movement. By the way, Dorman
was a charter member of the organization, and Ruth Carolyn won
first prize in the writing contest of 1949.
The University of Texas at El Paso-Texas Western College-491
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