Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 1982 Page: 69
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Seen as a piece, Herbert's life falls neatly into three periods. The
years of growing up and apprenticeship were full of wit and play-
fulness and crusading for the right standards and proper academic
atmosphere for a fledgling university. Herbert's appointment as direc-
tor of historical exhibits for the Centennial Exposition of 1936
brought his career to full maturity. The spirit of wit and merriment
was not cut off, for it enveloped his being, but it became a sub-
sidiary mode of expression that merely embellished his other activ-
ities. Somewhat before his retirement from full academic duties
in 1968, Herbert began the tapering off. He could then look upon
his creations as robust institutions moving forward under the direc-
tion of the second generation.
Herbert himself has related the re-creation of this Society in our
1963 Proceedings, and the accomplishments of both Gambrells
were celebrated by Willis Tate and Lon Tinkle in our Proceedings
for 1976. After reading the latter, Herbert said that there was no
need for a further obituary. But however redundant Herbert might
think it, he would surely see this summing up as appropriate for
the annuals of the Society. In retrospect, the rebuilder of this Society
stands first an innovative administrator whose forceful but gentle
presence brought joy to all around him. Scholarship was part of his
life but not the principal part. His major work was the creation of
the accoutrements of learning, without which mere scholarship
is barren. Nonetheless, when death came on December 30, 1982,
he left us scholarly works of biography along with living institutions,
the greatest of which is for the betterment and enjoyment of us all.
-J. W. MC K.Society of Texas
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