The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 43, July 1939 - April, 1940 Page: 238
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
The obligations of the members will be primarily to their own
school. The first is for members to take under their care the Texas
collection of books in the library, and to add something to this
collection during the year. They will be required to make an
annual report to the Texas State Historical Association, and in
this report they should give the opinion of the club, as determined
by vote, as to the article appearing in the Quarterly which they
consider of most value. They shall send with the report an exact
copy, or the original, of the historical document discovered in
the community which they consider of the greatest historical
significance.
The Junior Historians will be invited to send to the annual
meeting in Austin one or more representatives who shall have
the privilege of attending all meetings, the book auction and
annual dinner. If enough delegates come, a special section will
be created in which members will report on the activities in their
respective communities. The Junior Historians shall have the
right to wear the emblems of the organization which will be
designed by a committee.
The function of the Junior Historians will be to collect and
preserve the history of Texas as recorded in their respective com-
munities. They will do this by interviewing parents, early set-
tlers and others as to past events. They will seek to acquaint
themselves with Texas history and literature and thereby develop
a richer culture upon the great Texas heritage. From their mem-
bers should come the future historians of Texas.
The organization will be formed as soon as twenty schools have
made application for membership. Inquiries should be addressed
to the Texas State Historical Association, University Station,
Austin, Texas.
The value of such historical work as the Junior Historians will
do is illustrated by a story told by Professor H. B. Carroll of North
Texas Agricultural College, Arlington. In a course in Texas his-
tory he had assigned a group of students the task of interviewing
some older person about pioneer life in Texas. One girl turned
to her grandfather who made his home with her family.
"I had never known my grandfather," she said. "To tell the
truth, I had considered him a little in the way as his presence238
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 43, July 1939 - April, 1940, periodical, 1940; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101111/m1/252/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.