The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 54, July 1950 - April, 1951 Page: 231
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In all probability there are also notes on Moore in the files of
L. W. Kemp in Houston. Mrs. Owen would be glad to hear
from all persons having information concerning Gabriel Moore's
residence, death, and burial in Texas.
Clay Bailey, amusements editor and drama and music critic
of the Dallas Times Herald, has resigned to enter the lecture
field. Bailey took his master's degree at the University of Texas
in 1932 in English and history and has been teaching journalism
at Dallas College and critical writing at North Texas State Col-
lege. Bailey has contributed several topics to the Handbook and
is especially pleased that in his new association with William
Rozan's Municipal Concerts he will have more time for history
and for attendance at annual meetings of the Association. He
will retain his residence at Dallas.
It is not now news but it is probably historically important
that the Board of Regents of the University of Texas chose Judge
James P. Hart, of the Supreme Court bench, to be the first
Chancellor of the University. Judge Hart is still a young man
but one with a wealth of experience; he is thoroughly grounded
in the Texas tradition; he is a scholar with a genuine respect for
scholarship in all fields, including history. Some ten years ago
Hart contributed "Oil, the Courts, and the Railroad Commis-
sion," to the Quarterly (Volume XLIV, January, 1941). No finer
concise history of oil in Texas has ever been done. The article
has balance and perspective-qualities essential in history-and
qualities which "Jim" Hart has in abundance.
As something of an aside for the record, it may be noted that
the first pictures of the chancellor-to-be from a University setting
and background had a pronounced Texas flavor for they were
made in the Association's offices in the Eugene C. Barker Texas
History Center.
David M. Warren, patron of the Association and vice-chairman
of the University of Texas Board of Regents, has recently con-
ducted a one-man drive in Carson County for members for the
Panhandle-Plains Historical Society. Topping his goal of one231
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