The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 61, July 1957 - April, 1958 Page: 149
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Affairs of the Association
The table decorations for the eighteenth annual Junior His-
torian luncheon were furnished by Miss Frances J. Nesmith and
the Lamar High School, Houston, Junior Historians. A menu
in the form of a miniature Junior Historian was presented to
each of the four hundred and twenty-five persons served at the
luncheon. Members of the Stephen F. Austin High School chapter
of Austin served as guides for the Junior Historians who took
the annual tour. The Texas Memorial Museum, the French
Legation, the Capitol, and the State Cemetery were high points
of the itinerary.
At the Friday afternoon business meeting of the Association,
the following officers were elected for the year 1957-1958:
President: Ralph Steen
Vice-Presidents: Merle (Mrs. J. Bruce) Duncan, Fred R.
Cotten, George P. Isbell, David M. Warren
Executive Council: (Fellows) Harry Ransom, P. I. Nixon
(Honorary Life); (Members) J. Evetts Haley, Mrs. Ellen
Garwood
Treasurer: Mrs. Coral H. Tullis
Ralph Steen, professor of history and chairman of the history
department at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of
Texas and the author of several standard histories, was elected
president. For a number of years Dr. Steen has served as Asso-
ciation vice-president, has been on the executive council, and
has contributed articles to the Quarterly.
Re-elected vice-presidents were Merle (Mrs. J. Bruce) Dun-
can, of Waco, professor of history at Baylor University; Fred R.
Cotten, Parker County historian, businessman, and Texana col-
lector from Weatherford; and George P. Isbell, the popular high
sheriff of the Association's book auction. Newly elected vice-
president was David M. Warren, former regent of the University
of Texas and member of the Association's executive council
since 1954-
Harry Ransom, associate editor of the Quarterly and Dean of
the Faculty Division of the College of Arts and Sciences at the
University of Texas, was elected fellows representative on the
executive council. Dr. P. I. Nixon, former president of the Asso-
ciation and long identified with its work, was elected honorary
life member of the executive council from the fellows.149
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