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me, "I've never used the phrase 'by gosh.' I've used some other expres-
sions, but not that one."
After I was discharged from the army, I enrolled at the University of
Texas in September, 1946. Bailey Carroll had succeeded Webb as direc-
tor of the Texas State Historical Association by then and he offered me
a job. Labor Day weekend, I started to work at sixty cents an hour in
the Association office in Garrison Hall 10o5. I continued to work there
until 1958. Webb was across the hall in lo2, but most of his secretarial
work was done in the TSHA office. Dobie had an office in old "B" Hall,
where Miss Friend and others worked on the Handbook of Texas.
Webb had a heavy workload during those years. In addition to his
regular teaching, he continued work on the Handbook and, from time
to time, gave the History 372M seminar in historical writing and edit-
ing to train students to write articles for the Handbook. In 1947-1948,
while Carroll was ill, Webb resumed editorship of the Quarterly.
I had course work under Webb in 1948 and again in 1952, and he
was on my dissertation committee. I have a number of specific memo-
ries of those and the following years. When Roy Bedichek's Adventures
with a Texas Naturalist, which Webb and Dobie had encouraged, was in
the final stages of publication, Webb got a copy of the galley proofs
(maybe from Bedichek) and was excited and pleased with what he held
in his hands. He told us in the office something about the book. Much
of the writing had been done at his Friday Mountain ranch, and the
funds for publication, contributed by Texas people, were administered
by the Association. When Doubleday finally published the book, I
bought a copy, went over to Bedichek's house, and got him to sign it.
I have another memory of a Sunday afternoon, a few days before
Christmas. My wife and I attended a cocktail party in Austin. The
guests included Webb and his wife and a Spanish professor and his
wife, who had recently arrived in the country. Webb declined a drink,
explaining that he and Mrs. Webb would leave shortly to attend the an-
nual Christmas program at the Friendship Baptist Church, adjacent to
Friday Mountain. The new arrival from Spain could not understand
why Webb would not take a cocktail. After a second explanation, she
asked, "What? Your priest.., he does not drink?" "My priest, he does
not drink," answered Webb.
Friday Mountain played an important role in the life of the history
department at the University. When Phi Alpha Theta history fraternity
was established on campus, the group was invited to the ranch for one
of its first activities. I have had many memorable hours there, thanks to
Webb, C. B. Smith, Joe B. Fantz, and the late Rodney J. Kidd, who be-
came owner of Friday Mountain after Webb's death.
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