The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 92, July 1988 - April, 1989 Page: 38
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Southwestern Historzcal Quarterly
tute of Texas Letters. I like good company but don't yearn much toward orga-
nized societies. If the Texas Philosophical Society will meet sometime in Austin,
I will buy $10 worth of whiskey for it and show my heart's in the right place.
With lots of good wishes and cheerful memories, I remain,
Your friend,
J. Frank Dobie6
Dobie nevertheless was persuaded to become one of the fourteen
charter members of the revived Society and remained a member for
the rest of his life.
Later, when the matter of setting dues for members came up, Dobie
had this to say:
I don't look favorably upon levying dues on the members. I see no reason why
the proceedings should be published. Get some of the people who like to see
their names in gilt to pay for all this show stuff. Just pick out a few millionaires
and charge them a steep entrance fee and then use the money in any way that
will please them.'
Dobie must have paid dues and received the printed Proceedings.
Twenty years later, he wrote the following to Gambrell:
While making a checklist of my books and pamphlets, a University of Texas
library assistant has found that I do not have the 1951 publication of the Philo-
sophical Society of Texas. I can't imagine what became of it, for I have kept a
file of these proceedings from the beginning. If you can furnish me the missing
number, I'll furnish you something sometime-maybe another letter paying
my respects to the Philosophical Society of Texas.8
When Webb was invited to join the Society at its reorganization, the
noted historian humbly wrote: "I have never thought of myself as a
philosopher, but perhaps I can qualify as a history student." He added
a personal note to Charles S. Potts, dean of the Law School at Southern
Methodist University, who had issued the invitation to him:
I have not seen you in a long time. Perhaps you have forgotten that you wrote
the letter informing me that I would be accepted at the University on individ-
ual approval. I have not forgotten it as it meant much to come here instead of
going to some of the other institutions where things might have been a little
easier. The letter came in the spring or summer of 19o9. Again I want to thank
you for it.'
" Ibid., 88.
Ibid.
8 Ibid.
9Ibid., 89.
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