PROGRESS OF THE ASSOCIATION.
Increase in Membership.—The rapid increase in membership since the annual meeting in June has been most gratifying. Beside 69 applications for membership to be voted on at the Christmas meeting, the Association now has 710 members, distributed as follows:
Austin 132
San Antonio 63
Houston 40
Dallas 33
Waco 19
Galveston 18
Fort Worth 17
Laredo 12
Brenham 10
Beaumont 8
Corsicana 8
College Station 7
El Paso 7
Nacogdoches 7
Waxahachie 7
Tyler 6
Cuero 5
Gonzales 5
Huntsville 5
Sherman 5
Victoria 5
In each of 157 other town in Texas there are from 1 to 4 members, besides 24 members in sixteen other States.
Proposed Improvement in The Quarterly.—The large membership of the Association makes possible a great improvement in The Quarterly, which may be expected if the dues are paid as promptly as is hoped. In this case the regular issue can be enlarged to 200 pages per number, and extra numbers can be published as often as material is available and the finances of the Association will permit. Two such extra numbers are now in preparation,—one by Mr. E. C. Barker on The Battle of San Jacinto, which will contain, besides Mr. Barker's monograph on the subject, reprints of the official documents and of the most important accounts of the battle; and another by Mr. E. W. Winkler on The Cherokees, which will contain a great many hitherto unpublished documents of the highest interest. The growing membership of the Association makes it possible thus to improve our magazine and to issue extra numbers without increasing the annual dues.
Payment of Dues.—In order to make the improvement suggested above, it will be absolutely necessary for members to pay their dues promptly. The Association will be asked at the Christmas meeting to make provision for dropping delinquents from the roll. Attention is again called to the convenience of collecting dues by draft, and members are urged to sign the slips, which have been sent them, authorizing the treasurer to collect in this manner.
Applications for Membership.—The Association is a coöperative organization composed of persons interested in the history of Texas, and one of its objects is to preserve our history and stimulate interest in it by publishing articles and documents of historical value, for distribution among the members. The larger the membership, then, the more work of this character can be done. Every respectable and patriotic citizen of Texas is invited to become a member of the Association and assist in this work, and every member is invited to send to the corresponding secretary the names of persons who are interested in the history of Texas and who would make desirable members of the Association.
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"PROGRESS OF THE ASSOCIATION.", Volume 003, Number 2, Southwestern Historical Quarterly Online, Page not available. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/publications/journals/shq/online/v003/n2/back_8.html
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