AFFAIRS OF THE ASSOCIATION.
The San Jacinto Day Meeting.—In accordance with the notice sent to members, the Association was called to order in Room 44 of the University building by President Reagan, Monday afternoon, April 22, 1901. In the absence of the Secretary, Dr. Battle was asked to act in that capacity.
The amendments to the constitution as printed in the announcement sent out to members were adopted seriatim, and the amended constitution was adopted as a whole by a unanimous vote. The officers of the past year were elected for the ensuing year. Professor R. L. Batts was elected member of the Council from the Fellows for the term ending 1904; and Mrs. Bride Neill Taylor from the members for the term ending 1906.
After an interesting talk from the President on the historical heritage of the State of Texas, the possibilities of the future, and the opportunities of the Association, the meeting was adjourned.
The revised portion of the constitution are given below. The revisions are printed in italics and placed in brackets. Where the changes are simple additions, they are inserted at the proper points; but where they take the place of other provisions they are inserted immediately thereafter, the words for which they are substituted being enclosed in parentheses. Words enclosed in parentheses not followed by brackets are simply to be omitted:
Art. IV. ¶2. The President, Vice-Presidents, and Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected annually by the Association (from among the Fellows).
¶4. The Executive Council, (a majority) [five] of which shall constitute a quorum, shall consist of the following:
¶5. The [Ex-Presidents], the President, the four Vice-Presidents, the Recording Secretary and Librarian, [the Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer], the State Librarian, three Fellows, five Members.
Art. V. ¶4. [Members or Fellows may be dropped from the rolls of the Association at the discretion of the Council for nonpayment of dues.]
Art. VII.—Amendments.—Amendments to this Constitution shall become operative after being recommended by the Executive Council and approved by two-thirds of the (entire membership of the Association, the vote being taken by letter ballot). [members present and voting at any regular meeting; provided, that notice of the proposed amendment shall be given in the announcement of the meeting.]
The members of the Association will regret to hear that Professor Bugbee, who has been Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer since its organization, and to whose intelligent and faithful service much of its success has been due, has found himself under the necessity of resigning on account of ill health. His duties will be discharged, until his successor can be elected, by Mr. E. C. Barker. Professor Bugbee has obtained a leave of absence from the University, and expects to spend some time in New Mexico. He goes followed by innumerable good wishes and hopes for his speedy restoration and return to his work.
Until this year the regular annual meetings of the Association have been held at the University on the day following Commencement. The time has been found very unsuitable, mainly for the reason that all those who attend the Commencement exercises—as most of the members in Austin do—have little energy left for the meeting of the Association. The Council will soon take up the selection of another date, and it is hoped that the time chosen will be satisfactory enough to become fixed permanently.
The Texas Veteran's Association has sustained a sad loss in the death of its President, Col. Guy M. Bryan, and its Chaplain, Dr. Rufus C. Burleson. They went out almost together, Dr. Burleson dying May 14, and Col. Bryan June 3.
Dr. Burleson's life was devoted mainly to the work of education in Texas. A biographical sketch of him appears in this number. He was a member of the Council of the Association from its organization till his death, and was most energetic and faithful in the discharge of his duties as such. He never missed a meeting that he could attend. Few men in Texas had such intimate connection with so many lives, and he will be widely mourned.
In the death of Colonel Bryan the Association has lost one of its most loyal and enthusiastic members. He was its Second Vice-President during the first year of its existence, and First Vice-President thereafter to the end of his life. Colonel Bryan was a man of remarkable fine instincts and lofty character. He was devoted to Texas, in whose history he had played a prominent and useful part; and his friends feel it particularly appropriate that he should have spent his last moments in the shadow of the grand new capitol, which stands the most peculiar symbol of the greatness of the State he loved so well.
How to cite:
"AFFAIRS OF THE ASSOCIATION.", Volume 005, Number 1, Southwestern Historical Quarterly Online, Page 71 - 83. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/publications/journals/shq/online/v005/n1/back_10.html
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