Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting (1923) of the Texas Folk-Lore Society
The Society met April 27–28, at Austin, in the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium, in three successive sessions. The program was as follows:
I
Annual Public Address (given under the joint auspices of the University of Texas and the Texas Folk-Lore Society): Folk-Lore of the Central West, Doctor Louise Pound, University of Texas.
II
President’s Address: Folk Thought and the Modern Mind, Professor Will H. Thomas, the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas; This New American Language, Mr. Samuel B. Dabney, Houston, Texas; A Mexican Popular Ballad, Mr. W. A. Whatley, Ohio State University (read by Professor Lilia M. Casis of the University of Texas and sung by two University girls); Some Texas Songs, Dr. L. W. Payne, Jr., University of Texas; Superstitions of the Northern Seas, Mr. Hartman Dignowity, Denison, Texas; Two Legends of the Llano Country, Miss Julia Estill, Fredericksburg, Texas; Strokes Shared, Dr. J. R. Reinhard, University of Texas.
III
Some Indigenous Architecture of Texas (illustrated by lantern slides), Professor Samuel E. Gideon, University of Texas; Negro Folk-Songs, sung by Austin negroes; Some Typical Buried Treasure Legends of Texas, with Notes Thereon, Mr. J. Frank Dobie, University of Texas; Some Negro Plantation Songs, Mr. John A. Lomax, Austin, Texas.
The Secretary made the following report:
| Cash on hand at the beginning of the year 1922–1923 | $ 88.47 | |
| Aggregate income during the year | 441.36 | |
| Total assets for the year | $529.83 | |
| Total disbursements for the year | $517.00 | |
| Cash on hand | 12.83 | |
| $529.83 | ||
The assets of the year came from annual dues, the sale of a few of the 1916 Publications at $2.00 each, the donation of a patron’s fee by Mr. Sam P. Cochran of Dallas, and a subsidy of $100 granted by the Board of Regents of the University of Texas to further publication by the Society. The disbursements were principally for printing and postage.
A paid-up membership of 178 members was reported, distributed as follows: Patrons, 1; Life Members, 26; Members with Journal of American Folk-Lore Society Privileges, 8; Annual Members, 143. Of the 178 members, 114 had joined during the current year.
Officers for the year 1923–1924 were elected as follows: President, Julia Estill, Fredericksburg; First Vice-President, Samuel B. Dabney, Houston; Second Vice-President, S. N. Gaines, Fort Worth; Third Vice-President, Mrs. J. C. Marshall, Quanah; Councillors: A. J. Armstrong, Baylor University; George Summey, Jr., Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas; Maud D. Sullivan, El Paso; Secretary-Treasurer, J. Frank Dobie, Austin (now of Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, Stillwater, Oklahoma).