1936

On November 9, the first officers were chosen at a meeting in Hall of State, Fair Park, Dallas, during Texas Centennial Exposition

Officers

President: Patrick D. Moreland, Austin; author; secretary to Gov. James V. Allred.
Vice-President: Stanley E. Babb, literary editor, Galveston News, Galveston
Secretary-Treasurer: William H. Vann, Mary Hardin-Baylor College, Belton.

Councilors:

Rebecca Smith, Fort Worth
Peter Molyneaux, Dallas.

1937

Meetings held June in Fort Worth; October 15 in Austin

Officers

President: Patrick D Moreland, Austin
Vice-President: Stanley E. Babb, Galveston
Secretary-Treasurer: William H. Vann, Belton

Councilors

Rebecca Smith
J. Marvin Hunter

1938

Meetings held Dallas, Oct. 21 – Cokesbury Bookstore, Oct. 22 – Luncheon, Dallas Athletic Club

Officers

President: Karle Wilson Baker, Nacogdoches
Vice-President: James H. Parke Austin
Secretary-Treasurer: William H. Vann, Belton

Councilors

Walter Prescott Webb, Austin
Whitney Montgomery, Dallas

1939

Dallas, Oct. 17 — Business meeting, Cokesbury Book Store, Oct. 18 — Awards Banquet Dallas Athletic Club

Officers

President: Whitney Montgomery, Dallas poet
Vice-President: Lee M. Ellison, Denton (vice-president of Texas State College for Women)
Secretary-Treasurer: William H. Vann, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton

Councilors

Karle Wilson Baker, Nacogdoches
Walter Prescott Webb, Austin.