ushers, directing honored guests to their seats on the platform, and selling programs. As volunteers, they could purchase food and drink at a discount from the concession stand, at a maximum of 5 cents an item, rather than the maximum 10 cents an item for the general public.

On April 21, music was provided by the 90-piece First Band of the Houston high schools, brought together under the direction of Victor Alessandro.

Herbert Gambrell of SMU and the Dallas Historical Society, left, presided over the morning session on April 21. Radoslav A. Tsanoff, right, of the Rice Institute and president of the Texas Folk-Lore Society was the morning speaker. Note the addition of a second microphone; a portion at least of the day's presentation would be broadcast statewide by radio."In its fuller meaning, the story of a people would include all that has moved it or expressed its outlook on life. Those quaint fancies and superstitions, and the tales of customs in which they have found expression, reveal the imaginative mood of our people, the tone of their life and thought. We can appreciate better the history of a people's actual lives if we attend to the stories of their imagination wherein they stand revealed."

Many in the crowd came to hear the popular "Pappy" O'Daniel during his noon-time address. Here George A. Hill, Jr. greets Texas Governor W. Lee O'Daniel, his wife Merle O'Daniel, and Oscar Holcombe, mayor of Houston, when they arrived shortly before noon on April 21, 1939.

W. Lee O'Daniel was a well-known radio personality,