Enthusiasm in Action and Reflections on Byron
A column exploring how enthusiasm fuels achievement in fields like music and public life. It recalls Willie and Fritz Kreisler, a San Antonio jewelry gag, and a Memphis bookstore find of a book titled Speeches for Every Occasion, alongside Byron's measured view of his own legacy.
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Little Willie
Fritz Kreisler
San Antonio
Texas
Joske’s
Shrine of Texas
The
Alamo
Byron
Mount Blanc
Lake Leman
Rome
Venice
Isles
Greece
Memphis
Tennessee
Dean Jimmy Negi shaped Texas road network and highway leadership
A. and M. College Texas honored Dean Jimmy Negi known for building the engineering department and the Texas Highway Program. Virginian educated in Texas he joined A. and M. in 1892 and led road building studies, the Engineering Experiment Station and the Highway Commission influence through 1922.
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Texas
J. C. Negi
M. Lege
Jimmy
Varia
Tag Cogy
Hoo
Iion
Texas Engineering Experiment Station
Pexas Highway Commission
State Highway Department
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Boyce House
Asm
Arrow
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Arrow Feeder
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Turkey
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