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Cover story on Hank Williams, Jr.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: David Allan, Gary Allen, County Atty, Doug Blaser, Tommy Bolin, Milton Carroll, David Allan Coe, Patsy Coleman, Alvin Crow, Charlie Daniels, Jimmy Darnell, Dave Davidson, Bob Dylan, Monroe Faggeaux, Steve Fromholz, George Gershwin, Bob Herrick, Jerry Jeff, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Jaime Kay, Ron Knuth, Darrell McCall, Maggie Montgomery, Claude Morgan, Willie Nelson, San Pedro, Pablo Picasso, Johnny Rodriguez, Leon Russell, Willie Sing, Hank Singer, Ernest Tubb, Henry Vollentine, Jerry Jeff Walker, Rusty Wier, Jim Wiley, Mike Williams, Frank Wright.

In the 1978 interview, conducted by History faculty members Merry FitzPatrick and Ronald C. Brown, Dr. Henrietta "Retta" Murphy talks about her experiences at Southwest Texas State, from her arrival in 1919 when the school was still a Normal College, through her retirement in 1956.  She relates stories about President “Prexy” Evans, President Flowers, Lyndon Johnson, and mentions SWT professors H.M. Greene, James Taylor, Emmie Craddock, Alfred Nolle, and Betty Kissler among others. She also talks about her beliefs about education and teaching and offers examples from her years of teaching college students.  The interviewers and Dr. Murphy had a collegial relationship and they laughed through much of the interview.

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