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Action Magazine, September 1978

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Cover story on Floyd Tillman.
Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Bobby Baker, Marcia Ball, Louie Bellson, Allene Blaker, Clay Blaker, Don Bowman, Ronnie Branham, Frenchie Burke, Emma Chaney, Gloria Christopher, Guy Clark, Vassar Clemens, Alvin Crow, Duke Ellington, Tom Faulkner, Kent Finlay, Jerry Garcia, Robert Gomez, Adolph Hafner, John Hays, Ricky Hernandez, George Jones, Hermann Lammersmeyer, Simon Magallan, Billy Mata, Augie Meyers, Cathy Morgan, Claude Morgan, Chip Morton, Willie Nelson, Bobby Ouesley, James Reveley, Johnny Rodriguez, Uncle Sam, Larry Trader, Daddy Warbucks, Jack Williams, Marty Winters, Ray Wylie.

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Byron Augustin oral history interview

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Dr. Augustin talks about growing up and attending college in Nebraska. Along with discussing how he ended up in the field of geography and his early work, Dr. Augustin speaks about what convinced him to come to Texas State. Dr. Augustin outlines his methods and philosophies of teaching geography and applauds the faculty of the geography department. He briefly talks about how the university and San Marcos has changed as well as where he has traveled.

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William Dibrell oral history interview

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William Dibrell talks about his career as both an educator at Texas State and as a member of the San Marcos City Council. He recalls his early life in Bastrop, serving in the Korean War, and earning his master's degree in special education at SWTSC. He reflects on his experience working as the assistant county school superintendent in Lockhart before teaching at San Marcos High School and helping with the Upward Bound program. He outlines how he devoted his career to supporting vocational education teachers and teaching public speaking courses. He describes the evolution of education in San Marcos, with specific mention of the laboratory school, the Coronal Institute, and the San Marcos Baptist Academy. He addresses his frustrations and the ways in which he believes San Marcos and its City Council need to improve and shares his views on teaching and the education system in general.