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1917 yearbook for Southwest Texas State Normal School.

Contains list of faculty, information for students, and course descriptions. Also includes images of the campus.

Cover story on Augie Meyers

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Keith Adams, Bubba Brown, Johnny Bush, Milton Carroll, George Chambers, David Allan Coe, Patsy Coleman, Charlie Daniels, Al Dean, John Denver, Paul English, Denny Ezba, Mickey Gilley, Tommy Goldsmith, Lee Harmon, Emmylou Harris, Alex Harvey, Walter Hyatt, Waylon Jennings, Mark Jones, Jerry Lee Lewis, Rex Ludwig, Bobby Martin, Roger Miller, Joker Moon, Bobbie Nelson, Pop Nelson, Willie Nelson, Olivia Newton-John, Buck Owens, Jody Payne, Elvis Presley, Mickey Raphael, Jan Reid, Steve Runkle, Doug Sahm, John Santos, Bea Spears, Joe Stampley, Ernest Tubb, Jerry Jeff Walker, Paul Warren, Kitty Wells, Faron Young.

William Liddle talks about local politics in Hays County in the 1960s and 1970s, especially the involvement and sentiments of certain voting groups such as Democrats, the Mexican-American community, and the Black community. He relates controversial school board elections. He discusses issues of academic freedom that certain professors encountered, including Bill Emery, as well as the McCrocklin Case.

From 1999-2001, NASA partnered with History students at Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State) to conduct interviews with former employees who lived in the Central Texas area. Interviewees include managers, engineers, technicians, doctors, astronauts, and other employees of NASA and aerospace contractors who served in key roles during the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Shuttle programs.