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Published weekly during the school year by the Students of the Southwest Texas Normal. Also contains local advertisements.

Cover story on Betty Hansen & Judy film.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Mary Aspaas, Bebe Bartlett, Clay Blaker, Ronnie Branham, David Cali, Hondo Crouch, Bob Crowley, Bob Dickson, Jay Dominguez, Joe Ely, Denny Ezba, Al Garcia, Robert Gomez, Jack Green, Henry Holly, Waylon Jennings, Dan Johnson, George Jones, Jackie King, Guich Koock, Joey Lopez, Loretta Lynn, Billy Mata, Darrell McCall, Ron McPherson, Denise Meek, Augie Meyers, Willie Nelson, Mary Parchman, Doug Sahm, Terry Scherbel, Cal Smith, Ernest Tubb, Conway Twitty, John Wayne.

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.

Cover story on Suzy Bravo