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This is the transcript from the first of three interviews that Bruce Roche conducted with Dr. Flowers just prior to his retirement. Dr. Flowers (Class of 1913) was President of Southwest Texas State College from 1942-1964. In this interview, Dr. Flowers talks about the history of education in Texas, his educational philosophy, and the need for vocational schools to provide practical skills to their students. He also talks about growing up in a family that had books in their home, and how he was encouraged to get his master’s degree at the age of 30. Interviewer Bruce Roche was director of the College News Service. This interview was the source material for his article “Goal: Excellence – Dr. Flowers’ Lifelong Watchword,” published in the Austin American-Statesman on August 30, 1964.

Cover story on Gatemouth Brown.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Bobby Bland, Johnny Bush, Glen Climer, Patsy Coleman, Alice Cooper, Hondo Crouch, Frank Diaz, Bwana Dik, Chris Holzhaus, Clifton Jansky, Waylon Jennings, Tony Laier, Laura Lee McBride, Augie Meyers, Gene Miertschin, John Monfrey, Sparky Montoya, Cathy Morgan, Willie Nelson, Pat Pankratz, Ruben Pena, Mike Pugh, Lou Rawls, Don Robey, Rick Rodriguez, Bob Rohan, Doug Sahm, Gus Salazar, Boz Scaggs, Hank Thompson, Jerry Waddell, Greezy Wheels, Frank Zappa.

No summary available. Conversations between Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark.

1984 yearbook for Southwest Texas State University.

1984 football media guide for Southwest Texas State University. The media guides contain football schedules, football player information and statistics, and athletic staff information.

Public Matters is the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program's magazine that highlights not only the program's achievements, events, and faculty research throughout the previous year, but also shines a light on our MPA alumni and their work within the field of public administration.