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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 Amazing Brother Bob; ad for Lone Star Texas Music Specials, Luckenbach, on back.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Lynn Barclay, Toby Beau, Phil Bepko, Walter Brennan, Cooder Brown, Hank Cochran, Hondo Crouch, Johnny Duncan, Joe Ely, Freddy Fender, Dillon Ferrero, Kinky Friedman, Gary Gray, Stephen Allen Griffiths, Bob Harrington, Emmylou Harris, Rainey Haynes, Roy Head, George Jay, Waylon Jennings, Sylvia Leal, Bubba Littrell, Darrell McCall, Augie Meyers, Maggie Montgomery, Cathy Morgan, Mama Morrison, Willie Nelson, Austin Notes, Curtis Potter, Ray Price, Jerry Retzloff, Darrell Royal, Doug Sahm, H. Allen Smith, Darrell Staedtler, Gary Stewart, Barry Sullivan, Hank Thompson, Frank X. Tolbert, Jerry Jeff Walker, Hal John Wimberly, Charlie Wood.

Margaret Fields talks about her early life in New Braunfels and life during the Great Depression. She describes the university campus and the schooling she received at Texas State in the 1930s and 1940s. She mentions places like Old Main; people such as C.E. Evans, Mary Brogdon, Leland Derrick, and John Flowers; and her experiences living off-campus. She discusses the various teaching jobs she took in Comal County and Medina County as well as her work with the state vocational rehabilitation department in Austin and other companies in Houston. She outlines how it all led her to her current job at the Sophienburg Museum in New Braunfels.

Cover story on Jimmy Spacek