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This is the transcript from the second 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, he talks about the development of general education requirements that brought the Humanities (arts and philosophy) back into mainstream course requirements. He discusses his opinions about faculty qualifications and who should supervise student teachers, about the college adopting a team-teaching approach, and the role of a college president. Flowers also talks about funding from the Danforth Foundation and the Hogg Foundation that allowed the school to implement programs it couldn’t otherwise afford. 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-Statesmanon August 30, 1964.

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Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Andy Anderson, Bailey Anderson, Moses Bolibo, Gooder Brown, Johnny Bush, George Chambers, Don Chema, Stanley Clarke, David Allan Coe, La Coste, Pete Drake, Barbara Fairchild, Bobby Flores, Kinky Friedman, Alex Habeeb, Linda Hargrove, Joe Jama, Mary Jane, Danny Levinson, Loretta Lynn, Augie Meyers, Claude Morgan, Willie Nelson, Olivia Newton-John, Larry Patton, Joe Perales, Rick Presley, Paul Ray, Jerry Reed, Jerry Retzloff, Frank Rodarte, Johnny Rodriguez, Roger Santos, David Solis, Joe Sublette, Tammy Wynette, Oscar Zamora, Ray Zule.

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