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In the 1974 interview, conducted by students Bobbie Vaughn and Stan Siler, Dr. Henrietta "Retta" Murphy talks briefly about her family, her education, and her first teaching job at Trinity where she was also Dean of Women. The focus of the interview is related to her experiences at Southwest Texas State, beginning with her arrival in San Marcos in 1919. Dr. Murphy discusses her memories and observations of the History Department, examples of discrimination she experienced as a woman on the faculty, and some memories from teaching troops on campus during WWII. She also talks about President C.E. Evans, President John G. Flowers, Professor Greene, and Lyndon Johnson.

Cover story on Kindrick as a preacher.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Buzzy Beano, Toby Beau, Ronnie Branham, Gatemouth Brown, Frenchie Burke, Tony Dale, Dave Duffey, Speedo Roy Earl, Barbara Fairchild, La Familia, Freddy Fender, Kinky Friedman, Lindsey Fry, Manny Gammage, Gary Gray, Elvis II, Dale Jackson, George Jay, Bobby Jenkins, Waylon Jennings, Doug Kershaw, Jim Koerner, Tom McGinnis, Jim McIver, Huey Meaux, Willie Nelson, Gary P. Nunn, Elvis Presley, Rick Presley, Ruben Ramos, Betty Rice, Frank Rodarte, John Santos, Andy Stone.

Gerald Skidmore talks about how he came to Killeen and started working for the Killeen Daily Herald. He reflects on the town's growth and relationship to Fort Hood, as well as the relationship between the newspaper and the army base. He specifies how major military events, like the Cuban Missle Crisis and the Vietnam War, affected Killeen.

Cover story on Joe Horn