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Announcements about the ninth session of the school and faculty additions, homecoming and alumni association. List of former students who attended the first homecoming, and an alumni roll as of November 1911. Also contains the academic calendar for 1911-1912.

Contains list of people at the head of the Texas State Board of Education and the local board of directors, as well as a list of faculty. Includes the academic calendar, the eighth annual report of the Board of Trustees, list of students that attended 1910-1911 and certificates the graduates received, list of some past graduates, explanations of courses, and information for students. Also includes short history of the normal school in San Marcos, Texas, and describes the purpose of a normal school.

Max Winkler talks about how he got started in the CIA, primarily through working on a program dedicated to eradicating the spread of foot and mouth disease in Mexico in the 1940s and 1950s. Mr. Winkler describes his adventures and exploits, spending much of the interview discussing his role in training Cuban nationals to overthrow Castro during the disastrous Bay of Pigs in Cuba in the early 1960s. He details how Fidel Castro took control of Cuba and instituted communism, due in large part to Hugo Chavez, whom Mr. Winkler interviewed. Along with describing the trainees, Winkler recalls how the CIA treated number of imprisoned defectors. Mr. Winkler also shares how the U.S. worked with President Ydigoras of Guatemala during this period. Eventually, Mr. Winkler and his wife (also a CIA agent) left the Foreign Service and moved to New Braunfels. Mr. Winkler administered LBJ's Head Start Program in Central Texas, the first in the U.S., before becoming principal of Seele Elementary.

Cover story on Clinton Baermann