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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.

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Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Bobby Baker, Marcia Ball, Louie Bellson, Allene Blaker, Clay Blaker, Don Bowman, Ronnie Branham, Frenchie Burke, Emma Chaney, Gloria Christopher, Guy Clark, Vassar Clemens, Alvin Crow, Duke Ellington, Tom Faulkner, Kent Finlay, Jerry Garcia, Robert Gomez, Adolph Hafner, John Hays, Ricky Hernandez, George Jones, Hermann Lammersmeyer, Simon Magallan, Billy Mata, Augie Meyers, Cathy Morgan, Claude Morgan, Chip Morton, Willie Nelson, Bobby Ouesley, James Reveley, Johnny Rodriguez, Uncle Sam, Larry Trader, Daddy Warbucks, Jack Williams, Marty Winters, Ray Wylie.

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