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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: Gasoline Alley, Jesse Ashlock, Marsha Ball, Johnny Bond, Johnny Bush, Guy Capparelli, David Allan Coe, Keith Coleman, Alvin Crow, Jimmy Damell, Charlie Daniels, Bob Dylan, Kinky Friedman, Johnny Gimble, Elliott Gould, Waylon Jennings, Tess Liberto, Bubba Littrell, Darrell McCall, Augie Meyers, Jenny Morris, Michael Murphy, San Pedro, Mike Pigott, Bill Plummer, Charlie Pride, Neil Reshen, Larry Roberson, Ron Rose, Al Stricklin, Mel Tillis, Ernest Tubb, Jerry Waddell, Greezy Wheels, Bob Wills, Brian Wilson, Ray Wylie, Faron Young.

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