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Cover story on Leon Russell, Kinky Friedman.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Joe Bob, Bobby Burns, Joe Bob Burris, Rick Casual, Hondo Crouch, Charlie Daniels, Lenny Erker, Willie Nelson Family, Rex Foster, Vance Jackson, Bo Jangles, Jerry Jeff, Doug Kershaw, Kris Kristofferson, Mouse Maddox, Mary McCreary, Augie Meyer, Frank Miller, Jody Payne, George Ramirez, Willis Allen Ramsey, Carl Schwartz, John Sebastian, Sean Seman, Bea Spears, Larry Trader, Rusty Wier.

In the 1978 interview, conducted by History faculty members Merry FitzPatrick and Ronald C. Brown, Dr. Henrietta "Retta" Murphy talks about her experiences at Southwest Texas State, from her arrival in 1919 when the school was still a Normal College, through her retirement in 1956.  She relates stories about President “Prexy” Evans, President Flowers, Lyndon Johnson, and mentions SWT professors H.M. Greene, James Taylor, Emmie Craddock, Alfred Nolle, and Betty Kissler among others. She also talks about her beliefs about education and teaching and offers examples from her years of teaching college students.  The interviewers and Dr. Murphy had a collegial relationship and they laughed through much of the interview.

Meeting minutes from the Texas State University System Board of Regents.