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Action Magazine, July 1978

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Cover story on "Great World's Fight," Bobby Thomas and Johnny Hernandez.
Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Jules Abramson, Bob Azar, Marcia Ball, Bubba Brown, Buddy Calk, Choo Choo, Patsy Coleman, Rusty Cox, Bwana Dik, Jay Dominguez, Mary Franks, Steve Fromholz, Bobby Gomez, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Guich Koock, Billy Mata, Augie Meyers, Gene Miertschin, Maggie Montgomery, George Morin, David Morris, Willie Nelson, Olly Otten, Suzie Prentiss, Jerry Retzloff, Frank Rodarte, Doc Roper, Jack Roth, Jerry Jeff Walker, Rusty Wier.

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Byron Augustin oral history interview

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Dr. Augustin talks about growing up and attending college in Nebraska. Along with discussing how he ended up in the field of geography and his early work, Dr. Augustin speaks about what convinced him to come to Texas State. Dr. Augustin outlines his methods and philosophies of teaching geography and applauds the faculty of the geography department. He briefly talks about how the university and San Marcos has changed as well as where he has traveled.

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William Dibrell oral history interview

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William Dibrell talks about his career as both an educator at Texas State and as a member of the San Marcos City Council. He recalls his early life in Bastrop, serving in the Korean War, and earning his master's degree in special education at SWTSC. He reflects on his experience working as the assistant county school superintendent in Lockhart before teaching at San Marcos High School and helping with the Upward Bound program. He outlines how he devoted his career to supporting vocational education teachers and teaching public speaking courses. He describes the evolution of education in San Marcos, with specific mention of the laboratory school, the Coronal Institute, and the San Marcos Baptist Academy. He addresses his frustrations and the ways in which he believes San Marcos and its City Council need to improve and shares his views on teaching and the education system in general.