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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: Alicia Alonso, Mike Ayala, John Berryman, Clay Blaker, Chenin Blanc, Don Bowman, Paul Brea, Cooder Browne, Gooder Browne, Metz Castleberry, Charlie Daniels, John Dingler, Jay Dominguez, Buster Doss, Judy Garland, Efrain Gutierrez, Chris Holzhaus, Brenda Lee, Joe Martinez, Elizabeth McLlhaney, Ruben Mendoza, Augie Meyers, Mickey Newberry, Olly Otten, Johnny Roberts, Lyndon Roth, Leon Russell, Cabernet Sauvignon, Lonnie Shorr, Reynaldo Smith, John Thomas, T. Gosney Thornton, Ernest Tubb, Canto Vital, Plugger Wyld.

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