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This is the transcript from the third 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 people who influenced his life and career, his relationship with his predecessor Dr. Evans, and various faculty, staff, and administrators at SWT who contributed to the success of the college. He talks about meeting Lady Bird Johnson in Washington in 1942 and how she helped get a resolution passed in Congress to give a part of Riverside (now Sewell Park) to the school. Flowers also talks about his pride in the institution and being able to work with faculty even when they disagreed. 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.

Cover story on Ernest Tubb.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Roy Acuff, David Allan, Buddy Allen, Black Bart, Toby Beau, Alan Brown, James Brown, Milton Brown, Johnny Bush, David Allan Coe, Rusty Cofield, John Conboye, Eldridge Davis, Kathy Deitsch, Floyd Domino, Rob Grimes, Chris Holzhaus, Elvis II, Mick Jagger, Waylon Jennings, Elton John, Linda Lovell, Bill Loyd, Steve Lucke, Skip Lutz, Tom Mathis, Augie Meyer, Ronnie Milsap, Maria Muldaur, Bettie Naylor, Willie Nelson, Jim Nesbitt, Elaine Noble, Chris O'Connell, Dwight Oberholzer, San Pedro, Elvis Presley, Rick Presley, Jimmy Rodgers, Johnny Rodriguez, Ron Rose, Larry Scherff, Jim Schumacher, Carly Simon, Hank Singer, Steve Spencer, Linda Stevenson, Bob Wills, Orth Woodruff.

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