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In the 1974 interview, conducted by students Bobbie Vaughn and Stan Siler, Dr. Henrietta "Retta" Murphy talks briefly about her family, her education, and her first teaching job at Trinity where she was also Dean of Women. The focus of the interview is related to her experiences at Southwest Texas State, beginning with her arrival in San Marcos in 1919. Dr. Murphy discusses her memories and observations of the History Department, examples of discrimination she experienced as a woman on the faculty, and some memories from teaching troops on campus during WWII. She also talks about President C.E. Evans, President John G. Flowers, Professor Greene, and Lyndon Johnson.

Cover story on Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Joe Babits, Steve Blodgett, Johnny Bush, Charlie Campion, Fletcher Clark, Bill Crain, Chon Davila, David Dee, Don Elam, Kinky Friedman, Gene Gosney, Jack Jacobs, Bo Jangles, Peggy Keener, Marie Laveau, Dennis Locorriere, Rocky Marciano, Claude Morgan, Larry Patton, San Pedro, Charlie Potter, Luke Robinson, Randall Rohne, Ray Sawyer, Jay Thornton, T. Gosney Thornton, Jerry Jeff Walker, Suzie Watson, Hank Williams, Jay Wise, Faron Young.

Cover story on Ram Ayala (Taco Land) in memoriam