The Texas Book Two : More Profiles, History, and Reminiscences of the University.

Intro -- Foreword (Larry R. Faulkner) -- Introduction (David Dettmer) -- Profiles -- Rising from the Frontier: John A. Lomax and the University of Texas (Nolan Porterfield) -- Benedicere Benedictus: A Profile of H. Y. Benedict (David Dettmer) -- A Feminist, before Her Time: The Journey of Anna Hiss (Brad Buchholz) -- Communism, Fruit Flies, and Academic Freedom: J. R. Parten's "Second Education" (Don E. Carleton) -- Harvey Was My Friend (Ben Crenshaw) -- Steadfast in His Intent: John W. Hargis and the Integration of the University of Texas at Austin (Richard B. McCaslin) -- A Desk for Borges (Peter LaSalle) -- History -- "Farmer Jim" and "The Chief": Governor Jim Ferguson and His Battle with Eugene C. Barker and the University of Texas (Patrick Cox) -- "Harry's Place": A Brief History of the Academic Center and Undergraduate Library/Peter T. Flawn Academic Center (Richard W. Oram) -- Campus Architecture: Identity Crises (Richard Cleary and Lawrence Speck) -- The Most Important Building on Campus (Richard A. Holland) -- McDonald Observatory: Bigger and Brighter (Frank N. Bash) -- Austin City Limits and the University of Texas (Michael Toland) -- Reminiscences -- I Had No Reason to Believe Otherwise (Barbara Smith Conrad) -- The Arcadia That Was Austin (Vance Muse) -- Barn Dance: The Early Years of Shakespeare at Winedale (Alice Gordon) -- Hank the Hallucination's Campaign Trail Remembered: Confessions of a Traitorous, Politically Agnostic Opportunist (Sam Hurt with additional material by Paul Begala) -- A Perfect Game (Cat Osterman) -- Before the Bulldozers: Life in Married Student Housing (Wayne Butler) -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

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