Stephen F Austin State University - Stone Fort Yearbook (Nacogdoches, TX)

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PRESIDENT EMERITUS The great spirit of Dr. A. W. Birdwell has guided Stephen F. Austin State College to its present high scholastic standards and has helped thousands of individuals to find useful places in society. Through his magnificent personality, our President Emeritus has won many life long friends. His life has been dedicated to improving the minds of the young people of Texas. He has been recog- nized for years as one of the leading educators of the country. The success of his students in all walks of life attests to his worth. He is loved and respected by both teachers and students of S.F.A. and the school itself is a monument to his work.

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THE BOARD OF REGENTS Mrs. John King Beretta Saii Antonio, Texas Miss Emma Mae Brotze Marshall, Texas Honorable V. A. Collins Livingston, Texas Honorable Newton Harrell President Claude, Texas Honorable Claude Isbell Secretary Austin, Texas Honorable Wm. L. Kerr Midland, Texas Honorable H. L. Mills Houston, Texas Honorable R. L. Thomas Dallas, Texas Honorable Walter Woodul Vice-President Houston, Texas Not Pictured Honorable Melvin C. Edison Laredo, Texas

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PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE Stand aside for S.F.A. With this, another, and most recent, year of College life passed in review. It has been a year of contrasts in many ways. The largest enrollment of students in history has come to the college among the pines to gain the benefits of an advanced education. They have been met by one of the finest faculties ever assembled on a Texas campus. Yet over a? all have hung the ominous clouds of international discord. Fortunately, most of our group has realized that never before has there been a greater nesd for the trained, educated individual citizen. So despite the distant rumbles of conflict, and the threats of European and Asian war lords, we have had much excellent learning, and full, wholesome living. For each of you, bo h graduates and undergraduates, the faculty and administration of Stephen F. Austin State College is wishing the very best, in your professional activities, and in your personal living. We hope that each will remember that temporary exigencies do not alter basic values and standards. Thorough study, hard work, and conformity in both thought and action to the eternal ver- ities upon which all civilization is dependent are a; all times the requisites of a successful life. So this is our wish for each of you.