The Governor's Task Force Summary

Barlow is summoned to the office of the governor of Texas. He is in Austin to give a series of guest lectures at the University of Texas, which he graduated from. At the governor's office, he is introduced to a group of four people. Ransom Rusk, Lorenzo Quimper, Lorena Cobb and Professor Efrain Garza. The governor enters and introduces everyone. The governor wants a report in time for the Sesquicentennial. It should include what schoolchildren should know about Texas history. The report is to emphasize what makes Texas unique from other states and how to instill a love for Texas in the children. The group will have three graduate students to help them. The group is to travel around the state and hold meetings in different areas. Barlow is appointed the chairman of the Task Force.

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