Oral History Interview with J. Fagg Foster, August 28, 1967 Page: 30
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series of simple questions. He asked if I thought this would help
Mr. Bullington, and of course the obvious answer was, "No."
Cochran: That is, your having a fist fight or something?
Foster: Yes. He then asked if it would help the University, and again the
obvious answer of course, was, "No, it would do the University
great harm." And he then asked if it would do me any good and the
answer to that was, "Yes." Then he asked a very sage question, I
think. Should it be then my benefit or the University's benefit,
that should determine the course of behavior, and of course I saw
the point and agreed that I should not confront Mr. Bullington
with the proper personal retort to his misbehavior, but should in-
stead try to protect the University's interest as best we could.
And so I did not go back to confront the Board but simply refused
to sign the statement.
Cochran: Now there's no question in my mind, of course, I'm a great parti-
san, but there's no question in my mind but to echo exactly what
you said a few moments ago that President Rainey really was one of
the truly outstanding educational administrators that the country
has had. And it was a trememdous loss to the University and to
Texas when he was fired. And it set the University back I know
many, many years in its development.
Foster: Yes, and this is the most unfortunate outcome of the controversy,
although there have been fortunate results also. The University
of Texas was on its way very rapidly under Rainey's leadership, to
becoming one of the really great universities in the world. And
this sequence of events with the Board of Regents which existed at
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Cochran, Kendall & Foster, J. Fagg. Oral History Interview with J. Fagg Foster, August 28, 1967, book, April 16, 1968; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223563/m1/31/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.