Will Rogers, Jr. was forced to cancel his Tuesday, December 4, speech at Texarkana Community College because of a recent bout with the flu.
Students, Bill Hughes, Dean of Students, called TCC at Hughes’ home at approximately 10:15 Sunday. According to Hughes, Rogers said that he had started feeling ill on Friday and had “laid off” in hopes that he could recover in time for his TCC presentation. Hughes went on to say that Rogers did indeed sound “under-the-weather.”
Rogers told Dean Hughes that he did not feel that it would be fair to the students of TCC if his speech was not up to par. He stated that he had been looking forward to his visit to Texarkana and that he would be glad to reschedule his speech at a later date.
Dean Hughes said that although the school and Rogers would try to work something out, nothing definite has been decided as of the present.