 In the June 1974 issue of "Texas Monthly", Richard West lamented the $90,000–100,000 cost to the state incurred by the remodeling of the president's home.He referred to the house, which featured a new elevator, an expanded dining room, and a solarium, as a "bush-league Bauer House", in reference to the $923,315 residence of University of Texas System Chancellor Charles LeMaistre.While ETSU's faculty remained well-staffed during this period, however, its student enrollment numbers continued to trend downward