04 Broadcaster Press September 30, 2014 www.broadcasteronline.com Celebrate Dakota Days: Part II From war to rock and roll By Alan Dale alan.dale@plaintalk.net America had survived the “war to end all wars” and “the Great Depression” and in turn so did the University of South Dakota. What the first 25 years of Homecoming – i.e. Dakota Days – represented was an embracing of the here and now while respecting what the university on the prairie had grown to be. Now as the next 25 years loomed – 1939 to 1963 – it was on to even more challenging times. From the worldwide threat of Adolph Hitler and the dreaded Axis to the Cold War and the A-bomb, USD survived it all. Then of course there were The Beatles. But what might have shaped a large part of the USD campus’ identity was a productive war between two talented alpha males. They two shaped the University of South Dakota if not in turn America. A World War of South Dakotan proportions I.D. Weeks had already been in the role of President for the University of South Dakota for six years when Let Our Family Business keep yours in the go with: • Farm Filters • Hydraulic Hoses • Bearings & Seals Cox Auto 1007 Broadway Ave. • Yankton • 665-4494 Pearl Harbor was bombed. He would survive World War II and many other challenges to become the longest tenured USD president (1935-1966) of 31 years. What he would witness was a cultural shift on campus as the bombs flew, men left for corridors of war, and American women took their place as the backbone of a nation. “During the war you had very few men on campus so women did everything,” Susan Tuve, Senior Director of Planned Giving and a 1970 USD alum, said. “They were student body presidents, in charge of the annual and the paper. It was pretty true across the country. Some of those women later on became fairly prominent and some of them have given back. “I remember looking at the annuals and saw how women stepped up.” The last cover of the last USD yearbook in 1986. (Courtesy Photo) cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, cash payments of tuition and living expenses to attend university, high school or vocational education, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. “The war defined the period,” Current USD President Emeritus Ted Muenster said. “After the war there was a resurgence in the student body because of the The war saw American involvement for nearly four years and when it ended the nation gave back. By creating the G.I. Bill, the United States government would change the direction of a nation for years. The bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ World_War_IIveterans (commonly referred to as G.I.s). Benefits included low- HEINE Electric and Irrigation Hartington, NE (402) 254-2568 Vermillion, SD (605) 670-9567 ALL TYPES OF DIRT WORK. FREE ESTIMATES. Irrigation sales and service Irrigation PVC, Wire Installed Well Drilling – Domestic and Irrigation Pump Installation Waterline & Electric Trenching BEAUTIFUL YANKTON COUNTY ACREAGE Saturday Oct. 18th 10:30 am Tree & Concrete Removal Site Clearing Ditch Cleaning Grain Hauling Manure Hauling Crushed Concrete GI Bill.” “(The bill) made a difference in the student body because these GIs were coming back and they were much more sophisticated,” Tuve said. “They had seen the world, they had survived the world. It gave a different flavor to the campus.” It may have been one of the last times where Americans almost unanimously support the troops following war. “It was a clear cut victory,” “Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq are most likely not going to be clear cut victories. It’s hard to deal with it when there isn’t victory with a peace.” Despite women taking prominent roles during the war, many settled back into what they knew prior to the war. “Women proved they could do it and women fell back into their former roles,” Tuve said. “It was still harder to see women get ahead. It didn’t really start around the early 60s. It still didn’t quite affect the Midwest like it did on the coasts. “I don’t think the charge for women started until later.” During all that time, Weeks became what Muenster called the person who defined the USD campus. Not only had he overseen the enrollment boom after WWII, he established the school of nursing, oversaw n USD, Page 07 ATTENTION CONTRACTORS, BUSINESS OWNERS, DEVELOPERS & INVESTORS! 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