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While in high school his father gave him a portion of land on which to grow [[cotton]]. When the crop was sold, the money was deposited in a bank account for Dean's college education. He graduated from Colfax High School in 1932, and enrolled at [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], then known as Louisiana Normal. However, the bank in Colfax failed, as the [[Great Depression]] swept the nation, and Dean lost his uninsured college funds.
While in high school his father gave him a portion of land on which to grow [[cotton]]. When the crop was sold, the money was deposited in a bank account for Dean's college education. He graduated from Colfax High School in 1932, and enrolled at [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], then known as Louisiana Normal. However, the bank in Colfax failed, as the [[Great Depression]] swept the nation, and Dean lost his uninsured college funds.
==Influence of Huey Long==
A devotee of Louisiana politics, Dean recalled that [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]], once bought him a hamburger while they were on the train from [[Baton Rouge]] to [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], to watch the [[Louisiana State University]] Tigers play [[football]].<ref name=willis>{{cite web|url= http://www.thepineywoods.com/PapDean.htm|author=Jack M. Willis|title=Pap Dean marks lifetime or art and politics: Art career started with sketching from comic characters in first grade at Colfax Art career started school|publisher=thepineywoods.com|date=June 26, 2009|accessdate=August 31, 2009}}</ref>
A devotee of Louisiana politics, Dean recalled that [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]], once bought him a hamburger while they were on the train from [[Baton Rouge]] to [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], to watch the [[Louisiana State University]] Tigers play [[football]].<ref name=willis>{{cite web|url= http://www.thepineywoods.com/PapDean.htm|author=Jack M. Willis|title=Pap Dean marks lifetime or art and politics: Art career started with sketching from comic characters in first grade at Colfax Art career started school|publisher=thepineywoods.com|date=June 26, 2009|accessdate=August 31, 2009}}</ref>