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==Influence of Huey Long==
==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; no longer on-line}}</ref>
Meanwhile, the still hopeful Dean heard Governor Huey Long speak in Colfax while running for the [[United States Senate]] seat held by the respected Joseph Eugene Ransdell (1858-1954). Dean wrote Long and told him of his own plight regarding the loss of the college funds. A month later, a local banker sent Dean to Baton Rouge to see LSU President James Monroe Smith, Sr. (1888-1949), later convicted in the statewide scandals of 1939 known as the "Louisiana Hayride," an identical term to the Shreveport-based [[Country music]] program, the Louisiana Hayride. Long had asked Smith to offer Dean financial aid and entry into LSU.<ref name=willis/> By working three jobs in the meantime, Dean obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1937 in [[political science]].<ref name=willis/>
Meanwhile, the still hopeful Dean heard Governor Huey Long speak in Colfax while running for the [[United States Senate]] seat held by the respected Joseph Eugene Ransdell (1858-1954). Dean wrote Long and told him of his own plight regarding the loss of the college funds. A month later, a local banker sent Dean to Baton Rouge to see LSU President James Monroe Smith, Sr. (1888-1949), later convicted in the statewide scandals of 1939 known as the "Louisiana Hayride," an identical term to the Shreveport-based [[Country music]] program, the Louisiana Hayride. Long had asked Smith to offer Dean financial aid and entry into LSU.<ref name=willis/> By working three jobs in the meantime, Dean obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1937 in [[political science]].<ref name=willis/>