Norberg, John.

A force for change : the Class of 1950 / John Norberg. - West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University, 1995. ©1995 - 1 online resource (xiv, 390 pages) : illustrations

Includes index.

Introduction -- Chapter 1. "I wish you could turn back the clock" : remembering how it was -- Chapter 2. "The loneliness is disappearing" : some who added the feminine touch -- Chapter 3. "Times were very tough" : the Great Depression's lifelong effects -- Chapter 4. "We had a ton of guys playing" : on the gridiron and the court -- Chapter 5. "I told her I'd give her a call" : boy meets girl -- Chapter 6. "I was an aviation bug" : some were flyboys -- Chapter 7. "Everybody was going" : into the Army, Navy, and Marines -- Chapter 8. "Look at all those free people" : the African-American experience -- Chapter 9. "It was a fantastic time" : from radar through space -- Chapter 10. "Like riding a roller coaster down" : the night the bleachers collapsed -- Chapter 11. "We had a great wrestling team" : Hoosier hysteria goes to the mat -- Chapter 12. "I never did go home" : students from faraway places -- Chapter 13. "Now it's your turn" : from college to Korea -- Chapter 14. "They could do anything they wanted to" : college, careers, children, and careers -- Chapter 15. "Back home again in Indiana" : memories of more Purdue athletes.

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