Yankton College Explained

Yankton College
Image Alt:	Conservatory of Yankton College, a late 19th century brick building, three stories, the third story having a mansard roof, with a four-story tower at one end and an ornate cupola at the other.
Motto:	Christ for the World
Established:
Closed:
Founder:	Joseph Ward
Religious Affiliation:	United Church of Christ
Students:	240 (final)
Mascot:	Greyhounds
Logo Alt:	Logo of Yankton College -- The name "Yankton College", with a greyhound between

Yankton College Historic District
Nrhp Type:	hd
Nocat:	yes
Location:	Yankton, South Dakota
Coordinates:	42.8803°N -97.3903°W
Built:	1894
Architect:	Elmslie, George
Architecture:	Romanesque
Added:	March 22, 1982
Refnum:	82003949

Yankton College was a private liberal arts college in Yankton, South Dakota, United States, affiliated with the Congregational Christian Churches (later the United Church of Christ). Yankton College produced nine Rhodes Scholars, more than any other South Dakota higher education institution, and a United States Senator.^[1]

History

Founded in 1881, it was the first institution of higher learning in the Dakota Territory. The man primarily responsible for the college's establishment was Joseph Ward, a local pastor and educator who is one of the two South Dakotans represented in the National Statuary Hall.

Yankton College produced nine Rhodes Scholars.^[1]

Yankton College closed in December 1984, and its campus became the site of Federal Prison Camp, Yankton, which opened four years later.^{[2] [3]}

Campus

The campus was declared the Yankton College Historic District in 1982 due to the presence of a group of buildings designed by architect George Grant Elmslie. Between 1927 and 1932, Elmslie designed seven structures for the college, of which several were built:^[4]

• Campus Library (1927/1928)
• Forbes Hall of Science (1929)
• Look Chapel, project (1929)
• Power plant (1930)
• Look Dormitory for Men (1931)
• Conservatory of Music (1932)
• Gymnasium, project (1932)

The college's athletic teams were known as the Greyhounds. The football stadium (Crane–Youngworth Field) is now used as the home field for the Yankton High School Bucks and Mount Marty University Lancers football teams.

Yankton College began football in 1894. In 1917 they became one of the charter members of the South Dakota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. From 1960 to 1980 Yankton competed in the Tri-State Conference with private schools in Iowa and Nebraska. Yankton returned to the SDIAC in 1981, remaining until the school closed. The most successful seasons were as members of the Tri-State.

Notable alumni

• Lyle Alzado, former National Football League All-Pro defensive lineman.
• Rich Bisaccia, former interim head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League.
• Gabor Boritt, the Robert Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College^[5]
• Joseph H. Bottum, 27th Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota and a member of the United States Senate^[6]
• Amanda Clement (1888–1971), first paid female umpire^[7]
• Riley Gardner, psychologist^[8]
• Les Goodman, former running back in the National Football League^[9]
• Alvin Hansen, Harvard College economics professor^[10]
• David P. Hardy, co-founder Boys’ Latin of Philadelphia Charter School, President, Girard College, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Commonwealth Foundation
• Michael Jaffe, TV and film producer^[11]
• Fred Kirschenmann, professor and leader in the sustainable agriculture movement.
• Nancy Lenehan, American actress^[12]
• Ruben Mendoza, strength and conditioning coach and a former guard in the National Football League^[13]
• Earl Rose, Dallas County medical examiner at the time of the assassination of John F. Kennedy^[14]
• Dean Wink, former defensive end in the National Football League and member of the South Dakota House of Representatives^[15]

External links

• Yankton College
• Historical article
• (71)Yankton College

Notes and References

1. Web site: Office of the American Secretary | The Rhodes Scholarships. 14 July 2023.
2. Web site: Yankton College History . www.yanktoncollege.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927004724/http://www.yanktoncollege.org/AboutUs/History.aspx . 2011-09-27.
3. Green, Doug. "From "College Town" to "Prison Town"." Federal Prisons Journal. Federal Bureau of Corrections, Volume 1, No. 1. Northern hemisphere Summer 1989. 25 (26/45). Retrieved on October 3, 2010.
4. Web site: Yangton College Buildings, George Grant Elmslie, architect. Organica: Purcell and Elmslie, the Web Sanctuary. 9 September 2015.
5. Web site: Gabor S. Boritt . National Endowment for the Humanities . October 3, 2012.
6. Web site: BOTTUM, Joseph H., (1903 - 1984). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . October 3, 2012.
7. News: Associated Press. Baseball's First Woman Umpire Dies. 29 March 2013. Schenectady Gazette. 22 July 1971.
8. Web site: Dr. Riley W. Gardner Obituary. The Topeka Capital-Journal . October 3, 2012.
9. Web site: Les Goodman . Pro-Football-Reference.Com. October 3, 2012.
10. Book: Alvin Hansen Biography . Encyclopedia of World Biography on Alvin Hansen. October 3, 2012.
11. http://www.yanktoncollege.org/Portals/0/2010%20BULLETIN.pdf
12. Web site: Nancy Lenehan. IMDb . October 3, 2012.
13. Web site: Ruben Mendoza. Pro-Football-Reference.Com . October 3, 2012.
14. News: Martin. Douglas. Earl Rose, Coroner When Kennedy Was Shot, Dies at 85. April 1, 2013. The New York Times. May 2, 2012. New York.
15. Web site: Dean Wink Stats Pro-Football-Reference.com . . January 2, 2015.