University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Yearbook (Oxford, MS)

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TH OIOIQIOIDIIIOIIIIIOIOIC llll!IOICIOIIIOICIOIOIOIOIOI AG! -6- E Q El925 OLE MISS M HY fXfff ' N X 7 ln honor ol' those who. with arrl-'iit valor :intl pzitrloiiv- lli'X1IYlIII In tl11-1 lvll XX:11'. s.11'1'lt1f+--l tht-11' lix-is 111 fl--lvris-1 ol lvrliiwilfl--s inlir-rt-nt lronl illt'll' l:1tl11-rs, :intl stiw-rigtlivii-'rl lq tln- l1'Il lllllL1S or their .xllll.l lViili1'l', Ill!S 1111-111o1'1:1l is lovingly al-'tlrwat--rl. 016 Miss in the Sixties The l'niversitv of Mississippi is rich in it ' ' s heritage from the soldiers of the I,ost Can-e. Around Ole Miss traditions of the Uld South are ever present, and the campus atmosphere re- flects the influence of the men ill grey. The ties that hind the university to that glorious period of the sixties are more than mere tradition, for students of Ole Miss made glorious manv a battlefield in that menioralmle struggle. Un the field of Gettysburg lie the hon throughout Northern Virginia are mute e. of lwis wlio formed The l'niversitv Greysf' and testimonials to the hraverv of lads from the Vniver- sity of Mississippi. On lfehruary 28, 1801, this historic cornpany was organized under thc command of XVilliam B. Lowry. lt was assigned to service in the Old Dominion, and the sons of Ole Miss were under fire at the vation The I'niversity Cireysu served w first hattle of Manassas. Through suffering and pri- ith a heroism that challenges the admiration of every loyal soul ill Dixie. XVhen the drums heat the last tattoo, only twenty-four of the original one hundred and thirty-five were present to speak the final farewell. The Vniversity CIre5s were not th e only sons of Ole hliss who went to hattle for the rights of their state. lt is estimated that fourflifths of all the young men who enrolled in the university from its foundation up to 1861 portion of these, much larger than the under the Stars and liars. Could more he for a chalice to wear the grey through sorrow. Guided hy the teachings of their NVhile her students were lighting on themselves were witnessing the horrors 1 served under the uC0ll1llll'I't'll Banner. A large pro- average of C'onfcderate 5'lllliCl'N, sacrificed their lives 1 said for their valor? Men ahzlndoned hrilliant careers four years of incornparahle suffering, privation, and Alina Mater, they gave all ill devotion to duty. nianv far-flung hattle lines, the university huildings mf war. lfarlv ill the struggle the line of citlllfCtlCl'illC defense was flung across Northern Mississippi within a few miles of Oxford. After Shiloh the 33 OIOIOICIQIOIIIIIOIOIOIO IO IIOICIIIOIOIOIOIOIC onion i 0.0 fo uwl Nll' -K vliti ,ll WU

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,,a,,,,,,,,,, ,, . 1 3615 Q , W 3 ' IQIIIOIIIOICIOICIQICIQIQICIQIQICIOIOIQIQICICICIQIO ' fl.I.ll.llOlOlllClllOl.lClOIOIOICIDIOIOIOIOIDIGIOIOI0 THEl9Z5 OLE MISS town was startled by the 11ews that l'lllIHil'6ClS of XVOUlldCd Southerners were being rushed to the university b11ildi11gs which were to be converted into a hospital. This was the first of the many war sce11es that Oxford witnessed during the remainder of the great confiict. People of the town worked unselfishly to provide the new hospital. Homes were stripped of their bedding, and hundreds of cots were placed in the chapel. Even the galleries were lined with beds for the wounded. llere ill this historic old building hundreds of soldiers lay suffering from their NYOUIICTS. The small brick residence on the circle which is 11ow occupied by the Y. NI. C. A. secretary was used as the morgue, and thus came to bear the name of The Dead House, a title which has clung to it through the years that have followed. The Lyceum was used as the dispensary, a11d there such drugs as could be obtained were stored. ln the observatory Doctor liugene XV. Hilgard distilled alcohol for the use of the soldiers. Molasses and other local products were used in the manufacture of this rude product. Many gallons of blackberry cordial were supplied the physicians by Dr. Hilgard during the period of the first Confederate hospital on the CZIIYTPUS. The I'niversity buildings served thrice as a war hospital. Grant invaded Oxford dllfillg the period of the first Confederate occupation and fought a victorious battle i11 the streets of the town. The Confederate wounded were sent to Gre11ada before Grant's advance on the town, Zlllli all escaped safely. Grant later retreated to Memphis, and General Forrest occupied this territory. The second hospital began with Grant's capture of the l'niversity, while Forrest's advance marked its end a11d the beginning of the third. ' just off the campus is a small cemetery in which sleep seven hundred gallant warriors who died here fftlln wounds received in battle. A fire some years ago destroyed the markers over the graves, and tl1ese heroes sleep unknown to the passerby who looks with admiration upon their resting place. A simple Illtllllllllflll stands as an inadequate memorial to their deeds. The Vniversity buildings were well protected in this period of occupation, evacuation, a11d re-occupation by the hostile ar1nies. Although Grant burned Oxford o11 his retreat, he spared everything o11 the ca111pus. The influence of Professors Barnard a11d Boynton, who were ill the North, Zllltl of Dr. llilgard, wl1o guarded the l'niversity property, was sufficient to save the institution fro1n the ravages of war. This courtesy o11 the part of the Federal commander has preserved tl1e observatory and physics building, the Chapel, the Lyceum, and The Dead llo11se, all of which are 1n11te witnesses to the suffering Zlllll sorrow that 01108 stalked this beautiful campus. Ole Miss re-opened l1er doors as Zlll educational institution ill 1865, rich in a glorious heritage. As students have co1ne Zlllli gone they have felt the unbreakable ties that bind the l'11iversity lo the best ideals of the days befoh de wah. Across tl1e years there seems to extend a hand of brotherhood i59iN'CK ll those first alumni a11d tl1e students of today, and gl'illltlS0llS bow in homage to the deeds of grandfathers ill tl1e very building where they died. The ideals Oll which their lives were b11ilded are still taught ill Ole Miss, Zlllll the students of 1925 glory in the valor of the boys who followed l.ee Zlllll jackson. VVhe11 l'11cle Sam issued the call in '98 Zlllli 1917, so11s of Ole Miss sought to emulate their fathers i11 deeds of TICTOTSIII. 9 1 Y 44 l CIQIOICIQIIIOIIIOICICIQIOIC T 011101010 o1o1o1o1o1o1o1o1o .. A 'Q' 1' 0,1 K