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

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ELIZABETH NICHOLS Editor JIMMY AUTRY Managing Editor MICKEY AIKEN Business Manager THE 11 IISSISSIPP The presses down at the Oxford Eagle rolled off their forty-third year ' s worth of Mississippians during the term 1953-54, but this year with a new twist. For the third time in the history of said newspaper, a woman has been at the helm, namely Liz Nichols. The Rebel ' s weekly newspaper, which makes its bow every Friday evening, is circulated throughout Mississippi to alumni and to every four-year accredited high school, as well as to certain high schools in neighboring states and to an exchange list of many other colleges and universities. Jimmy Punchline Autry, the man who weekly tained his readers with columns on such subjects as men ' s clothes, women ' s makeup, and a sensational report on The General Behavior of the Ole Miss Female, very efficiently sat in the managing editor ' s chair and directed, under Miss Nichols, the intricate functions of the paper. Mickey Aiken, sometimes known as The Golden Miser sat in the little private office awarded to his dignity and scooped up the money with one hand as he wrote checks for fabulous sums with the other. The man with the twitching whip who was seen Wednes- day and Thursday nights at the Mississippian office ing the news staff to greater efforts was John Way, the news editor. Serving as John ' s Assistant through thick and thin was Jean Guyton. Mary Lou Butler held the exalted position of associate editor and was responsible for helping the rest of the editors get their pages made up. Jerry Bishop edited all sports copy and wrote On The Left to Right: Ary Phillips Jan Berrier, Becky McCharen, Ben Jerry Bishop, Mary Lou Butler, Jimmy Autrey, Bill Liz Nichols. Limb for the benefit of the Rebel grid squad and its numerous followers. As assistant sports editor was Irby Park. As co-feature editors the staff supported Ramond Burgin and Sara Murphey, and as society writers were Becky Mc- Charen and Ben Stevens. The man with the big black box who haunted the cam- 26

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First Row: ANNE DOTY Copy Editor JOE DURRETT Greek Editor THERESA GRIMES Class Editor GEORGE KNISTER Assistant to Business Manager ANN McINTYRE Greek Editor It was put together by Norrell Noble as editor. The little redhead who worried over your faces and names in the class section was Theresa Grimes. Her assistants were Alice McKee, Dot Walker, Mary Pat Haven, and Barbara Crum. The Greeks were written by members of local clans, Left to right: George Knister, Theresa Grimes, Croom Rivers, Mary Ellen Moore, Joyce Nelson, Hal Spragins, Joe Durrett. Second Row: DICK O ' FERRALL Assistant to the Editor FRANK POTTS Sports Editor BANKS SHEPHERD Photographer HAL SPRAGINS Assistant Business Manager MARTY WIGLAMA Snapshot Editor Ann McIntyre and Joe Durrett. After their months of research in theatre and book reviews, you be the judge as to the results. Photographically in this department Martha Maynard, Mary Ellen Moore, and Golda Jones found them and put them there. ' Pictures, pictures, and more pictures make an annual, and Banks Shepherd took most of them as head photo- grapher. His able assistants were Johnny Pittman and Hal Spragins. The beauties were so capably done by Mr. George Ambrester of Tupelo. Sports editor Frank Potts covered athletic events throughout the South keeping up with the Rebels. Perhaps his most pleasing assignment was a compilation of a few All-American statistics on everybody ' s All-American, Crawford Mims. Martha Wiglama and Joyce Nelson mulled over the snapshots, got frantic trying to choose a few, wrote some wild captions, and you can see ' em about page 150. Money mad Martin, Chris that is, was our steadying in- fluence and was always echoing it costs too much. Ac- tually he was the business manager. Hal Spragins, when not taking snaps, was the assistant business manager. it for ' 54. We had fun compiling it, and we hope you will enjoy it through the years. 25

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First Row: Second Row: JERRY BISHOP Sports Editor LACY MARTIN Advertising Manager RAMOND BURGIN Feature Editor SARA MURPHEY Feature Editor MARY LOU BUTLER Associate Editor IRBY PARK Assistant Sports Editor ROBERT E. GRANT Bookkeeper JESSE PHILLIPS Circulation Manager DICK HOOKER Photographer JOHN WAY News Editor pus with his twitching shutter finger and blinding flashbulbs was Dick Hooker, chief photographer deluxe. On the business side, Lacy Martin twisted arms and such in order to secure sufficient numbers of ads each week with Beck y McCharen as his assistant advertising manager. Jesse Phillips, circulation manager, saw that each and every Left to Right: Tommy Cobb, Pat Frazier, Jean Guyton, George McNeill, Bill Taylor. paper found its way to a reader, while Bob Grant kept the books. Hal Spragins was assistant business manager, Ed Noel, advertising photographer. Advertising assistants were Charlie Bell, Martha Van Bibber, John Malmo, Irby Park, Jesse Phillips, and Ernest Sparrow. Circulation assistants were Marlon Ryland, Walter Hurt, and Ray Mikell. George McNeil was A.S.B. Government Reporter, who covered ably the inner working of the campus senate. Other reporters, were Walter Hurt, Bob Phillips, Wallace Sherwood, Dot Hansen, Betty Sarter, Ary Phillips, Bonita Appleton, Connie Jenkins, and Jan Berrier. Those reporters who covered the sports angle were Frank Potts, Barney Eaton, Tommy Cobb, Bill Davis, and Steve Butler. Acting as bookkeeper was Bob Grant, and as typist for the business staff, Theresa Grimes. As ever, the Mississippian closed The 1954 school year with its hopes set on the All-America rating, one we feel that is well deserving.