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

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Ardent Ole Miss supporters follow their team anywhere from Arkansas and L.S.U. to the games in Memphis. Before each game in the latter tropolis a tremendous pep rally is held in the lobby of the Peabody complete with band and leaders. After struggling through ticket lines couples in their new fall attire ward off hordes of venders selling souvenirs, programs, and mums, and are finally settled in their seats in anticipation of the One of our more spirited rooters. . — 125 . . . 126 . . . 127 .. . will they ever call my name for a date ticket ? forthcoming encounter as strains of dy echo throughout the stadium. The long, hot summer days before school begins are spent in unending practice by the Ole Miss fooltball players in preparation for the coming gridiron season. Throughout the fall months this steady pace is continued until the value of these days of practice is realized each Saturday when the Rebels meet their S.E.C. opponents and other Southern rivals. The fame of John Vaughts ' team is known throughout the nation and as a result there is a spirited crowd at the games. They shuk hans with one another, they did, and they co mmenced to odd-man right thar.

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The browsing room has become the smoker ' s last paradise in the library. But, George, f thought Columbus discovered America! Stephanie ' s formula seems to be: relaxation above everything. With the pandemonium of rush week over, minds are now forced to turn to studies, which assume various modes and fashions. Although much studying is done in dormitories and frater- nity and sorority houses, meetings are often ar- ranged on common ground—the library—for study dates, which are a means of getting little or nothing done. First semester for pledges is one of hard study in order to make that much sought after 3.0 av- erage, but from then on the amount of study is usually gauged only by what is required to get by. Finally, the student in his senior year realizes that he should not have been working for grades alone but rather to gain knowledge to confront situa- tions which he will encounter in life where the game is played for keeps . Books, bowed heads, concentrating minds and muffled laughs.

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The senior members of the Rebel team run onto the field to meet their arch-rivals, Mississippi State, for the last time.