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

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After looking forward to the Christmas holi days since September it was hard to realize that they were actually at hand in spite of the sunshine and warm weather. The spirit of giving has always reigned over the Ole Miss campus at Christmas with fraternity and sorority parties for the underprivileged and the needy. This year, in addition, the students had the privilege of acting as a unit in an attempt to raise some $10,000 to finance two Hungarian students through four years of college. Date suppers, Christmas parties and caroling tended to complete the joy and merriment of the Yuletide season. As students left for their homes in anticipation of being with their families and partying, the campus was left in its quiet dignity, reminiscent of the year behind and bracing itself for the one to come. They got the ice cream, Jean got the giggles, and Bill got the loot. But it ' s here somewhere, I know! She said it was!

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The Phi Kappa Psi ' s will agree that Christmas is the time for children of all ages to play games while waiting for Santa. Humm! He doesn ' t look like the Santa Claus I know!

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June Haver certainly isn ' t having to act skeptical with her husband surrounded by so much Southern charm. Five anxious beauties try to eat a salad during their impatient wait for the arrival of the MacMurrays. One day in February two cars containing ten students left the campus. Their destination was the Memphis Airport and their purpose was to have the five Ole Miss beauties ranked by Fred Murray, who with his wife, June Haver, was in Memphis for the premiere of his national picture, Gun for a Coward. After anxiously waiting, trying to digest lunch, and standing in the rain, the group met the Murrays and accompanied them to the Gayoso Hotel. There the beauties were entertained and secretly ranked by Mr. MacMurray. That trip was an unexpected pleasure for our beauties and a first for the OLE Miss.