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

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Rushees hear the Mystic Gobool Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered As the nervously-smiling freshman girls and bewildered, beanied freshman boys converged upon Ole Miss for their first Taste of college life, they were immediately thrust into the tumultuous confusion of fraternity and sorority rush, a period of cajoling and lobbying that puts the national political conventions to shame. The girls arrived early this year for their first experiment with pre-school rush, and by the time the boys set in the girls were safely pledged, bubbling over with excitement and nervous energy. A week later the fraternities began sending scouting parties into the boys ' dormitories, smiling inanely and asking the time-worn question, Didja get your schedule worked out? Matters progressed from this subtle beginning to the grinding schedule of three nightly parties for three nights. Three nights in a row fraternity men stood on their feet for three hours, drank 7 cokes, shook 300 hands, smoked a pack and a half of cigarettes, then stayed up all night listening to impassioned pleas from the brothers on behalf of their own particular favorite. Rushees went to the parties, went back to their rooms, and wondered. When it was all over every fraternity and sorority had a pledge class, and a few rushees had broken hearts. Rush week comes but once a year. Thank God! Three girls make tappa keg of beer How long will this last?

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Phi Mu ' s insure a healthy pledge class Ben ' s got the sign- Don ' t sweat it cats Whose got Ben? Whose got my date card?

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Too old to tango Come-on-boys my job, my job The RebeV Roster The weekend after school began we got down to the sub- ject which completely dominated the Fall semester. We put on our best suits and dresses, climbed into cars or reason- able facsimiles thereof, and rolled up to Memphis for the first Ole Miss football game of the season. We discovered the charm of the Rendezvous and saw our team roll over Memphis State. The next weekend we again went to Mem- phis, re-discovered the charm of the Rendezvous and saw our team rise to greater heights in defeating Kentucky. A few students reached some rather lofty heights themselves. This year we were extremely fortunate, for Ole Miss played all of three games at home! Once again we saw the long, weaving line to Hemingway Stadium before the game and the long, weaving line weaving down fraternity row after the game. Hardin-Simmons fell to Ole Miss at Hemingway, while Trinity, Tulane, and Arkansas lost on their campuses. Who will ever forget that train ride to Baton Rouge for the LSU encounter? Quite a few wish they could. While LSU defeated Ole Miss in a game that pitted the nations top two undefeated teams, the game was one of the most thrilling that the Rebs have played in a long time. Wait till next year, Tigers! We celebrated Homecoming with a display of power against Houston that left the fans gasping, not to mention what it did to Houston. The Rebels lost a close one to Ten- nessee, and on a beautiful day in late November they trounced arch-rival Mississippi State. Rated among the top ten teams in the nation on almost everybody ' s poll, Ole Miss accepted a bid to the Gator Bowl. Before a nationwide TV audience the Rebs squeaked by stubborn Florida 7-3, Thus the long season came to an end. We reluctantly focused attention again on our books and dreamt of next fall. If only I ' d been in there