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

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Well, I declare. It ' s a mule! (:lIin Excuse Me, Su Never once yielding to the damnyankees, Ole Miss left the Union again. ,From the balcony of the Student Union Build- ing, ASB President Nowlin Keener announced our secession and began a week of gala activity. Earlier we had elected Mary Ann Strong, Miss Ole Miss and Phil Berry, Colonel Rebel to head the week ' s activities. We stood in line to join the Confederate Army, drank mint juleps, and sang Marse Bob ' s praises. The week was a tribute to Southern traditions, and beau- tiful and gracious women are one of the most famous of our traditions. We eagerly bid for the cheerleaders at a slave auction. We held a mule race, went home briefly for Thanks- giving, and returned for a ASB dance with the Red Tops. The week was ended with the Battle of Bully Dog Run which the Rebels won again 21-0. Natchez hoops and hoo ' a hoops were both in style. 22

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So now we have boys in the Favorites Parade? Look, but don ' t touch The Beauty of All One night last Fall, around seventy young ladies gathered nervously in Fulton Chapel. This was the big night, the Parade of Beauties and Favorites. Backstage, countless noses were powdered and re-powdered, hairdos were given a final check, and full formals topped by bare shoulders and smiling faces swirled everywhere. Then, one by one, they stepped out on the brightly-lit stage, amid many appreciative out- bursts by the dazzled audience. Of all these lovely coeds, twenty were eventually named as Favorites and five reached the select circle of Beauties. But Fo those of us who sat in the audience that night last Fall, any such decision would have had to be purely arbitrary. How can anyone really determine degrees of beauty, when all of these girls possessed it in such abundance? These Ole Miss girls have not lost the charm, grace, and poise of their ante-bellum ancestors. It has often been said that Ole Miss has a greater percentage of beautiful girls than any other school in the nation. Few boys here would offer a ny opposition. To us, they ' re all Favorites. Wouldn ' t you be a bit vain too? I ' ll he damn! Her dress is just like mine!

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This guy must think he ' s the Grey Ghost Typical Southern charm The Chancellor and Miss University honor our Confederate dead Oh, Hell!