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

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Mite Tie and Twenty Petticoats The Spring Formals began on February 7, only 42 days before Spring. On almost every following weekend at least one, and usually formals dotted the social calendar. Even the Army and Air Force ROTC units got into the act with their combined military ball. No matter which formal we went to, the same elements were present: the elaborate decorations, the swingin ' or- chestra, the brightly-smiling girls with their bare shoulders and lovely dresses, their dates, wondering how they would ever be able to make up for the $7.50 it cost them to rent their tuxedo, and the inevitable stags, revealing their mav- erick tendencies by refusing to wear a tux at all. Many a fraternity pin was bestowed upon some lucky girl at one of these formals, and a few were taken back. Whatever else they did, these formals provided the same thing the football games did the first semester: something to look forward to during the long weeks of classes. We had a ball. Beauty and the Beast Time out for a dance I ain ' t believing it! Mah word, chile, is that yo only form of recreation? 30

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Shake ' ern, Man! I ' aul Paray, conductor of the Detroit Symphony Hey, Bo Diddley! Jazz and Symphony We at Ole Miss love music, and in our quest for a truly cosmopolitan attitude we learn to appreciate many different types of that which soothes the savage breast. Nowhere is this fact more clearly illustrated than in a glance back on the bands and entertainers who came to our fair campus this past year. The first of these was a young man named Bo Diddley who stormed upon us last Fall and gave an exhibition of wild music that rocked staid Fulton Chaptel to its very foundation. We then were treated to as complete a change-of-pace as is possible to make, for in early March the Detroit Symphony Orchestra brought us in contact with the beauty and art of concert music. March was a banner month, for later the nationally re- nowned Kingston Trio, fresh from their hit record of Tom Dooley and a best-selling album, entertained us with their repertoire of unusual song stylings. And rounding out the year, the Dukes of Dixieland brought to us a truly southern form of music, New Orleans dixieland jazz. From Bo Diddley to the Detroit Symphony, at Ole Miss we love ' em all! 29

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But you promised to wear my Red Cross button Ten came back! A -chie—Do you think he ' s going to drop it? 31