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

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a solid The new student union, the foreign students, and the astroturf on the football field are examples of the expansion of the heritage of Ole Miss. Although Ole Miss has taken new forms since 1848, the world still thinks of Ole Miss as the Southern school, the center of Southern learning, and the home of Southern Belles. In these traditions we continue our true Southern heritage. Southern Heritage 21

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Even in the late 1970 ' s, a solid foundation of Southern ideas still exists . . r of Ole Miss has long been a symbol Southern heritage. Since its ante-bellum ' founding, the University has seen war and racial turmoil. But in reality, Ole Miss has stuck to the ideals of the Southern mind. The nickname Ole Miss was derived from the name of the yearbook of the University of Mississippi, first published in 1897. Elma Meek, for whom Meek Hall is named, suggested that the yearbook be called the OLE MISS. Regardless of its derivation, the nickname represents not only the affection held for the University by its students, alumni, and faculty, but also carries the essence of Southern history. The Corinthian columns on the Lyceum, the Confederate soldier and the oaks that shade the Grove are all tangible contributions left to us by our Southern forefathers. 20 Southern Heritage

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. . . and is inherited from generation to generation. Our parents, possibly more than any other factor in our lives, continue to influence us. Although their financial contributions to us are vital (and students could always use more), the unending love and understanding of our parents afford us necessary stability and fulfillment. Mississippi is characteristic of the deep South in that everyone seems to know everyone else! The parents of our classmates, we learn frequently, were college friends of our parents. In fact, Oh, I know his parents, is spoken quite often by par- ents of Ole Miss students. In preparing for the future, students from Ole Miss families may sometimes attend classes in buildings in which their parents also studied, sit in offices which might have served as their fathers ' dormitory room, eat in the same Grove where their parents picnicked, or walk on the same sidewalks that wore the soles of their parents ' penny loafers, spike heels, wing tops, and saddle oxfords. Top The Parham Williams family in front of the new Law Center; Bottom, Left Tara Wyatt with her parents; Bottom, Right Governor Finch with his daughters Janet and Ane. 22 Parents