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

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The Ole Miss Blind Date I The generosity of big brothers and big sisters has led to yet another Ole Miss tradition, the blind date. Although everyone vows never to fall into the trap again, they always give in to the temptation, thinking maybe this one time it will work out. First comes the phone call. Roommates and a few beers work together to give him the courage to call. After all, what can one phone call hurt? Although mildly interested, she hesitates to answer yes right away when he asks her out. She doesn ' t want to ap- pear too eager, plus she remembers her blind date to the football game two weeks ago. She vowed then to never go along with another blind date regardless of how good her friends made him sound. Friends ' promises that this time she really will like him sound vaguely like what she heard before, but she weakens and agrees. After all, it ' s only one date. The big weekend comes. He has it all planned. Borrow- ing a friend ' s sports car to impress her, he spins into the dorm parking lot just a few minutes late, but he ' s planned ahead and has brought flowers to make up for his tardiness. For exercise, they head to the bowling alley. Not only is it a novel idea, she agrees, but she doesn ' t have to worry about running into any friends. Dinner follows at a quaint little place he discovered on campus. The cafeteria not only offers great atmosphere and unique meals at a low price, but there are no long, noisy lines to wait in and there never is a fight to find a clean table. Fortunately, all blind dates do end. After awkward goodbyes, (his trying to kiss her ... if ... she ' d . . . just . . . hold still) the couple go their separate ways; he heads back to the dorm to change clothes and return the borrow- ed car, and she upstairs to vow once again never to agree to another BLIND DATE! 22 Blind Date

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J Cfter spending their entire yearly allowance during their brief shopping spree, the two freshmen had to call Mummy and Daddy collect to ask for more cash to last them the rest of the week. Richie ' s friends wouldn ' t have known the new Richard Hunter Reid, III, or Tripp, as he was affectionately called by his nightly dates and fraternity brothers. Quickly he ac- quired the stylish image of the strutting Ole Miss male. The change in Mae Jewel seemed to happ en overnight, thanks to sleeping in curlers and smearing on coats of cold cream. Now her close friends would just have to call her Mimi. Confidently walking down the sidewalk in her new clothes and new image, Mimi concentrated on her next goal, getting the drop from that special guy Tripp Reid. A drop was just what she needed to wear with her add-a-bead, subtract-a-bead, twirl-a-bead, and dangle-a-bead necklaces to add the finishing touch to her new preppy image. Ole Miss Preppie 21

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