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

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Poppy Prut 8 A 2. The traditional football players walk through the Grove before the Vanderbilt came. 1 Students often talk with their teachers after dass. 4. Rebel flag Hotty Toddy go together at football games. 5. Homecoming feast in the grove. 6. Memphis is always an easy road trip from Oxford. 7. Kapoa Sigma South Sea Island is one of the traditional Red Hue Weekend fraternity theme parties. 8. Laura Murry and Lisa Cole are two examples of the Beauties that Ote Miss is known for. 9. BMW ' s are frequently found on the de Miss campus. IklunlWhUtr Opening 15

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defined as the handing jwn of information, beliefs, and customs by word of mouth or by ex- ample from one generation to another without written instruction. At Ole Miss, traditions are handed down from class to class, instead of by generations. But with that exception, the dictionary definition fits tradition at Ole Miss. Ole Miss traditions are many and var- ied, but they are certainly carried on without written instruction. Alumni and students know what is traditional almost instinctively. Administration efforts to artificially control tradition have failed miserably. Students and alumni still wave Rebel flags, yell Hotty Toddy and thrill to the strains of Dixie. Students still live up to Ole Miss ' reputation as a party school, whether the administration likes it or not. How are traditions started? There is no set formula. Instead, traditions are start- ed when something strikes the students ' fancy and is adopted. By its very nature, tradition must come from grass root sup- port. Efforts to dictate from above what tradition should be and are doomed to failure. Whatever is in the future of Ole Miss, one can be sure that tailgating. Rebel flags, Dixie, dressing up for games, Hotty Toddy, Dixie Week and party- ing will be a part of the future. Underneath it all, however, is an even greater tradition. A tradition that stu- dents, long after graduation from the University of Mississippi will still be a part of Ole Miss. by Frank Hurdle. 14 Opening John Bigg.

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hen you want o blow off stud- jere is always something to do on a cold winter day or a beautiful spring day. Oxford offers a lot for students to do in their spare time. Here is just a few things that anyone can do for little or no money: taking a walk or having a picnic in the Grove; taking a nature walk behind Faulkners home; cruising fraternity or sorority row to check out the guys or gals; hunting in the hills of Mississippi ' s woodlands; go- ing to Sardis on a warm spring day; playing football or frisbee just about anywhere there is room; watching the Rebel sports spring, winter or fall; cheap night at the movies; partying all day or night at the local bars or in someones apartment; bowling at Kiamie ' s; having cheese cake at the Hoka; canoeing down a river (don ' t forget to tip over); going to Memphis to shop or party; going on a road trip whether it is 20 or 600 miles from Oxford; or just about anything you want to do, other than studying. Just relax and take a break, nobody expects anyone to study twenty four hours a day. There ' s always tomorrow. - by Poppy Pruett 16 -- Opening 2 A 3 A