Mississippi University for Women - Meh Lady Yearbook (Columbus, MS)

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Bid day march! f gif T 743 i fl ll M l 'Wx Nowhere but at The W are paddles, plaques, ribbons, gloves, pins, silences and sweaters such a part of life. All of these traditions are special because, though they have continued through the years, they take on a new significance for every person who experiences them. 0 The Corettas provide spirit at a Blues game. Lori Grisham and Karen Collins participate in Interclub March.

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X gi l aff ' . 5, -4 i , Freshmen Sue Iohnson and Tina Young break the curse of the Old Maid s Gate by kissing the Kissing Rock. Besides beginning multi- dimensional structured activities? W girls were also ingenious about inventing quaint customs. No other school could boast of such novelties as the Old Maid's Gate-which one must enter backwards if one wished to avoid its curse-or the Kissing Rock, which could be kissed to break the curse of the Old Maid's Gate if one forgot. Only at The W would girls throw kisses and pennies at the owl atop Orr Chapel, to bring them luck on exams. Only here would girls stand under the Ginko Tree waiting for one of its leaves to fall on them, hoping that one was simultaneously falling on a handsome man under its sister tree at Mississippi State, for this would destine them to be married.

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When MSCW became Mississippi University for Women in 1974, The W had made yet another advance in the broadening of the dream. Much of the school that earlier students had known was changed and continued to change. New buildings were erected and old ones renovated. Men were admitted as students. Faculty came and left. Enrollment fluctuated. But through it all, The W dream stood tall. The face of the Callway clock tower told of the continuous passing of time, but still the spirit of The W remained unchanged. Still were heard the words of familiar songs, still Mary the Ghost roamed the fourth floor of Callaway, still the freshmen serenaded the upperclassmen, still the sophomores were sold as slaves, still the juniors mocked the seniors on Stunt Night, still the seniors were hailed in the cafete- r1a, Mary lo Madison and Dolan Shoemaker