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

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Majorettes brought color, precision, and glamor to the half-t:me activities. The cheerleaders found nothing to cheer about at this crucial point. Football meant color, excitement, noise, parties, and spirit(s). On game days, the campus was either stretched many times beyond its normal population, filled with noise and excitement, or deserted, empty and silent, as we followed the team out of town. Home games brought a multitude of brightly colored automobiles parked in every empty space in the grove, on the lawns of buildings, in all parking lots reaching to the highway on one side and Oxford on the other. Each car had carried several fans in addition to a conglomeration of food, blankets, field glasses, thermos bottles, and little bottles in sacks. Before the game, many ate their lunches under the trees; others crowded into the cafeteria and the restaurants of Oxford. But as

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The post office bulletin board provides a wealth of information for the The University of Mississippi Grill is modern and well-equipped in alert. order to serve the student body better. Along with her duties as hostess of the Student Union Building, Mrs. Callon is always ready to help. She understands young people and likes to talk with students. , —

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For two and a half hours we were alternately th rilled, frightened, and amused, but never bored Rebels ' reserve strength watched a tense moment in the game. The situation looked grim, but we wcn. the game began, only the stadium contained life. After elaborate pre-game team activities, bands marched, the loudspeaker blared, and we stood for the national anthem and the invocation. Then play began, and for two and a half hours, broken only by the precisions and color of the band at halftime, we were alternately thrilled, frightened, and amused but never bored. And we cheered cheered as the Rebels won all at the beginning of the season, cheered even in defeat at Memphis, traveled to Memphis again and cheered even more as Ole Miss defeated favored Tennessee to gain a high national ranking, cheered at Starkville even in dis- appointment and cheered loudest and longest in New Orleans on Jan. 1, 1958 as the Rebels humbled Texas to become—Sugar Bowl Champions, 1958.