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

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Immersed in daily pursuits of friends, knowledge and fun, Ole Miss students often get so involved in the closely-knit campus lifestyles that they become una- ware of events taking place outside their immediate range of activities. As the secluded world that is Ole Miss rotates on its narrow axis, the big world continues to revolve about international, national and state affairs. The past year brimmed with important events which, directly or indirectly, had some impact on the lives of many at Ole Miss. Egypt and Israel signed a peace treaty ending years of fighting; gasoline prices reached a dollar a gallon, Margaret Thatcher became England ' s first woman prime minister and Skylab finally fell harmlessly back to Earth. ,,, WUIR

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The University of Mississippi will resume its classes of instruction on September 14. Augus- tus B. Longstreet, professor of mental and moral science, theology, logic, political econ- omy and evidences of Christianity, is dean of the faculty. Tuition and college fees for the 10- month session is $42 due in advance along with a deposit of S3 to cover damage to college buildings. Board is S10 a month, and firewood will be furnished without additional fee. The Commercial Appeal August 22. 1854

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A DC-10 crash caused a record number of deaths ever for an airplane disaster; Pope John Paul II made a landmark visit to the United States; anti-nuclear demon- strations became frequent and the deaths of John Wayne and Arthur Fiedler sad- dened the entertainment world. The Iranians ' seizure of 50 American hostages and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan sparked talk of another world war, reinstating the draft and boy- cotting the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. Closer to home. Miss Mississippi Che- ryl Prewitt was crowned Miss America: the Ku Klux Klan Briefly terrorized northeast Mississippi and the Interna- tional Ballet Company appeared in Jack- son, just months after the capital city was immobilized by floods. Though these events and others like them actively involved some Ole Miss students and touched the lives of many others, the aura of campus life prevailed and continued to provide a refuge from the real world.