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

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tohnfcgg. 5A 1. The Oxford Square. 2. The beautiful trees on University Avenue. 3. Hecttc traffic around rush hour, which is almost any hour of the day, heading toward four coumers. 4. The dock on the top of the Court house helps tell the time of day. 5. Oxford water tower, just off the square. tohnBigg. Opening 7

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ford, with fewer than 10,000 cit- fsTTB small. Located over an houTs drive from any major population center, in Northern Mississippi, it can be said to be in the middle of nowhere. Yet Oxford ' s size and location are what makes it special. Oxford ' s isolation offers at least some shelter from the worries of the world. Crime rates are lower, and the pace of life is slower, than in a large city. Oxford residents are aware that Ole Miss is what puts Oxford on the map, and they show it. Oxford residents are often the uni- versity ' s biggest boosters. Ole Miss and Oxford tend to work well together. Oxford now handles fire protec- tion for both the university and Oxford, allowing the purchase of better equipment to serve both communities. When Ole Miss needed a new baseball stadium, Oxford res- idents agreed to an additional tax to fund a stadium to serve both Oxford and the uni- versity. Oxford residents keep abreast of the uni- versity, and vice vena. Often, residents and students form friendships that last long af- ter a student ' s graduation from the uni- versity. Many students do not even realize how attached they have become to Oxford, until after a long absence they circle the town square and suddenly get the feeling that they have come home. Because for many, Oxford will always be a second home. by Frank Hurdle. 6 Opening

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Je MjssJs a many-faceted gem, a vel set in the golden rolling hills of Northeast Mississippi. In a state of different styles and cultures, we fit right in. We wear different cloaks at different times; in our closets are tie-dyes and silk ties. There are mornings in class, afternoons in the Grove, evenings spent in the library, late-nights at the Hoka. Even amongst the tradition that is the very backbone, the intangible spirit of Ole Miss, there are new thoughts, new ideas, reflected in our way of life. A special feeling exists here; it can be felt in the early morning of spring or in the twilight of brisk November. Can it be expressed in words? It is distinctly Southern and definitely Ole Miss. It wafts its way areound as softly as the name rolls off your tongue, --by John Barrett. 4 A 8 Opening