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re: Ole Miss' nickname is derived from a train of the early 1900's
Posted on 10/27/14 at 1:23 pm to Darkknight
Posted on 10/27/14 at 1:23 pm to Darkknight
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This book states otherwise...............
If you had bothered to read the other links you would see this is old wives tale that has been told with NO BASIS IN REALITY. Keep on believing that the University became synonymous the "Ole Miss" nickname in 1908 because of something that had last happened in the 1860's.
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Posted on 10/27/14 at 3:07 pm to Toddy
I stated that I did read other links in my first post. Some say it's a wise tail, some say it isn't. Maybe they did name the school after a train that had little to do with the school. And maybe they named it after the school's official yearbook which had been published every year for the prior 10 years. Either way, the term Ole Miss originated as term which slaves used for the plantation owners wife.
This post was edited on 10/27/14 at 3:16 pm
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