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The University got its nickname "Ole Miss" via a contest in 1897. That same year, the student yearbook was being published for the first time. As a way to find a name for the book, a contest was held to solicit suggestions from the student body. Elma Meek, a student at the time, submitted the winning entry of Ole Miss. Interestingly, the term "Ole Miss" is not derived from Mississippi, but was a term used by slaves for the wife of a plantation owner. This sobriquet was chosen not only for the yearbook, but also became the name by which the University is now affectionately known

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The university of Mississippi got the name Ole Miss via contest that was held for the yearbook in 1897. The term actually refers to a label that was used by slaves for the wife of a plantation owner.

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It came from the African name of a native tree of Mississippi, Missakulanta. Slaves would call the trees "Ole Miss" because they seemed to survive droughts better than other trees.

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the rebels in the civil war....... go rebs hotty toddy!

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Ole Miss is the state university of Mississippi. Rather than call it by its full name of Mississippi, they shorten it to "Miss." The "Ole" refers to its age and the nostalgia of its alumni.

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Ole Miss got there colors from Harbor and Yale. The colleges. Harbors blue. Yale red.

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What are ole Mississippi school colors?

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