1923 Yearbook
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1923 Yearbook
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ORCHESTRA
TOP ROW—Father Meinberg, O'Donnell, Father Rohret.
BOTTOM ROW—H. McCarthy, M. McCarthy, Hinrichs, Nieters, Toher.
that there were none better, "For," we said, beaming in the manner of one who has
discovered something, "they can't be beat!"
We discovered later, to our dismal regret, that the joke was as dead as a Dodo.
(The allusion is probably meant to refer to a dead Dodo, not a live one. Editor.)
On a certain day in March, the entire orchestra attended a community sing at the
Davenport High School. Besides performing several concert numbers, they played the
accompaniment for all the singing. They succeeded admirably, and the newspaper reports were most favorable. It was the first "coup" won by the orchestra in "foreign
territory" in several years. Bien!
Of course, boiled down to its simple elements, it seems simple enough why the
orchestra should succeed as it did—but—confidentially—we've got our own idea as to
just how it happened. A couple of days after the performance at the High School, the
editor of this Colyum was swamped with thousands of letters asking in piteously feminine tones: "Who is that handsome young man that plays the violin in your orchestra????????"
Now, to anyone else not familiar with the ways of the rib species, such a prolific flood
of anxietous interrogation would probably result in a complete paralysis of the Hymenic
tendencies and a partial, if indeed not total, swerving to the Bolshevistic Party and
other forms of radicalism, including breakfast-in-bed and wearing spats. But me—?
Without hesitation I ran off a million mimeographed forms stating: My Dear Miss:
Undoubtedly the pulchritudinous person to whom you have reference is a rising young
man from Fort Madison, viz., Louis Neiters. As to his ability to play the violin you
may judge best yourself, but in a game of "Post-office" or "Ring-Around-The-Rosy"—
Oh, Girls!!
All of which only goes to show that this here orchestra of ours is a mighty popular—
guy.
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TOP ROW—Father Meinberg, O'Donnell, Father Rohret.
BOTTOM ROW—H. McCarthy, M. McCarthy, Hinrichs, Nieters, Toher.
that there were none better, "For," we said, beaming in the manner of one who has
discovered something, "they can't be beat!"
We discovered later, to our dismal regret, that the joke was as dead as a Dodo.
(The allusion is probably meant to refer to a dead Dodo, not a live one. Editor.)
On a certain day in March, the entire orchestra attended a community sing at the
Davenport High School. Besides performing several concert numbers, they played the
accompaniment for all the singing. They succeeded admirably, and the newspaper reports were most favorable. It was the first "coup" won by the orchestra in "foreign
territory" in several years. Bien!
Of course, boiled down to its simple elements, it seems simple enough why the
orchestra should succeed as it did—but—confidentially—we've got our own idea as to
just how it happened. A couple of days after the performance at the High School, the
editor of this Colyum was swamped with thousands of letters asking in piteously feminine tones: "Who is that handsome young man that plays the violin in your orchestra????????"
Now, to anyone else not familiar with the ways of the rib species, such a prolific flood
of anxietous interrogation would probably result in a complete paralysis of the Hymenic
tendencies and a partial, if indeed not total, swerving to the Bolshevistic Party and
other forms of radicalism, including breakfast-in-bed and wearing spats. But me—?
Without hesitation I ran off a million mimeographed forms stating: My Dear Miss:
Undoubtedly the pulchritudinous person to whom you have reference is a rising young
man from Fort Madison, viz., Louis Neiters. As to his ability to play the violin you
may judge best yourself, but in a game of "Post-office" or "Ring-Around-The-Rosy"—
Oh, Girls!!
All of which only goes to show that this here orchestra of ours is a mighty popular—
guy.
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Date
1923
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St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA 52803
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http://cdm16810.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16810coll2/id/7701