The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-04-22
ORCHESTRA AND QUARTET
MAKE IT'S SECOND TOUR
The Musician Left Oxford Thurs
day Morning

The Mississippian published by !
the students of the State University,
contained the following laudatory
of Aberdeen's hospitality. shown the
college orchestra and quartet during
its er gagement in this city:
Friday morning saw the dawn of
perfect day. yea. of an ultraper-
feet day. and the merry round OF
bliss began when Mrs. Beanland
and the boys stepped off the train
at Aberdeen. They were carried in
cars to private homes, where they
were royalty entertained and where
! they became acquainted with some
of the best and most hospitable
people in the state. Every courte-
sy was shown the visitors, and
every minute devoted to their en-
tertainment.
Right here it must be said that
the party primarily responsible for
the date secured at Aberdeen and
tie wonderful time the orchestra
and quartet had while there, Is Mr..
| Thomas Fife Paine, prominent
attorney of Aberdeen and a grad
uate of the University of Mississippi
in the law department in 1909. He
still has the old ole Miss" spirit.
and is president of a local alumni
association of which any college or
university might we'll he proud.
These men greeted the boys with
such cOrdiality and treated them
with such rare courtesy, so charac
teristic of an Al old Miss" pro-
duct. that they made the visiting
boys to feel as if Aberdeen were
campus itself and they regular fell
| lows together. 1t is no doubt of
much interest to the students of the
University to know that we have
sucn a live-wire bunch of alumni
in Aberdeen. 90 below are given the
names of those enrolled at present
in the association: ]. M. Acker,
Sr.. ]. NJ. Acker. Jr., L. L. Broyles.
S. w. Baker. r. G. Carlisle. G. c.
Ewing, E. S. Fur, G. NJ. Holmes.
G. f. Hamilton, G. J. Leftwich,
Jr., K. Lam, B. H. Mcfarland. L.
F. Paine (president), j A. Rogers,
IL. S. Therrell, G. L. Tubb, G. H.
Watkins, w. l.. Watkins. w. w.
Watkins
The Elks Club was generously
thrown open to the visiting boys,
and auto rides in and about the
town were enjoyed. to say nothing
of dates which some of the boys
had with Aberdeen's land Missis-
sippi's and the SOuth's, ad infini-
tum) most charming daughters, oh,
| boys.
The audience that evening at the
new city hall was a large one, de-
spite the fact a religious revival and
a good picture were being featured
in town at the same time. Both
the orchestra and the quartet tried
their darnedest" to render the
program better than they had ever
done before, for. where words had
failed to express their appreciation
for the good time they had had,
were having. and were going to
have, they wished to make up for
it by saying it with music" and
if they failed it certainly wasn't be-
cause they didn't try.
One of the most pleasant features
of the company's stay in Aberdeen
was the delightful dance given by
the alumni in their honor, fol-
lowing the concert. 1t was given
in the Elks Club. and a West Point
Jazz orchestra furnished the music.
During the intermissiOn delicious
J refreshments were served, credit for
which is largely due Miss Mildred
Lake, as chairman of the ladies
committee. She and the ladies
worked hard and faithfully and
have the sincere thanks of the Ole
Miss boys, who didn't fail to de-
monstrate how they appreciated the
8 refreshments.
Saturday morning was but a con-
tinuation of the pleasure exper-
fenced the afternoon and evening
before. and when the orchestra and
quartet finally boarded the train for
the return trip, it was with hearts
full of an appreciation far too deep
RI ho ovprooaod in marc words