Word: impromptu
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first out, Mr. E. C. Storrow coaching. Their blade-work was poor, but their inboard work good, the slides being well controlled and all the men getting a sharp hard catch. Coming down river the Freshmen fell in with the '99 crew which had just come out and an impromptu race of about half a mile ensued. The Junior crew starting with a slight lead increased it gradually throughout, but in a second stretch which both crews rowed up stream was unable to gain much advantage. The 1900 and '98 crews went out later and rowed separately...
...which 1900 was more handicapped than any other class owing to the lack of stimulus of a Yale freshman debate. The poem by R. S. Holland was by far the best effort of the evening. The personal hits were well received by the class. Besides the regular toasts, impromptu speeches were made by J. M. Glidden and N. Robinson...
...Sophomore dinner held last night at the Hotel Vendome was large than any class dinner given hitherto, and a perfect success throughout. The speeches, impromptu as well as prepared, and the choruses, all tended to draw the class together into a solid unit, so that from the beginning to the end all present united in a feeling and an expression of loyalty for the different organizations of the University, and for the class...
...students, attired in all sorts of costumes, from golf suits to cutaways, would produce. An effect of regularity may be produced without any extra expense if each student taking part in the parade will wear white ducks, and a straw hat with his class ribbon. I believe that this impromptu uniform is as comfortable and convenient as any that could be devised, and I have already heard a considerable number of men express their intention of wearing...
...Impromptu speeches were made by Chas. Dickinson '96, Wirt Howe '96, A. M. Sayre '98, H. E. Addison '96, H. L. Belisle '96, S. P. Delany '96, and Shirley Johnson...