Word: impromptu
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Several dark forms moved near a chapel in Washington, D. C. Others joined them, vanished within the edifice. Came more dark forms, loitering, hurrying, in quiet pairs, in loud-talking squads. All passed into the edifice. Two hours later, the chapel opened, the dark forms poured forth an impromptu parade. Song burst out, punctuated with shouts, as the paraders marched. Placards were hoisted aloft, reading: "What is this going to be- an army or a university?"; "Before we will be slaves we will be in graves"; "Don't be an Uncle...
...performance of the seventy-ninth annual theatrical production of the Hasty Pudding Club, the days are recalled when these production were in their infancy and "Laugh It Off" would sound as incongruous for a title as "Bombastes Furioso" sounds today. The evolution of these performances from mock trials and impromptu sketches to elaborately modern and professionally coached musical comedies has a parallel in the change of the American vaudeville from nineteenth century burlesque to the present type of musical extravaganza...
...production came in 1844 when it was decided to abandon the traditional mock trial which had been held yearly from 1795, in favor of a comical sketch. According to the report of J. T. Wheel-wright, who has left an account of this first performance, it was indeed an impromptu affair. The date picked was Friday the thirteenth and 11 Hollis Hall was converted into the stage. A large plank, slightly longer than the room, was bowed so as to serve for the footlights, boots were made of blackened cardboard, wigs and dresses were borrowed from the "goodies...
...fast six-period game in the Commonwealth Armory on Saturday evening, the Freshman polo team defeated the Yale 1928 riders by the narrow score of 7 to 6. In spite of the fact that the Freshman trio was a more or less impromptu organization and had played no games previously this year, it was able to finally overcome its more experienced opponents. The game was closely contested and in doubt as to the outcome up to the last shukker...
...impromptu game was organized among those men who came out on the field and three ten-minute periods were played with the exceptional result of a 3 to 1 score. Scoring was enabled by the new safety zone of 18 instead of 20 feet and the enforcement of the rule concerning personal contact. Both Coach Mahan, who refereed, and the photographers expressed their satisfaction concerning the results of the afternoon's work...