Word: impromptu
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...those maundering melodies Mandy Lee, Sivect Adeline, I've Been Working on the Railroad, Some Folks Say That a Nigger Won't Steal, et al. There is a foreword by Ring Lardner, alleged basso. There is whimsical but practical explanation of the broad technique essential to impromptu cantatas-"swipes," "seventh heaven," "amen corner," Russian depths and breath control. Most important are the actual scores of a dozen much-mangled tunes and the standard words, disputes over which have rent asunder the closest of harmonizers. Slipped into the covers of the volume are two cheap 5-inch phonograph records...
...Wheeler Defense Committee, an impromptu organization with the purpose of helping the senator from Montana to protect himself from the machinations of the Department of Justice, is soliciting the nation at large for funds. Although this appeal probably will not meet a very great material response from American undergraduates for reasons which reflect not at all on the worth of the cause, it deserves at least their sympathy and moral support...
...pair oar event yesterday, two Law School students won easily. Eliot Perkins 2L. and R. H. Hopkins 3L. won the event over an impromptu half-mile course in front of Newell Boathouse in two minutes and 23 seconds...
...Crowley '25 and W. D. Livingston 4E.S. won the double sculling event of the regatta yesterday from S. C. Davies 1G.B. and A. W. Beals '25 in three minutes and 18 seconds. The race was rowed over an impromptu half-mile course in front of Riverside Boathouse...
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...