Word: impromptu
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...Committee of the Union has voted to extend the privileges of the Union to all Harvard men. There will be an overflow meeting for all graduates who do not go to the Commencement dinner in Memorial Hall. A glee club of graduates will sing in the rotunda and several impromptu speeches will be made...
...programme of the Pop Concert at Symphony Hall tonight: 1.Marche et Cortege, "La Reine de Saba," Gounod 2. Waltz, "Violets," Waldteuful 3. Overture, "Le Roi l'a dit," Delibes 4. Potpourri, "La Fille de Madame Angot," Lecocq 5. Selection, "Romeo and Juliet," Gounod 6. Berceuse ("The Doll"), Bizet Impromptu ("The Top") Bizet 7. Waltz and Pizzicato from "Sylvia," Delibes 8. Overture, "Le Roi d'Ys," Lalo 9. Ballet Music from "Le Cid," Massenet a. Arragonaise. b. Madrilene. c. Navarraise. 10. Prelude to "Le Deluge," Saint-Saens Violin obligato, Mr. Hoffmann. 11. Valse, "Loin du Pays," Berger 12. Marche Tzigane, Lacome
...President appointed a Committee of Ten, with Mr. Solomon Lincoln '57 as chairman. Mr. Lincoln invited class secretaries J. T. Wheelwright '76, H.M. Williams '85, and A. J. Garceau '91 to be present at the meeting of the committee, these gentlemen having had charge of an impromptu overflow meeting on last Commencement Day. The Committee of Ten appointed a sub-committee, consisting of Stephen M. Weld '60, a member of the Committee of Ten, F. C. Hood '86, and A. J. Garceau '91,-- the Secretary of the Association of Harvard College Class Secretaries...
...course to suit the needs of inexperienced men. The work consists in the study and rendering of model public addresses, and in the delivery of the students' original compositions. Each member of the course delivers a formal speech once in two weeks and more frequently opportunity for impromptu speaking is given. Brief written exercises are required from time to time, and conferences may be appointed by the instructor. The course may be taken in the Sophomore year or later, and should precede English 30, the most advanced course of the series...
...hours additional to the regular hours of the course. The work of the course will consist in the study and rendering of model speeches for acquiring the principles of platform speaking and the application of those principles to the presentation of speeches of the students' own composition. Impromptu speaking will also be practiced...