Word: impromptu
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...Judge Henry E. Howland of New York presided, and, although there were no set toasts, several impromptu speeches on football were made...
...last meeting of the club, the reply of the New Harvard Union declining the challenge to a joint debate was formally acknowledged. At the meeting tonight an invitation will probably be extended to the Union to a joint extempore debate, that is one in which the debaters shall make impromptu speeches upon a subject to be announced on the evening of the debate. Such a debate would not only be unique but it would prevent the set speeches which so frequently mar the ordinary debate. It was expected that Col. Higginson would address the Club on April...
...thus made two smaller rooms, one on each side of the doorway. Both rooms will be used as places for holding committee meetings, bible classes and the like, and the room on the left will also contain the association library. What with the carpets, curtains, and furniture, these little impromptu rooms present a very cosy appearance...
...chosen to represent the clubs and the battle raged for nearly half an hour. The speeches were well delivered, especially the three for the Hoodoo side, but the judges, with exceeding ill taste, decided two to one for the Wah Hoos. Later in the afternoon the Hoodoos gave an impromptu operetta which was declared, even by their rivals, a decided hit. Thus pleasantly the day passed and at 7.10 the clubs reached Milwaukee and were carried to the Plankinton. In the evening the men were invited to a party, but only a few attended...
...allusion to Garrison '88 elicited applause which drew forth one of the best speeches of the evening although impromptu. Mr. Garrison spoke in praise of the work his class-mate Holden had done for Harvard athletics, drawing a strong picture of the deplorable state Harvard sports were in prior...