Word: fortnightly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Profs. Hart and Taussig on its rolls. The first officers of the society were as follows: President, L. McK. Garrison, '88; vice-president, M. D. Mitchell, '87; secretary, F. D. Kalapothakes, '88. It is intended to keep the number of members at about fifty. Meetings are held once a fortnight, and on each evening a paper is read on some literary or political subject; or a lecture is delivered. It is expected that all conversations will be carried on in French, and if any questions are to be asked they must be clothed in the prescribed language. After the lecture...
Within the last fortnight several persons have seen fit to use the columns of the CRIMSON as a means of playing practical jokes on their class-mates. Notices of hour examinations and meetings have been inserted, which had no foundation whatever, and yesterday some practical joker inserted a special notice without any authority for so doing. There is absolutely no excuse for such nonsense; it exceeds the bounds of childishness, it is undignified and ungentlemanly. It has always been our policy to aid the students in every possible way by publishing notices of their meetings and other notices...
...long time. With all due respect to the mature years-and perhaps gray hair-of our sapient friend, I cannot help thinking that he does not know what he is talking about. He says that the players have been "constantly changed about during the past fortnight," and that, when he was asked "who were going to play against Princeton on Saturday," he had to guess, and "probably guessed wrong." Now, the first assertion is a direct misstatement of the real facts of the case, as any one knows who has been out on Jarvis during the last two weeks...
...players on the Harvard eleven have been changed about constantly during the past fortnight; so much so that when asked the other day who were going to play against Princeton on Saturday, I was obliged to guess at the team, and, with one or two exceptions, probably guessed wrong. But the captain of the 'Varsity eleven probably knows what is best for the interests of Harvard in foot-ball, and will, I trust, forgive me for "letting off steam." I must apologize for taking up so much of your valuable space...
...this unnecessary secrecy prior to a race; for, as one of the "Century's" writers points out, if one crew can row better than the other crew, it is likely to win the race, even if every movement of its members is publicly scrutinized for a fortnight before the event comes off. There is certainly enough sharp trickery in professional sports and in business transactions, without adding to the sum total contribution that can be made by American colleges...