Word: fortnightly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...yesterday's edition of the CRIMSON. It was there stated that "the defeated candidates intend to contest the legality of the whole election." Now there were no "defeated candidates" at the meeting last night, for both the vice-president and myself publicly withdrew our names from candidacy a fortnight ago, and had not the slightest intention of allowing them to be so used under any circumstances; nor were any other candidates nominated either by myself or any of my friends...
...track opened very late this spring, almost a fornight later than last year, and none of the men have had more than a fortnight's training. Therefore, there have been no trials of their capacities. The weather has been anything but favorable. The track has been frozen and snowed upon until it is as far from good condition as the men who trained upon it. There are still almost five weeks before the intercollegiate games, and there is no doubt that the men under the able training of Mr. Lathrop will get into condition to take the places of Baker...
...school will open on July 6th at the Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge, where a fortnight will be spent in introductory work and in short daily excursions. The remainder of the six weeks' session will be divided between the Connecticut Valley, the Hoosac Valley and vicinity, in northwestern Massachusetts, and the foothills of the Catskill mountains in eastern New York. Some central, characteristic point in each district, easily accessible by railroad, will be taken for headquarters and short excursions made from it. The plan of the school, so far as it can now be stated, is as follows...
...WALDSTEIN'S LECTURES.Three lectures on "The various Influences affecting the Development of Greek Art" are to be given during the next fortnight by Dr. Charles Waldstein, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge. The first lecture will occur on Wednesday, Feb. 23, in Sever 11. The second on Friday, Feb. 25, in Upper Boylston and the third on Wednesday, March 2, in the same hall. The second and third lectures will be illustrated with stereopticon views. The public are invited...
...Williams Fortnight complains that the CRIMSON has not been received regularly of late, and by way of making matters pleasant adds: "We can manage to get along and be happy without the CRIMSON." Really...