Word: fortnightly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Yale crew was again shaken up yesterday. Mills, who has been rowing 2 for a week was replaced by Rogers, who has been laid off with malaria for a fortnight. Langford rowed stroke and Griswold 7. The crew beat the Freshmen in a mile spurt...
...MILK WHITE FLAG" begins today the third week of its prosperous career at the Park Theatre. The attendance during the past fortnight has been most satisfactory, and the entertainment could not possibly be more pleasing. The company is an excellent one, and the work of Chas. Stanley, Geo. Schiller, Belle Archer, Clarisse Agnew, and others deserving of the highest praise. There are innumerable pretty girls with dashing costumes and innovations are constantly being made towards making the entertainment as near perfect as possible...
...time. But this year it was decided to give "The Good Natured Man," by Goldsmith. This comedy, though not as well known as "She Stoops to Conquer," abounds in witty dialogue and humorous situations. For six weeks the men have been at work on their parts, and for a fortnight daily rehearsals have been held...
...candidate will be dropped until he has been given a thorough trial of several days on the water. Members of all departments of the University are cordially invited to try. No candidate will be required to join the club before the end of a fortnight's rowing. Men will meet in the rowing room at 4 o'clock sharp today...
...could easily take place after the Oxford-Cambridge events, fixed for July 3, and be decided. The committee from the Oxford and Cambridge University athletic clubs which has challenged Yale and Harvard, carefully considered the proposal of the University of Pennsylvania students at two conferences held during the last fortnight. Yesterday the committee cabled the officials of the University of Pennsylvania Athletic Club that they could not accept the challenge...