Word: magenta
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Started in 1873 by a group of ten members of the class of 1874, it ran at first under the name of "The Magenta" as a fortnightly, publication given over, in the main, to literary articles, but containing a summary of the more important University news. It continued in this name and form until 1875. The front page of today's pictorial is a facsimile of the front page of the first number...
Marking fifty years of college publication, the HARVARD CRIMSON BOOK will be published this coming May. On January 24, 1873, the class of 1874 undertook the publication of the first issues of a fortnightly called the Magenta, so named on account of the existing college color. In 1891, however, with the colors changed to crimson and white, the paper assumed its present title. The year 1923, therefore, will be the fiftieth anniversay of the founding of the CRIMSON...
...best. The men on the crew tied these handkerchiefs around their heads in the race on the following day. As no colleges had colors at this time, the adoption of this to represent the University was a new step. The University color was later changed to magenta, and then again became crimson, because it was found that the magenta color faded...