Word: magenta
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...will be held in M. V. 11., on Monday, February 1, at 7 1-2 P.M., to concert measures for the formation of the H. S. P. V., H. S. S. V. U., and the H. I. C. societies suggested in the last issue of the Magenta...
...above paragraph appeared in the fortnightly "Magenta," the forerunner of the CRIMSON, in its issue of January 29, 1875. Just what the first list of initials stand for is not clear, only a few of the organizations having survived the ravages of 50 years, but an article in the previous edition throws some light on the last three societies...
...development of the game, the Harvard University Football Club commenced preparations for the coming match. Goal posts were erected on Holmes Field for practice at a cost of $2.50. The Advocate was used to urge the students to come out for the team. The following notice appeared in the Magenta, for May 8, 1874, which occupied in college life the place the CRIMSON does...
...first game. The McGill men appeared dressed after the English fashion and consequently made a much better impression than did the University eleven whose members appeared on the field attired in a dark pair of trousers, a white undershirt, which had the advantage of ripping when seized, and a magenta handkerchief tied upon the head as was traditional with the crews. The clothing survived the first match which, being played under the Harvard rules, was not as rough as the second played under the McGill Rugby rules...
...Eight college generations have passed since the first number was published. Forty-eight years ago tonight we were preparing the February 1, 1876 issue, the first comic paper in America. In those days we never had any rivalry with the Magenta till it became the 'Crime...