Word: magenta
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mother Advocate found before her the "pleasant though unexpected task--one, however, none the less pleasant from its unexpectedness--of welcoming to the green fields and pastures new of college literature another aspirant for favor," and it was a very courteous greeting that she extended to the young "Magenta." If the child is father to the man the two are often strangely dissimilar. . . . But if the present paper and its editors inherit few features or characteristics from 1873 they do inherit--at least on such formal occasions as birthdays--the excellent good will of Mother Advocate...
...speech of particular interest will be that by Mr. Henry C. Merwin '74, who was one of the founders of the CRIMSON. Mr. Merwin was one of the two men who first published "The Magenta" in 1873, a sheet which is the predecessor of the present paper. President Lowell will be the final speaker of the evening...
...first two chapters by Charlton MacVeagh '24, take up the history of the paper from its conception as the Magenta in 1873 through its early development to 1906, with the intent of showing the general tendencies and accomplishments of this period, rather than of repeating the detailed account that was published in 1906. The remainder of the book covers the more recent history of the Crimson, which has been divided into four-year periods and written by men who were in close touch with the activities of the paper during this time...
Today's issue marks the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the CRIMSON, which in 1873 was known as "The Magenta", a fortnightly started by ten men of the class...
...first number of "The Magenta" was of twelve pages, 8 by 12 inches, and contained seven short editorials and a number of literary articles and poems. Among the literary articles was one on "A College Character" and another on "Duns." All the news of the first issue was crowded into a short department known as "Brevities", while books and plays were reviewed in other sections of the paper...