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...evening at 7.30 o'clock. Ninety acceptances of the invitations sent out have been received, and this year, departing from the custom of former years, thirty-five prominent undergraduates have been invited. Among those attending will be the present board, former editors of the paper or its predecessors the Magenta and the Herald, and several members of the Faculty, together with the invited speakers...
...CRIMSON is thirty-five years old today. We have developed from the fortnightly Magenta of 1873, through toil, financial difficulty and competition, to what you see us now--a daily paper of the undergraduates, attempting to represent fairly their many enterprises and to voice without prejudice their views. We unite today in entertaining, as best we are able, the graduates who have gone before us, whose efforts alone made possible the CRIMSON and placed it where it stands today...
After a humorous talk by S. Ervin '08, in which he outlined the policy of the Junior board for next year, Mr. H. C. Merwin '74, one of the original board of the "Magenta," briefly described the origin and character of that paper. There is a great contrast between our time and yours, explained Mr. Merwin. We had no office, no sanctum, nor any visible means of support, and there were only nine editors, including the business editors. Although there were too many publications at the time we started, we decided that the character of the Advocate had become...
...CRIMSON will be held in the Assembly Room of the Union this evening at 7.30 o'clock. Before the dinner a short reception will be held in the sanctum. Among those present, will be the present board, the former editors of the paper or of its predecessors, the Magenta and the Herald, together with the invited speakers. Among the latter will be H. C. Merwin '74, J. Quincy '08, W. R. Thayer '81, J. Crane '90, J. D. Greene '96, H. James, Jr., '99, J. M. Morse '07, S. Ervin '08, S. W. Shoemaker of the Cornell...
...January, 1873, 'The Magenta" appeared with the favorite motto "I won't philosophize and I will be read." The "Magenta" made another step in the direction of the successful college periodical by publishing more news and statistics than any previous paper. With the issue for May 21, 1875, the name "Magenta" was changed to "Crimson." Under this name the magazine continued on as a bi-weekly until 1883, when it was forced to suspend publication...