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...Crimson's most important move of thepost-war period was the decision to buy theHarvard Illustrated Magazine. The term"photojournalism" had not yet been coined, butthere was an increasing realization throughout thenewspaper industry that photographs had becomeindispensable to a modern newspaper andpractically every Sunday paper in the country wasgroping its way toward the new age of photographywith a rotogravure section. The bi-weeklyIllustrated contained bland photos of posed shots,but it was the beginning of what is now thephotography board, and with that the modernCrimson was born...
...literature, aprofessor's prediction that Fascism would nevertake hold in Germany, and the prohibition ofRadcliffe women from taking part in a Harvardtheatrical production. When The Crimson ran aneditorial criticizing the drunken carrying-on ofthe American Legion convention in Boston, itbrought the wrath of a nation--and scatteredapplause--on the paper. And for a time, TheCrimson entered the photo-developing business oncampus...
...wasHarvard's president during the 1920s, and TheCrimson's editorial page made his policies--andautocratic personality--the focus of many acritical comment. His Plans to build MemorialChurch and institute the House Plan met withvigorous Crimson opposition. The anti-MemorialChurch editorial was picked up by the Boston andNew York papers, which seemed incensed that acollege paper would oppose a war memorial. Thiswas the last great campaign before The Crimsonsettled in for several of its worst years...
...decade aged, morale at the paper--andits quality--settled to an all-time low. Open bookcomments were no longer couched in humor. Instead,disgruntled editors wrote comments such as "God! Inever saw a paper with less news". The financialsituation of the paper did not help the mood atthe paper. During one dismal year, The Crimsonlost $500 and saw a business manager resign indespair...
...follow September there was a new dedicationto accuracy and increased coverage. By December,the gains started to slip, and the enthusiasticnews-hounds insisted that the paper be expanded tosix pages. The business board, which at that pointwas still rebuilding, smelled disaster and giantlosses in an enlarged paper. The board rounded upenough votes in the winter executive elections toelect their candidates...