CRIMSON WAS FIFTY YEARS OLD ON JANUARY 24, 1923

The Harvard CRIMSON was fifty years old on January 24, 1923. The paper was originally founded as a fortnightly called the "Magenta" in 1873 by ten members of the class of 1874.

In 1883 it was joined with the Harvard Herald and became a daily for the first time, using editors' rooms for offices, the original one being Staughton 22. In 1901 offices were secured in the Harvard Union building.

The present plant was completed in the fall of 1915 but the building was not formally dedicated until early in 1916. The paper adopted its present size and make-up of five-column pages on May 3, 1920.