THE CRIME

At last someone has been found who actually peruses our "Through The Years," column, worthy chronicle of the doings of yesteryear at Harvard. Prominent in that section of the editorial page of yesterday's paper was an announcement in the reprints of 1909 stating that a "large fire-proof building is being constructed at the Herbarium to serve as a place for the preservation of classified specimens."

No sooner had the office been opened in the morning than a frenzied call was received from one of Boston's super news-hawks, the always alert type, eager for a raise in pay because he had found a good story. This young worthy in a harassed tone cried out that he had been calling the Botanical Garden, the Biological Institute, and the Arnold Arboretum, trying to find out what new construction was going on at the Herbarium. He pointed out that they all denied the construction of any "large fire-proof building" to preserve classified specimens, and in the same breath he wanted to know where we found the news. He was asked in what paper it appeared, and he said it was the issue of that day. After careful perusal of the paper the Herbarium note was indeed found, hidden away in the "Through The Years" column under the 1909 date-line. Promptly all haste was made to inform the news-hawk that he was reading so solemnly the words of a CRIMSON which first graced this world just twenty-five years ago that day. And loud was his cry as he hling up he 25-year old receiver, and turned again to the carnal world of the present.