‘Hahvahd Tour’ Learned Trade From Crimson Key

To the editors:

We would like to clarify some points in “‘Hahvahd’ Tours Nearly Stopped by Administration” (news, July 7). Jordan C. Jones ’07 and Daniel A. Schofield-Bodt ’07, who are leading the “Hahvahd Tour,” were both members of the Crimson Key Society (CKS) and official Harvard tour guides, receiving extensive tour-guide training as a result of the CKS comp process. Much of their tour is a direct result of that training and experience and is almost identical to those provided by official Crimson Key tour guides.

As a service organization, we were dismayed that Crimson Key members would use said training to solicit tips that, according to the Boston Globe and CNN, exceed $2,000 per week. With Jordan and Dan no longer serving as Crimson Key members, we hope to continue offering an enjoyable, truthful, and memorable experience for Harvard’s visitors.



NICOLE T. TOWNSEND ’07

Cambridge, Mass.

TEDDY STYLES ’07

New York

July 13, 2006



The writers are president and vice president, respectively, of the Crimson Key Society.