The Crimson Extras.

The CRIMSON made the attempt this year, for the first time, to report the great football contests in extras issued immediately after the games. At no time are college papers more fitting, and it is believed that the extras of this year will point the way to a broader field for all college jounals.

No college paper, as far as it is known, has ever before attempted to publish an edition away from home, especially when that edition would come into direct competition with the daily press. The Springfield Union did not report the game to the close, and yet the complete account in the CRIMSON was on sale before that of Union. The first copy of the CRIMSON came off the press twenty seconds from the time the last dispatch was received. In spite of Harvard's defeat, and poor service accorded the CRIMSON by Springfield news agents, so many thousands of copies were sold that, including money from advertisements, the heavy expenses of the extra were cleared.

The Pennsylvania extra was even more successful. The first copy was ready for sale within ten seconds after the game was called. The capacity of the press was all that limited the sales directly after the game, and considerably more than expenses was cleared. The most valuable feature of the editions, however, was the experience gained. The thanks of the board are due for courtesies shown by the Springfield and Cambridge city officials and for the excellent work done by the Western Union operators, and especially by the firm of McCarter and Kneeland-the Crimson Printing Company-who supervised the printing of both extras.