Seventy Candles Decorate Crimson's Anniversary Cake

Today's issue marks the 70th birthday of the Harvard Crimson, whose aged predecessor, the Magneta, made it's first appearance on the morning of January 24, 1873, a new venture in the field of collegiate Journalism.

When the Magenta was printed that morning it was a small, two column, fortnightly pamphlet, which contained editorial comment, essays, poetry, and gentle satire. Competition and the passing years changed is slowly, first to a weekly and finally to a daily. It's name kept changing, too, and the five-column Crimson of today came only in 1920.

In commemoration of the anniversary, a special insert today contains messages to the student body from prominent former Crimson editors, as well as stories of the paper's three score and ten year span.