Show HARVARD CRIMSON I President Eliot likes liken to tell of the tho origin of Harvard's crimson In 1858 the first Harvard rowing shell was put on th the water Three men of whom Alexander Agassiz was one got together and bought hought it Wo Wo had not paid for the boat said President Eliot when asked about this and we depended ed on our first prize mono money to pay for it Well WeH the day before before before be be- fore the race it appeared that there wore to be thirteen or fourteen boata boats in the race and wo we O said to each other How arc are our friends going to know us in tho the regatta Wo We had no uniform nothing at all nU to distinguish us We Wo had rowed in our various arious underclothes up to that time So Ben Den and I went down to Hove Hovey s 5 and bought hought six red handkerchiefs just about that color picking up a flower from the table and we tied those handkerchiefs around our heads and ana that gentlemen is the origin orilin of the Harvard re red Here Hero is is the tho kind of silk handkerchief that was waa worn a few years ears later showing a handkerchief It was not the right color The trouble was that magenta came in and the Harvard color was mag magenta nta for a n few ion years re rs but hut that handkerchief is a poor aniline dye dyo This showing an American hea beauty ty rose roso of a 3 very cry dark dalk red hue was the tho thereal I real color |