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LAST year there was a movement set on foot to change magenta as Harvard's color and substitute crimson in its place; and one of the alleged reasons for making this change was, that Harvard had no fixed color in magenta, but that great confusion resulted from the diversity of shades. This movement succeeded, the color was changed to crimson, and a committee of three appointed to determine the shade. Up to the present time, we have patiently waited for the spirit to move these gentlemen to declare themselves, but as the prospect of ever hearing from them has been...
...source of unalloyed pleasure to us to think of the committee that had been appointed and the rapid measures that they had taken toward deciding the true color. However, one experience of this kind is quite sufficient, and we earnestly hope and pray that before the next regatta takes place, one shade, and only one, shall be selected and decided upon as Harvard's color. This could easily be done if set about in the right way, and for this purpose we would offer the following suggestion of a practical nature. Another committee, not necessarily captains of the crew, eleven...
...prey upon the unsuspecting and guileless youth that are drawn to that "sink of iniquity" by the regatta. Therefore, he thinks that his "free-born Vermonters" - who would never go astray of their own free-will and accord, but who might be compelled by the evil associations of the place to depart from the straight path of virtue - had better stay away from Saratoga until some one can "insure" them against the intrusion of the aforesaid gamblers and blacklegs; and as at present there is no company which takes risks in that line they are likely to remain away...
...last word of the sentence, "represented,"* which occurs twice in the letter with quotation-marks and once without, is rather interesting as a puzzle to find out what may be the peculiar significance of the marks in one place and their omission in another...
...belong to it - which are set forth in the conclusion of the letter must be satisfactory both to themselves and every one else: for if they are too busy, that is their own business; if they are too poor, every one will allow that Saratoga is not the place for them; and if they are too proud, surely no one wishes their attendance...