Studying in America
In 2010, it will be 100 years since the time when the Harvard Corporation voted the color Crimson as the one to represent the famous Harvard Univesity officially. Using colors to give a distinctive look to the University, was still a new concept then.
It is said that the color Crimson was first associated with Harvard when during a regatta in 1858, rowers Charles W. Eliot and Benjamin W. Crowninshield distributed crimson scarves to their teammates so that the Harvards’ crew members can easily be identified by the viewers.
Eliot later became 21st President of the famous Harvard University and Benjamin Williams Crowninshield served as the 5th United States Secretary of the Navy. Since then, crimson bandannas had become the popular fad at Harvard. However, the Harvard student newspaper was then known as The Magenta and many students wanted ‘Magenta’ to be the official color.
The debate on colors Crimson and Magenta stretched to a point that on May 6, 1875, Harvard undergraduates held polling for the favorite color of the students and Crimson won by a wide margin. With the very next issue, The Magenta changed its name to The Harvard Crimson.
It is said that the color Crimson was first associated with Harvard when during a regatta in 1858, rowers Charles W. Eliot and Benjamin W. Crowninshield distributed crimson scarves to their teammates so that the Harvards’ crew members can easily be identified by the viewers.
Eliot later became 21st President of the famous Harvard University and Benjamin Williams Crowninshield served as the 5th United States Secretary of the Navy. Since then, crimson bandannas had become the popular fad at Harvard. However, the Harvard student newspaper was then known as The Magenta and many students wanted ‘Magenta’ to be the official color.
The debate on colors Crimson and Magenta stretched to a point that on May 6, 1875, Harvard undergraduates held polling for the favorite color of the students and Crimson won by a wide margin. With the very next issue, The Magenta changed its name to The Harvard Crimson.
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