With to-day's issue, the CRIMSON enters upon its eighth volume. Established in the spring of 1882 with prospects anything but flattering, dull times, small circulation, a formidable competitor in the old Echo, then in its third year, the paper has overcome all obstacles, has steadily increased in size and circulation, until now it contains in the course of a year more reading matter than any college publication in the world, and its circulation is commensurate with its size.

It is our purpose during the coming year to make the CRIMSON essentially a newspaper; no pains or expense will be spared in collecting news from other colleges as well as our own; moreover, everything which appears in the paper we intend shall be authoritative - the reports of athletic contests will be written by experts, and the scores will be official, and we shall always aim at strict accuracy in all news matters. Our columns are always open to receive communications from students and faculty, and it is our desire that this privilege be availed of to a greater extent than it has hitherto. Inasmuch as the paper will contain, in addition to its news and contributed matter, the official college bulletins and calendars, society notices and announcements by athletic managers, it will be to every student a necessity, and in urging you to subscribe, we feel that we are asking no favor, but simply placing in your hands that to be without which no student can afford.