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Communication.

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To the Editors of the Crimson:

Here is a suggestion for seniors and the Class Day Committee. Would it not be a wise change to have all the "mortar boards" worn on Class Day fitted with crimson instead of black tassels? Not only would each man prize his cap more highly for the bit of crimson on it, but the sombreness of too much black would be relieved and the whole effect would be more picturesque.

SENIOR.To the Editors of the Crimson:

I have a pewter cup, without handle, inscribed with the word S. W. I. V. E. L. L. E. R. engraved in capital letters, with a period after each one. It came to me from my father and my impression is that it is a trophy for winning a boat race or other athletic contest at Harvard. This, however, is merely a supposition and the letters may be initials of some names or of a sentence.

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My father, William Ellery Sedgwick, graduated in the class of '46. If you will kindly publish this note, some of your readers may be able to give me a correct history of the cup, for which I shall be very much obliged. Yours truly,

ROBERT SEDGWICK,45 William, New York.

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