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HARVARD CRIMSON HAS ENTERED NEW BUILDING

Description of Interior of Recently Completed Home of University Daily.

The entrance of the CRIMSON to the new Crimson Building at 14-20 Plympton street yesterday marks a new era in the history of the newspaper. The large CRIMSON printed today, the first to be issued from the new building, in a measure dedicates the splendid new quarters of the paper. Though the copies of the last two months have been printed in the Crimson Printing Company's new offices in the rear of the building, today's paper is the first to be compiled and edited in the new building itself. The temporary offices that have been occupied since the opening of college have been given up, and the address of the CRIMSON, will henceforth be care of the Crimson Building, 14-20 Plympton street, Cambridge.

The photograph in yesterday's paper shows the general outward appearance of the recently-completed structure. The building is two stories high in front, this portion being constructed in Georgian style of Harvard brick, with limestone trimmings. This arrangement makes a large roof-garden over the rear section of the building, leading directly off from the editor's sanctum, which occupies the entire second floor of the front of the building. The ground floor of the front portion contains the offices of the president and business manager. The middle portion provides quarters for the news and editorial staff of the CRIMSON, and for the candidates. Here also are situated the offices of the Alumni Bulletin, of the correspondents of Boston newspapers, and rooms for the proofreaders and telephones.

In the rear is a large composing room occupied by the Crimson Printing Company, and directly underneath the central part of the building a press room of the same size. The Printing Company maintains its past relations with the CRIMSON, renting its space in the new building from the CRIMSON, and printing the newspaper under contract. The company also prints the Alumni Bulletin, the editorial office of which is now in the building. Beside the press room, the basement contains rooms for storage and the heating plant. The architects are Jardine, Hill & Murdock, of New York.

The building has been constructed with the object of making it practical, and to provide adequate working quarters for the various interests which it will house. The CRIMSON will now enjoy advantages afforded to no other college paper. The ownership of its own building by the University daily sets a precedent for all other colleges and universities throughout the country. Not only have all present needs been cared for, but an endeavor has been made to provide for future expansion.

No dedication ceremony of the new building will be held at the present time. This formality will be postponed to the annual initiation party which will take place some time early next February.

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