we 
of  the  paper,  and^should  feel  much  honored  if  you 
would  allow  us  to  make  this  public  acknowledgment. 
With  best  wishes,  I  am 
Very  since  re  l^^^Srs, 
(George  B,  Fernald) 
JO  January,  1927 
Dear  Mr,  Deane, 
The  coming  issue  of  "The  V index11 
will  be  a  special  number  in  celebration  of  the 
fiftieth  anniversary  of  its  founding  in  1877, 
We  plan  to  run  a  full  page  reproduction  of 
the  first  page  of  the  first  issue  in  February, 
1877  j  aa  well  as  pictures  of  three  members  of  the 
original  board  of  editors.  Unfortunately,  we  have 
been  unable  to  secure  a  photograph  of  the  fourth 
member. 
We  hope  also  to  include  a  full  page  cut  made 
from  the  large  photograph  which  you  kindly  gave 
to  the  School  for  the  Vindex  Room  a  few  years  ago, 
aa  well  as  an  article  on  the  early  history  of  "The 
Vindex"  which  you  wrote  for  publication  in  "The 
Vindex"  in  1896  or  1897.  1  have  forgotten  the  exact 
date,  but  I  can  easily  run  down  the  article. 
The  purpose  of  this  note  is  to  ask  your  per¬ 
mission  to  reproduce  your  photograph  and  your  art¬ 
icle.  We  can  easily  remove  the  large  photograph 
from  its  frame  temporarily,  and  then  re store  it  to 
its  place  as  soon  as  the  smaller  copy  for  a  cut  is 
made  from  it.  I  hope  very  much  that  you  will  have 
no  hesitation  in  granting  my  requests,  as  we  feel 
that  you  played  a  very  important  part  in  the  history 
