Further Antedating of "Coed"

[Joel S. Berson]

And what were they called at Oberlin, in 1837?

JSB

At 8/30/2014 10:27 PM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
>coed (OED, 2., 1893)
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>1882 _Cornell Sun_ 15 May 2 (Online archive)  The society for 
>promoting higher education of women have been circulating a petition 
>to admit them -- co-eds, you know -- to Columbia.
>
>Fred Shapiro
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