[Ads-l] Antedating of "Coed" (Person0

[Wilson Gray]

> President Eliot (the President of Harvard University, who was famously
anti-                > coeducation) to “repent of his course.”

As though everybody didn't know that Betty Co-Ed's a golden head for
Harvard!

On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 3:53 PM Peter Reitan <pjreitan at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Three earlier examples, two from Cornell one from the University of
> Michigan, without the suggestion of its being related to a general
> prejudice against coeducation.  There are several other early examples that
> can be found on HathiTrust.
>
> The Cornell Era, November 26, 1875, page 87 (HathiTrust).
>
> “[H]e thrust his hand into his coat-tail pocket, as he wished to draw the
> attention of some passing “co-eds” with his pocket handkerchief.”
>
>
> The Cornell Era, February 11, 1876, page 136.
>
> “The University Magazine (Pa.) is one of the latest additions to college
> journalism.  It is a bright paper, but makes the mistake of publishing two
> articles on each of two different subjects – two on the marking system, and
> two on Angels (Philadelphia term for co-eds).”
>
> An example from the University of Michigan in 1877 even seems be
> pro-coeducation.  The comment seems to call for President Eliot (the
> President of Harvard University, who was famously anti-coeducation) to
> “repent of his course.”
>
> The Chronicle (University of Michigan), Volume 9, Number 1, page 12
> (Hathitrust).
>
> “We would suggest that a convention of co-eds be called, and a committee
> be appointed to wait on President Eliot, in regard to his pamphlet of last
> year.  If he doesn’t repent of his course, then our powers of observation
> go for naught.”
>
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> coed (person) (OED 1893)
>
> 1880 Chicago Tribune 28 June 7/3 (Newspapers.com)  There was [at Cornell]
> q=
> uite a clsas of lady graduates, who are styled by the other students
> "Co-Ed=
> s," as there is a general prejudice against coeducation among the latter.
>
> Fred Shapiro
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