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

[Andy Bach]

> As though everybody didn't know that Betty Co-Ed's a golden head for
Harvard!
Well, maybe Princeton and Amherst - Harvard gets the red lips:

BETTY CO-ED

Rudy Vallee & J Paul Fogarty   1930

Rudy Vallee & his Connecticut Yankees    rec June 25th 1930 New York

also-
Bob Harling & his Orch '30
The California Ramblers '30

Flirtation is an art with Betty Co-Ed,
Her station quite depends uopn her charms;
She gets the men and rushes
By well cultivated blushes,
And she's happy with a fellow on each arm.

Betty Co-Ed has lips of red for Harvard,
Betty Co-Ed has eyes of Yale deep blue.
Betty Co-Ed's a golden head for Princeton,
Her dress I guess is black for old Perdoo.

Betty Co-Ed's a smile for Pennsylvania,
Her heart is Dartmouth's treasure, so 'tis said.
Betty Co-Ed is loved by every college boy,
But I'm the one who's loved by Betty Co-Ed!

She made a wreck
Of Carnegie Tech
And all of its engineers;
She did the same
To Notre Dame,
Her line is good for years;
Roguish eyes!
Telling lies!
Breathing sighs!

Betty Co-Ed has lips of red for Carnell,
Betty Co-Ed has eyes of Navy blue.
Betty Co-Ed's a golden head for Amhurst,
Her dress I guess is white for Georgia too.

Betty Co-Ed's a smile for old Mark Western,
Her heart is Texas' treasure, so 'tis said.
Betty Co-Ed is loved by every college boy,
But I'm the one who's loved by Betty Co-Ed!

https://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/b/bettycoed.html

On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 2:59 PM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> > 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.”
> >
> > Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
> Windows
> >
> > From: Shapiro, Fred<mailto:fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
> > Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2022 5:25 PM
> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU<mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Subject: Antedating of "Coed" (Person0
> >
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> > Poster:       "Shapiro, Fred" <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
> > Subject:      Antedating of "Coed" (Person0
> >
> >
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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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