Mirror
Actresses, chief executives, congresswomen and Olympic gold medalists: It's no exaggeration that many female alumni of Dartmouth are kind of a big deal nowadays.
What you probably did not know is that 37 years ago at Dartmouth, these accomplished women may have received a welcome that went a little something like this: "Our cohogs, they play four/ They're a bunch of dirty whores/ With a knick knack baddy whack send the bitches home."
In the spring of 1975, at the Hums singing competition during Green Key Weekend, then-Dean of the College Carroll Brewster declared "Our Cohogs" the winning song the most creative and original that he heard all weekend, according to records found in Rauner Special Collections Library.
This song, "Our Cohogs" cohog being short for coed hog is one example of Dartmouth's history of the backlash that greeted the College's decision to become a coeducational institution.