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A Dartmouth sports team compares women to beer, listing 24 reasons why beer is better.
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The student publication Open Forum focused on violence against women in its November 5, 1979 issue. The eight-page publication highlighted incidents of objectification, harassment, intolerance, racism, and assault. The issue raised concerns over the emotionally violent culture at Dartmouth in the late 1970s.
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The author of the journal entry reflects on her experience being harassed on campus. She shares that in nine months of being at Dartmouth this is the first time. In contrast, two of her friends share stories from when “harassment was a way of life - the windows of Foley were constantly being broken, women’s rooms always entered, insults always falling.”
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Dean Caroll Brewster celebrates with Theta Delta Chi fraternity brothers after winning the Hums contest, 1975.
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In 1975, at the annual Inter-fraternity Hums contest, “Our Cohogs” was performed by the brothers of Theta Delta Chi to the tune of the nursery rhyme, “This Old Man.” The lyrics are explicit, calling women vulgar names and accusing them of ruining Dartmouth’s “masculine heaven.” A “cohog”, is a combination of the words, “coed” and “quahog”, a type of clam. In this context it is used as a derogatory term for female genitalia. The song was voted most creative and original by Dean of the College, Carroll Brewster.
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Banners hung from Russell Sage hall by residents opposing the Committee on Student Life's recommendation for the residence to go coed by 1976
