The Middlebury Undergraduate

The February, 1877 edition includes an article about a college boy feeling "anxiety" about love, and The Undergraduate's response and subsequent advice. Before Middlebury College became coed in 1883 articles such as this were few and far between.

In a classic 19th century view of coeducation, this 1876 Undergraduate article expresses the accepted opinion that women pose a grave distraction to the male students' academic pursuit. Seven years before the college's move to coeducation, there was still noticeable opposition to heterosociality.

Middlebury College recognized the need for a larger a student body. However, in discussions as late as 1879 regarding expansion, the suggestion of including women in the college was still not a popular notion.

In the first edition of The Undergraduate after the introduction of young women into the student body in 1883, an editorial explains the reaction of alumni, male students, and the educators. This is the best example of the overall perception of coeducation.