A popular song from 1929.
Words by Jack Yellen.
Music by Milton Ager.
Sheet music provided by Laurence Rubenstein:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
What shall they teach at college?
Worries the learned profs.
What is the proper knowledge
To give the Frosh and Sophs?
Famous men like Angell, Butler, Dewey
Know that it’s a lot of “hooey”
They’re teaching our youth
We’ll tell you the truth
Chorus
Educate your feet
Or your learning’s incomplete
For you can’t get by on Greek and Latin
Educate your feet
Educate your toes
Learn the way each new step goes
For you can’t by on Greek and Latin
Educate your toes
Make the hotspot down the street your Alma Mater
A nifty trotter
Don’t have to be Phi Beta Kappa
Therefore, I repeat
If you hope to be elite
Never mind about your Greek and Latin
Educate your feet
Sung here by Fred Feild: