Ivy League

The Ivy League is an athletics association, founded in 1954, of eight universities located in the eastern United States. The term has connotations of academic excellence, as well as a certain amount of elitism.

Members

The members of the Ivy League are, in alphabetical order:

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• Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island, founded 1764 as Rhode Island College
• Columbia University, in New York City, New York, founded 1754 as King's College
• Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, founded 1865
• Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire, founded 1769
• Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded 1636 as the New College
• University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1749 as the Philadelphia School of Science. Significantly, Penn did not have a charter, nor did it hold classes at the collegiate level, until 1755.
• Princeton University, in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1746 as the College of New Jersey
• Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut, founded 1701 as the Collegiate School

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Image:Brown Coat of Arms.png|Brown

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Image:Cu-shield.png|Columbia

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Image:Cornell_emblem.png|Cornell

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Image:Dartmouth-seal.jpg|Dartmouth

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Image:Harvard_shield-University.png|Harvard

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Image:Wikipedia_Penn_Shield.jpg|Penn

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Image:PrincetonShield.gif|Princeton

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Image:Official Yale Shield.png|Yale

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