Ivy League
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English
Etymology
From earlier Ivy colleges (1933), as Ivy League first used by AP sports editor Alan J. Gould (1935).[1] The title became official after the formation of the athletic conference in 1954. From the tradition of Ivy Day at many older colleges and universities, where ivy is planted to honor academic excellence.
Proper noun
- (US, education, politics) An association of eight universities in the USA, known for high quality.
- Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale form the Ivy League.
- 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Almost as an afterthought, we’re given an origin story for Barney’s alcoholism: he was once a sober, studious, Ivy League-bound high school scholar before Homer forced a beer on him that transformed him into a drooling, slurring, out of control rampaging id.
Coordinate terms
- C9 League (PRC)
- Group of Thirteen (Canada)
- Russell Group (UK)
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References
- ^ “Timeline”, in The Official Website of Ivy League Athletics, (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 2016-04-20