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The '''Ivy League''' is an [[athletic conference]] of eight private universities in the Northeast; during the first half of the 1900s they played each other frequently. By the 1930s they were referred informally to as the "Ivy League," but the organization was not formalized until 1954.
The '''Ivy League''' is an [[athletic conference]] of eight private universities in the Northeast; during the first half of the 1900s they played each other frequently. By the 1930s they were referred informally to as the "Ivy League," but the organization was not formalized until 1954.
By extension, the term also refers to the eight schools considered as a group, and to social characteristics perceived to be common to the group. The schools of the Ivy League are all old—all but Cornell having been founded before the American Revolution. They are sometimes referred to as the Ancient Eight.<ref>Cornell, however, hardly deserves that term; and the "Colonial Colleges," institutons chartered as colleges prior to the American Revolution, includes the College of William and Mary and Rutgers University as well as seven members of the Ivy League.</ref> They are all stellar in academics, and all of them have a traditional connection with social prestige.
By extension, the term also refers to the eight schools considered as a group, and to social characteristics perceived to be common to the group. The schools of the Ivy League are all old—all but Cornell having been founded before the American Revolution. They are sometimes referred to as the Ancient Eight.<ref>The group, however, fails to include two Colonial Colleges: William and Mary and Rutgers; and includes Cornell, founded much later.</ref> They are all stellar in academics, and all of them have a traditional connection with social prestige.
[[Image:Earlycolleges2.png|600px|thumb|Top: Ivy League; Bottom: the two Colonial Colleges that are not in the Ivy League. Founding dates are those self-reported by the institutions: Harvard 1636, William & Mary 1693, Penn 1740, Princeton 1746, Columbia 1754, Brown 1764, Rutgers 1766, Dartmouth 1770, Cornell 1865]]
[[Image:Earlycolleges2.png|600px|thumb|Top: Ivy League; Bottom: the two Colonial Colleges that are not in the Ivy League. Founding dates are those self-reported by the institutions: Harvard 1636, William & Mary 1693, Penn 1740, Princeton 1746, Columbia 1754, Brown 1764, Rutgers 1766, Dartmouth 1770, Cornell 1865]]