The Ivy League Before the Ivy League The Essentials

1. The Ivy League Before the Ivy LeagueThe Essentials By: Chancelor Griffin

2. Harvard University“ • Oldest higher education institution in the United States • Namesake is after John Harvard, the University’s first benefactor • Established in 1636 following majority vote of e Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony • Initially named “New College” • Founded by Puritan ministers

3. Yale University • Established in 1701 by Congregationalists ministers. • Originally referred to as the Collegiate School • Name in honor of Welsh merchant ElihuYale, who was one of the first benefactors of the school • Yale’s early scientific and religious heavy curriculum was a result of the Enlightenment influenced presidents Ezra Stiles and Thomas Clap

4. University of Pennsylvania • One of the nine original Colonial colleges and fourth oldest institution in the United States • Founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1740 after his desire to establish an institution not merely focused on clerical instruction. • Became one of the first multidisciplinary institutions and first United States university to have both graduate and undergraduate schools of education

5. Princeton University • Originally named College of New Jersey • Established as America’s fourth college in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey • Originally founded by New Light Presbyterians in order to correctly instruct ministers in their views • Charter for the institution was given on October 22, 1746 by the Province of New Jersey • John Witherspoon became instrumental in school’s focus on more liberal education as he helped institution place less emphasis on clerical instruction and more on

6. Columbia University • Founded on October 31, 1754, • Original name was King’s College • Royal charter of King George II of England • Fifth oldest in the United States • Originally Anglican Univeristy • Name changed to Columbia following patriotic passion of the Revolution in 1784(comes from Christopher Columbus)

7. Brown University • Established on on March 2, 1764 as a result of a charter from House of Magistrates passed by Samuel Ward and Edward Thurston • First Ivy League to accept all religions • Third college in new England, 7th in America • Originally called College of Rhode Island • Moved to Providence, RI in 1770 • Renamed Brown after Nicolas Brown in 1804, class of 1786 after $5,000 gift

8. Dartmouth University • Ninth oldest University within the United States • Charter for the institution signed on December 13, 1769 by John Wentworth governer of New Hampshire and was issued under King George III • Originally founded by Rev. EleazarWheelock(Puritan) as place of educationfor Native Americans • Became last instututioncreateadwithinColonialrule

9. Cornell University • Established by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White in January 1864. • Both men met in New York State Senate and due to their individual aspirations for the betterment of education were able to create Cornell as a result of Cornell’s $400,000 endowment. • Became one of the first American co-ed Universities

10. Works Cited • http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/Databases/Encyclopedia/search.php?serial=C0350 • http://www.brown.edu/about/history • http://www.columbia.edu/content/history.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_College • http://dartmouth.edu/life-community/explore-green/history-traditions • http://www.harvard.edu/history • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University#cite_note-24 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Harvard_University • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Cornell_University • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Princeton_University • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_University • http://www.yale.edu/about/history.html