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The South includes four which Richard Moll listed in his book entitled ''The Public Ivys: America's Flagship Undergraduate Colleges:'' [[The College of William and Mary]], [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]], [[University of Texas at Austin]], and the [[University of Virginia]]. Also, [[Murray State University]]'s motto is "Kentucky's Public Ivy University." |
The South includes four which Richard Moll listed in his book entitled ''The Public Ivys: America's Flagship Undergraduate Colleges:'' [[The College of William and Mary]], [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]], [[University of Texas at Austin]], and the [[University of Virginia]]. Also, [[Murray State University]]'s motto is "Kentucky's Public Ivy University." |
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Individual Southern schools have been compared to ''individual'' members of the Ivy League as well. Various Southern schools have sometimes been called the "[[Princeton University|Princeton]] of the South." This appellation has been applied at some point or another to [[Sewanee, The University of the South|Sewanee]], [[Davidson College]], the [[University of Richmond]], [[Samford University|Samford]], [[Rice University|Rice]], [[Duke University|Duke]] and [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|UNC]]. Robert Franklin Durden (1998) says that in the 1890s, the Biddle Memorial Institute (now [[Johnson C. Smith University]]) considered itself to the "Colored Princeton of the South." "[[Harvard University|Harvard]] of the South" is also a commonly used colloquialism, most commonly and historically |
Individual Southern schools have been compared to ''individual'' members of the Ivy League as well. Various Southern schools have sometimes been called the "[[Princeton University|Princeton]] of the South." This appellation has been applied at some point or another to [[Sewanee, The University of the South|Sewanee]], [[Davidson College]], the [[University of Richmond]], [[Samford University|Samford]], [[Rice University|Rice]], [[Duke University|Duke]] and [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|UNC]]. Robert Franklin Durden (1998) says that in the 1890s, the Biddle Memorial Institute (now [[Johnson C. Smith University]]) considered itself to the "Colored Princeton of the South." "[[Harvard University|Harvard]] of the South" is also a commonly used colloquialism, but most commonly and historically efers to [[Tulane University]] specifically. One humorous essay [http://www.plexoft.com/SBF/H.html] asserts that "there are two dozen Harvards of the South distributed among the states that seceded to form the Confederacy. Of those eleven states, only Alabama does not claim to have a single HotS ['Harvard of the South']." Usually universities do not accord ''themselves'' that accolade, but "UF administrators have designated the school the 'Harvard of the South,'" according to the University of Florida's [http://www.alligator.org/edit/news/issues/stories/030605enrollment.html student newspaper]. |
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Since the 1950s, there have been a number of failed efforts to create a Southern athletic conference. In the late [[1990s]] there was a grassroots effort to establish a [[Magnolia League]] that was to be a Southern answer to the Ivy League. Emory, Vanderbilt, Tulane, and other private universities participated in this effort. |
Since the 1950s, there have been a number of failed efforts to create a Southern athletic conference. In the late [[1990s]] there was a grassroots effort to establish a [[Magnolia League]] that was to be a Southern answer to the Ivy League. Emory, Vanderbilt, Tulane, and other private universities participated in this effort. |
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Revision as of 02:12, 9 April 2006
Southern Ivies is a colloquialism used to imply a Southern college or university is comparable to the schools of the Ivy League in some way, usually in academic quality or in social prestige. Whereas the Ivy League is an eight-member athletic conference with a defined membership, the designation of "Southern Ivy" has no official meaning, and which schools make up the list is a matter of opinion. The term is used in casual conversation both among academics [1] and in terms of the sports programs of the various universities [2].
Some Southern schools typically are ranked near the universities in the Ivy League: in the 2006 U.S. News and World Report rankings, Duke University, Rice University, Vanderbilt University, Emory University, and Tulane University all rank in the top tier of major national universities, as do all the schools of the "Ancient Eight." U.S. News and World Report ranked Duke, at number 5, below four and above four Ivy League universities. In the recent past, schools such as Emory have outranked some of the Ivy League schools.
The South includes four which Richard Moll listed in his book entitled The Public Ivys: America's Flagship Undergraduate Colleges: The College of William and Mary, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Virginia. Also, Murray State University's motto is "Kentucky's Public Ivy University."
Individual Southern schools have been compared to individual members of the Ivy League as well. Various Southern schools have sometimes been called the "Princeton of the South." This appellation has been applied at some point or another to Sewanee, Davidson College, the University of Richmond, Samford, Rice, Duke and UNC. Robert Franklin Durden (1998) says that in the 1890s, the Biddle Memorial Institute (now Johnson C. Smith University) considered itself to the "Colored Princeton of the South." "Harvard of the South" is also a commonly used colloquialism, but most commonly and historically efers to Tulane University specifically. One humorous essay [3] asserts that "there are two dozen Harvards of the South distributed among the states that seceded to form the Confederacy. Of those eleven states, only Alabama does not claim to have a single HotS ['Harvard of the South']." Usually universities do not accord themselves that accolade, but "UF administrators have designated the school the 'Harvard of the South,'" according to the University of Florida's student newspaper.
Since the 1950s, there have been a number of failed efforts to create a Southern athletic conference. In the late 1990s there was a grassroots effort to establish a Magnolia League that was to be a Southern answer to the Ivy League. Emory, Vanderbilt, Tulane, and other private universities participated in this effort.
References
- Durden, Robert Franklin (1998): Lasting Legacy to the Carolinas, Duke University Press, ISBN 0822321513, p. 121.