10 What you don't know about American Ivy League.

1. Harvard University has a hip-hop archive.

In fact, this can be a small matter of an Ivy League school, which makes me want to study this. Yes, I am quite behind the times here: the hip-hop archives and research institute of Harvard University was actually established as early as 2002 to provide a special resource to explore the "most influential art, education and social movements of teenagers and young adults" in the past few decades.

2. The tradition of students streaking before exams

Twice a year, in the middle of the night before the final exam, Harvard students get together and run naked on campus in order to reduce the pressure. This obviously evolved from the early traditional students' opening the window and shouting 10 minutes to release the pre-test pressure, which also explains why it is called the original shouting.

Students from Columbia University prepare for the exam with the military band.

At the same time, at Columbia University, the night before the final exam of organic chemistry every year, a military band will explode into the library. This custom, called "Organic Chemistry Night", has lasted for more than 50 years, and the band has devoted itself to an hour-long performance of music and jokes. Maybe it's not as wild as Harvard, but it can still relieve the pressure well!

4. Brown University students and weird organs held a concert to celebrate Halloween.

This has become a Halloween tradition of Brown University, gathering ghostly music for students and locals, midnight organ concerts, lights closed and wearing creepy costumes. Organ player Stan Bechmark, who has been playing in Halloween concerts for the past two years, said that he likes "the organ that changes people's thinking" and keeps his mysterious costume every year.

Yale University has a manuscript that no one can understand.

/kloc-Voynich manuscripts of the 0/5th century are treasured in the rare books and manuscripts library of Yale University and regarded as the most mysterious documents in the world. For many years, linguists, mathematicians and cryptographers have been trying to decipher its 240-page unknown letters and confusing images, and occasionally they have put forward a breakthrough to make the public think that this is a very convincing historical scam. For those who want to try to unlock the secrets of this book, you can check the whole manuscript online.

Cornell University has the first fraternity of black students.

Alpha Brotherhood, founded in 1906, is the first black student fraternity founded by black students, who were once rejected by traditional society. Today, the Brotherhood has more than 400 university branches, which are open to male members of all races from 1940.

7. Cornell University has the only Ivy League motto that is not Latin.

The motto of all other Ivy League members is Latin, and the motto of Cornell University is English: "I will find an institution where anyone can find any guidance for any research", based on the words of founder ezra cornell. This seems to attract aphorism lovers; Is it right in Ming magazine in 2007? The motto of the former 10? Top of the list.

8.？ Cage beer party? There was a more controversial mascot before Dartmouth.

You may know (I know anyway) that the unofficial mascot of Dartmouth College is a humanoid beer barrel. But you may not know that its earlier mascot was the image of Native Americans, which was abandoned in the 1970s. The use of native American names and mascots by American university sports teams is still a controversial issue.

9. Princeton University is the first university campus in history.

Or at least, the first campus is called campus. 18 in the 1970s, John, the sixth president of Princeton University? Witherspoon used it? Campus? This word (Latin meaning venue) is used to describe the area around the university building. I realized this when I first used it.

10. Students from the University of Pennsylvania threw baked goods at sports events.

More specifically, it is a tradition of the University of Pennsylvania to throw toast at the stadium after the third quarter of the home football match. This is obviously from a toast song, which includes? A toast to dear old Pennsylvania? During prohibition, students can't raise glasses to help their teams celebrate, so they take a more literal approach.

Please see page two for the original English text.