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Intercollegiate Athletic
College sports or college athletics encompasses amateur sports played by non-Professional sports, professional, College, collegiate and university-level Student athlete, student athletes in competitive sports and games. College sports have led to many college rivalries. College sports trace their roots back to the early 19th century. Originating from Public school (United Kingdom), public schools in Britain, List of British and Irish varsity matches, varsity matches between University of Oxford, Oxford University and University of Cambridge, Cambridge University spread to Harvard University and Yale University, which influenced the development of college sports in the United States, and college sports in Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth, European, and other countries.; World University Games The first World University Games were held in 1923. There were originally called the ''Union Nationale des Étudiants Français''. In 1957, following several previous renames, they be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yale Varsity
Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Yale was established as the Collegiate School in 1701 by Congregationalism in the United States, Congregationalist clergy of the Connecticut Colony. Originally restricted to instructing ministers in theology and sacred languages, the school's curriculum expanded, incorporating humanities and sciences by the time of the American Revolution. In the 19th century, the college expanded into graduate and professional instruction, awarding the first Doctor of Philosophy, PhD in the United States in 1861 and organizing as a university in 1887. Yale's faculty and student populations grew rapidly after 1890 due to the expansion of the physical campus and its scientif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
