theseinstitutions,theycoverthewallsofthebuildings.Thetermwascreatedbyasportsjournalist,Ithinkinthe1930s.Interviewer:Right,OK.Andwhichisthe,theoldestuniversity?Professor:Theoldestgoesbacktothe17thcentury,that’sHarvard,whichwasfoundedin1636.AndtheyoungestoftheinstitutionsisCornell,whichwasfoundedin1865.Interviewer:Andwhichhasthelargestnumberofundergraduates?Professor:Cornellhasthelargestnumber,about13,000,13,500undergraduates.TheinstitutionwiththesmallestnumberisDartmouthCollegewithalittleover4,000.Interviewer:eptancerate?Isithardtogetinto?Professor:Thatrangesfromaboutsevenpercentto20percent.Interviewer:Andanyfamousalumni?Famousoldboys?Professor:Hundreds!Hundredsofthem.ButIsupposeworldwide,eBush,whowenttoYale,andJohnFKennedy,PresidentKennedy,whowere,wasatHarvard.Interviewer:Thankyou.第10页共92页