4. adını 8 universiteti saran sarmaşıqlardan(ivy) alır. həmçinin sarmaşıq universitetlərin nə dərəcədə köklü olduqlarını bildirir.
8 universitetin mottosu:
harvard university: veritas (truth)

yale university: lux et veritas (light and truth)

princeton university: dei sub numine viget (under god's power she flourishes)

dartmouth college: dei sub numine viget (under god's power she flourishes)

brown university: in deo speramus (in god we hope)

columbia university: in lumine tuo videbimus lumen (in thy light shall we see light)

cornell university: "i would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study." ezra cornell

pennsylvania university: leges sine moribus vanae (laws without morals are in vain)