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GRADUATE CLUBS.

Several general meetings of the students and officials of the Graduate
Department are held during the session for professional and social purposes.
Addresses are delivered by members of the Faculty or by visiting scholars,
followed by informal discussion. Besides these general conferences there
are regular weekly or bi-weekly meetings of graduate students and professors
for discussion of topics connected with graduate study. Papers are presented
on the progress of certain investigations by the writers, some of
which are published as monographs, or contributed to technical journals.
These clubs are stimulating centers of research activity. The scientific society
of Sigma Xi is an important organization for the advancement of technical
knowledge. The University Committee on Research, while not
specifically an organization of the Department of Graduate Studies, is a
valuable auxiliary of the Department. This committee administers an annual
appropriation for promoting research in the various Departments of the University,
especially in the matter of the publication of the results of original
investigation, and so aids the general cause of advanced scholarship.