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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. Besides these general conferences there are regular weekly or biweekly
meetings of graduate students and professors for discussion of topics
connected with graduate study. In the various physical sciences, in medical
science, in the social sciences, and in humanistic studies, graduate clubs, composed
of students and professors, are actively engaged in stimulating investigation
and publication in their respective fields. 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. An
annual volume, "Publications and Research," containing summaries of contributions
by professors and students of the Graduate Department, is issued
by the University.