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GRADUATE CLUBS

There are regular weekly or bi-weekly departmental conferences 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, while the Institute for Research in the
Social Sciences furnishes a fruitful field of activity. 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. A list of doctoral dissertations, with abstracts, is published each
September for distribution among other universities.