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STUDENT LIFE 79
Delta, the national forensic honor society. Participation in the play
is open to the whole student body. During the Spring term, the
English department usually supervises the production of a modern
play, which is likewise open to all students. Both of these plays
are produced under the direction of Professors Eagleson and Stanton
of the English department.
Y. M. C. A. The California Institute Y. M. C. A., whose purpose it
is to further the social and religious interests of campus life, is one
of the most active student groups on the campus. It welcomes into
its membership and into an active part in its program any student
who is interested in its purpose. Its program consists of a Freshman
Orientation Camp (held in the San Bernardino Mountains each year
just before the opening of the Fall term), a Freshman tea dance,
discussion groups considering personal and social problems, and
intercollegiate meetings. The "Y" services to the student body
include part-time employment bureau, a loan fund, a used book
exchange and a lending library. Its General Secretary is always available
to help students with their problems.
Orientation Lectures. The Faculty Committee on Student Relations,
together with the Board of Directors of the Student Body,
arranges each year a series of orientation lectures for the benefit of
the freshmen. Some of these lectures emphasize the value of undergraduate
activities in the development of character and personality,
a phase of undergraduate life upon which the business world is setting
greater and greater value. Other lectures explain the rudiments
of social conventions and conduct. Still other lectures in the series
outline the vocational opportunities which are open to graduates of
the Institute and so aid the freshman in making a wise choice of the
work for which he is to prepare himself.
Exhibit Day. Every year soon after the opening of the Spring
term, the Institute is opened for public inspection. Special exhibits
are prepared, special demonstration lectures are given. The entire
Exhibit Day program is organized and carried out by the undergraduates
of the Institute.