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CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY<br />
The Associated Students exercise general direction <strong>of</strong> matters<br />
<strong>of</strong> undergraduate concern in cooperation with the faculty.<br />
Athletic contests are managed by the Athletic Council, composed<br />
<strong>of</strong> faculty and student represcntatives. The student body,<br />
through its elected representatives, manages THE CALIFORNIA<br />
TECH, a weekly paper, and the BIG T, the annual. A glee<br />
club, an orchestra, and a band are maintained, with assistance<br />
from the <strong>Institute</strong>. There are at the <strong>Institute</strong> student branches<br />
<strong>of</strong> the American <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Electrical Engineers, the American<br />
Society <strong>of</strong> Mechanical Engineers, and the American Society <strong>of</strong><br />
Civil Engineers. A Chemists' Club and a Geology Club include<br />
men interested in these particular fields. Other organizations<br />
are the Dramatic Club, the Economics Club, the Press Club, the<br />
Radio Club, and the Aeronautics Club.<br />
The Astronomy and Physics Club, while composed <strong>of</strong> members<br />
<strong>of</strong> the faculty, graduate students <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Institute</strong>, and<br />
members <strong>of</strong> the staffs <strong>of</strong> neighboring scientific institutions,<br />
admits to its meetings undergraduate students who may be interested<br />
in its discussions.<br />
Sigma Xi is represented at the <strong>Institute</strong> by an active chapter.<br />
Graduate students who have demonstrated their ability to prosecute<br />
research are eligible for membership. Undergraduate students<br />
who have shown particular interest and aptitude in research<br />
are elected to associate membership.<br />
A chapter <strong>of</strong> Tau Beta Pi, the national scholarship honor<br />
society <strong>of</strong> engineering colleges, is maintained at the <strong>Institute</strong>.<br />
Elections are made each year from the highest eighth <strong>of</strong> the<br />
junior class, and from the highest quarter <strong>of</strong> the senior class.<br />
A chapter <strong>of</strong> Pi Kappa Delta, national forensic honor society,<br />
elects to membership students who have represented the <strong>Institute</strong><br />
in intercollegiate debate, oratorical or extempore speaking contests.<br />
At the national conventions held every even-numbered<br />
year, the <strong>Institute</strong> speakers have an opportunity to compete for