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