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bar the name of the college in which 

 the owner was initiated, together with 

 the date of such initiation; while on 

 the lower bar is the name of the owner 

 with the numerals of the class in which 

 he was graduated. The society has 

 adopted as its colors electric blue and 

 white. Its seal consists of a wreath 

 of laurel, typifying the honorary char- 

 acter of membership in the society, ar- 

 ranged as an oval enclosing the words 

 ' the Society of the Sigma Xi ' at the 

 top and the Greek motto at the bottom. 

 These words form an inner oval con- 

 centric with the first, punctuated with 

 ten stars enclosing a field illuminated 

 by the lamp of research. Above the 

 lamp in the field of illumination is 

 placed the monogram composed of the 

 two Greek letters Sigma and Xi. and 



below it the date of the foundation, 

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At the celebration of the twentieth 

 anniversary, representatives of nearly 

 every chapter were present, and under 

 the auspices of the local chapter a 

 public address, commemorative of the 

 occasion, on ' The Recent California 

 Earthqiiake ' was delivered by Pro- 

 fessor John C. Branner, of Stanford 

 University. Subsequently a dinner 

 was tendered to the visiting members 

 which was presided over by Professor 

 E. L. Nichols, when addresses were 

 made by Dr. L. 0. Howard, who spoke 

 of the affiliation of the Sigma Xi with 

 the American Association, and by Pro- 

 fessor Henry S. Williams who described 

 its founding, and by other members of 

 the societv. M. B. 



