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282 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 character of membership in the society, arranged 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 concentric 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, 1856.

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 Earthquake' was delivered by Professor 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. O. Howard, who spoke of the affiliation of the Sigma Xi with the American Association, and by Professor Henry S. Williams who described its founding, and by other members of the society. M. B.