Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28
XII SOCIETY
THE TEXAS u.
Word Received at University OF Texas That
Charter For Scientific Research Society
for That School Has Been Granted.
especial 10 The Herald.l

! University station, December u
Weird has been received here that the
University Of Texas has been granted a
charter of the National Scientific Fra
t%crmity. The Society Of the Sigma NJ.
4 petition for the establishment of this
chaIer az xas was presented 10 the Ma
tional Council last year by a local or
ganization Of Sigma NJ men IF the Uni
vcrsity Faculty. This organization.
which included the charter members. il
composed Of the following: +. &. II.
Bantcl. :. l.. Brown. ID. II. Castcel. l..
l.. Dodd. W -. Hunter. j. NJ. Kuchnc.
] VI. Lewis. +. McAlliSter. J T. Pat
%terSon. NJ. II. Porter, r. W. SimondS,
+. l.. Whitney. e.. :. Yoakum and
Mary :. Young. In addition IL these.
Prof. r.. T.. Shoch was invited. a. "A
representative Of the School of Chemis-
try. 10 join III the petition. and h. will
therefore he included in the list Of char
Ter members. There are also in the Uni
vcrSity four other Sigma Nj members.
who have either recently been added To
the Faculty or elected 10 chapters by
their universities. These are Prof. Bry.
ant tEnginceringl. Dr. Richards no
ology1. and Drs. Bybcc and Jones (gcol-
ogy.l
The Sigma ri society was established
~ Cornell University in i>>6. III has
grown until now there are = chapters
with a total membership Of s3nO. In
cludcd In the list az members are the
names Of a large majority If the men
prominent in Science in America. The
= chapters are a. follows: Cornell.
Rensselaer,. Union, Kansas. Yale. Min
nc>ota. Nebraska. Ohio State, PennSvl-
vania. Brown. Iowa. Stanford. Califor-
MA. Columbia. Chicago. Michigan. iii
noiS. Case. Indiana. Missouri. Colorado.
Northwestern. Syracuse. Wisconsin.
state. Worcester. Purdue and Washing
ton University.
The Sigma nj society arose in re-
Spouse "a the need that scientific men
felt for AN organization that would mean
10 the scientific student what Phi Beta
Kappa means to the literary student.
ln addition L. encouraging sound train
ing and teaching. il seeks 10 promote
scientific research among its members
The Greek motto. when translated
reads companions in Jealous Re.
search. and the PRINCIPAL requirement.
Tor admission 10 membership il that the
candidate must he actively engaged In
some form Of mcritoriouS Investigation.
" expressed in its constitution. the oh.
rect Of Sigma Nj " "to encourage orig
inal INVESTIGATION in Science. pure and
applied. Membership i therefore linn
tied Z" advanced students and instruct
or> connected with the following
branches: Biology. chemistry. geology.
physics. mathematics and engineering.
y may he seen from the above list of
chapters. Texas will he the first southern
! University 10 he granted u charter. This
i indeed q great honor. and is one that
viii he regarded Nv MANY ~ the greatest
nat has ever been conferred upon the
University Nv anv Societv Of national
Sc"ne. The difficulties in the way of oh
trinlng z charter are very great. and
me local members are naturally very
much clatcd over the matter The se-Ir.
~" ~ 4 charter signifies that he Scinn-
tine work ia the University i regarded
abroad - If \ hieh order. and il i bc.
lir'cd that is establishment at Texas
WIZ 30 much toward the promotion az
>ricncc in the Southwest