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Student Organizations and Activities

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CM Psi, Zeta Beta Tau, Lambda Chi Alpha, Beta Phi, Theta Chi, Alpha Chi Rho, Phi Kappa Tau, Kappa Alpha Psi, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Alpha Gamma Rho, Alpha Kappa Psi, Alpha Phi Alpha, Theta Delta Sigma, Phi Kappa Tau, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Alpha Mu, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Phi Sigma, Delta Phi; at Chicago—Nu Sigma Nu, Phi Rho Sigma, Alpha Kappa Kappa, Phi Beta Pi, Kappa Psi, Delta Sigma Delta, Psi Omega, Xi Psi Phi. National sororities: Kappa Alpha Theta, Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Chi Omega, Chi Omega, Alpha Xi Delta, Sigma Kappa, Delta Gamma, Alpha Omicron Pi, Achoth, Alpha Delta Pi, Gamma Phi Beta, Alpha Gamma Delta, Delta Alpha Omega. Local social fraternities: Chi Beta, Ilus, Acanthus, Beta Upsilon, Pi Pi Rho, Beta Pi, Anubis. Local social sororities: Chi Theta. Inter-fraternity organizations: Pan Hellenic Council (men), Pan Hellenic Association (women), Skull and Crescent (sophomore men), Yo Ma (sophomore women), Ku Klux Klan (junior men). Colored men's fraternities, national: Kappa Alpha Psi, Alpha Phi Alpha. Colored women's sorority, national: Alpha Kappa Alpha.

HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL

A considerable number of Honorary and Professional Societies exist at the University of Illinois, having for their object the recognition and encouragement of high scholarship. A certain number of the members standing highest in scholarship of the senior class and from four to six members of the junior class in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are each year elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa, Similarly members of the senior class and graduate students who give promise of marked ability in scientific investigation are elected annually to membership in Sigma Xi. Other Honorary and Professional societies, more limited in scope than the two foregoing, are: Phi Lambda Upsilon, Chemistry; Tau Beta Pi, Engineering; Phi Delta Phi, Law; Alpha