Wesleyan University Rosa Physics Club records

In 1923, the Rosa Club was founded by the members of the defunct Radio Club. The Rosa Physics Club was named for a Wesleyan alumnus, Edward B. Rosa, class of 1886, a physicist, and physics professor. The purpose of the Rosa Club was "to promote an interest in physics and its applications," and this collection documents the club's existence from 1923 until 1952. The club was made up of physics students and a few professors. There were annual officer elections each May for the executive committee positions of faculty representative and student president, vice-president, and secretary-treasurer, who was the student responsible for taking the minutes of each meeting. According to the minutes, there were requirements to be part of the club, mostly in regard to the number or level of classes taken in the physics department, meaning that the members were exclusively physics majors, mostly juniors and seniors, although any physics graduate students and professors were welcome to join the club. The meetings were held twice a month, and each meeting included a report of the previous meeting, new business, a presentation of some scientific news, and a speaker, often a professor or student presenting research.