The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-26
Undergraduates of Institu- tions of South and East
 Return for Christmas
HEROES OF ATHLETIC
 FIELDS AMONG THEM
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Delegate John A. Moore to Attend National Convention-Wi Make Bid
 for Birmingham

Birmingham has been enlivened during the holidays by the presence of more than a hundred undergraduates from va- rious colleges and universities. From Au- burn and the University of Alabama have come the majority of the Birmingham boys, but there is liberal number from the schools in the east and north.
 Since the youths left in September a few honors have fallen in their ranks. James Downey, Jr., of Birmingham has been elected manager of the 1917 University of Alabama varsity football team. Or vile Coston has been named manager of the Glee club. During the holidays the club is making a tour of the state and will carry some ten or more Birmingham boys with it. Asa Rountree, Jr., is edit ing the college weekly.
 At Auburn Charles Jones of Birming- ham won 'varsity letter as end on the strong eleven. In fact, he was such a star that he was mentioned for all-south- ern. Other honors have fallen to them.
 John A. Moore of the University of Ala bama has been delegated by the local chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fra ternity to attend the national convention at Pittsburg as its representative. He will ask that Birmingham be designated as the place of the next annual convention. The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity has more than 300 members in Birmingham.
 The predominating number of the uni versailles and colleges will resume activi- ties about January g.
 FROM UNIVERSITY
 From the university have come Rowan Oden, Robert Gillespy, Charles Webb, Leslie Fullenwider Yancey Goodan, Ben Anderson, Will Kennon. Ed Brandon, Leon Wyman. Walter Agee, Geoxge Eus- tis, Mascus Mcclellan, Walter Kennedy, Marvin Mccullough, Allen bowman, George Perry, Carl c. Pierce, Atwell Brown, Asa Rountree, Jr., Tim Durrett, Irwin McCrossin, Jack Frazisf, Jewell Whatley, William P. Moore, Jack Chad wick, John A. Moore, Jr.. Donald Thorn bury, Henry Johnson. Sterling Foster, Jr., Chappell Cory, Jr., Orville Coston, Roy H. Manly, Jack Cozine, Stuart Cole man, James Downey, George Fry, Fucker Agee, Joseph Hirsch. George s. O'Neal Paul Penny and I. N. Powell.
 Auburn has sent a large contingent home for the holidays Some of the re- turning numbers are: Harold Bowron San Earle Greene, Will Bert Stiles, William H. Kettig, Jr., Henry DeBardeleben Jr., Charles DeBardeleben, Lamont Major Paul Pinckard, Jimmy Nall, Lyons Brad ley, Charles Jones, Richard Johnston, Jr Henry Hamilton, Owen Riser, Hofforc Todd, Hanson Keller, William Hall, Louis Jenkins, Charley Jones, Homer Sudduth Marshall Hogan Capers Perryman, Joe Goodwin, Roland Sparkman, Percy Dry. man and Charles Doster
 THE BIG FOUR
 From the Big Four" in the East have come virtually every representative of Birmingham. The Yale delegation, o1 which William Badham is dean, came early Thomas Hopkins and Frank Nell son, Jr., are the other two Birmingham boys attending the New Haven school Lee Bradley is the lone representative al Yale, and Henry B. Gray, Jr., at Har- yard. From the University of Pennsyl- vania are Gustave Maas and Louis Schil- finger. MT. Schilinger is member o1 the faculty of the architectural school. John Bronfhxrg and John Dearborn have returned from the University of the South at Sewanee while Sharpe Gillespy in the dental school at Vanderbilt, to- gether with Miller Robinson, who is talk ing a pre-medical course, and Rober Hamrich, also have come home for the holidays.
 The remaining number of the home corners are from scattering points. Ar mold Rich, attending the medical school oi Johns Hopkins university at Baltimore has returned. Thomas Elton O'Byrne from Notre Dame, in Indiana, is here Riddle Worthington, who attended thu University of Colorado, journeyed iron the west. Robert Terrell, Jr., an under graduate at the University of Virginia Charlottesville, came last week.
 One of the few institutions that does not permit students holiday recess is Vir ginia Military institute at Lexington, Va Birmingham has three representative there in John Terry Badham, William Drennen and William Shackelford. Preparatory schools have granted simi' lar vacations Marion Military institute which is attended largely by the younger boys of Birmingham, has sent number home for the holidays. Among them art Edmund McDavid, Jr., Scale Harris Charles .McDavid. Felix Blackburn Charles Drennen, Houston Drennen, Cary Cabaniss and William Robinson.
 Robert Bowron, James Bryan, William Coughlan, Alex Gibson and Hughes Terry have come home to spend the holidays iv, bo tta