The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02

With less than four weeks remain ing before Christmas, Birmingham is assured of holiday season of U.9- usual brilliance, due to the coming of tke twenty first grand chapter of the Sigma Nu fraternity on Decem- Der 2S to 31 While there will be many small affairs and informal fune- tions in connection with this conVen- tion, which is the biennial gathering of the members of this national ira ternity, principal interest centers m the ball which will be giVSn at the Country club on Friday night, De. cember 2S. Eighty-nine colleges and universities from 43 states will be represented by delegates and in ad- dition there will be q large attend ance of alumni of this college fra ternity from many cities throughoue The country.
 With practically 800 visitors at least one-half of whom are now III college and the others alumni or col leges scattered ,throu9hout the coun- try. Birmingham is assured of bril- liant holiday social season. The mem members of the sigma Nu fraternity who have the arrangements, in charge are being assisted by the Junior leac,le. which has been given the au- thority to name the sponsors and maids for the different colleges and which is assisting the local commit tee in selecting the girls to be pres ,ent at the ball, which will be the chief social function of the week
 Mrs. o. G. Gresham, the president of the Junior league, has named Mrs. George K. Headley as chairman or this committee to cooperate with the Sigma Nus in making the social tea- tures of this convention success Other members of Mrs. Headley committee are: Mrs. Leon C. Bradley, Mrs. William L. Brown, Mrs. Machn F. Smith, Mrs Elliott T. Williams Miss Mamie Morrow and Miss kath- crime Redd.
 Colleges where chapters of sigma Nus are located are being divided arcordine to states into IS divisions, and it has been decided 10 nave q sDonsor for each division and q maid for each of the S9 colleges. Assur- ances have been received that eacn of the S9 colleges will be repTesehteo' the fraternity paying the expenses of the delegates rom each Cnap'et In an effort to provide some form ot entertainment different from that provided at the usual convention II was decided to entertain the oele gates, visitors. sponsors, rnains anu local Sigma Nus at a butfet o1nheF the evening of the dance, ratner thaI, have the usual dinner at the hotel or club. In carrying out th5s p!ah' arrangements have been made to nave 10 homes of prominent Birin1n laih people. principally Sigma Nus Wners groups of about seVendy-tiVe Win po Entertained at dinner, prior to tne dance at the country club at 1V o,ciocl This will enable each of the visitine young men to become ac- ouainted with the sponsor and malos for the colleges in his section and at the same time to meet the partner he will have at the dance. iI stuei tion to the visitors, there Will pc group of Birmingham PeopIe Se ' tbe hostess house who Will asS1sC tn0 hostess on this occasion.
 committee of the Junior league ts now selecting the sponsors and co operating with the Sigma Nu com u1ittee fn making up the list of thS girls who are to be invited to the 5ance. Sponsors for the dance ana the divisions which they VIII repi sent follow:
 First division Delaware, Mary land' ana District of Columbia and Nlg1hla'' Miss Katherine Redd.
 Second division Georgia and t1or- ida1. Miss Leola shannon.
 Third division (Alabamao Missls- s,nni and Tennessee), Miss boulse Bankhead of Jasper.
 Fourth division (Indiana ana Ken tuclxy), Miss Teresa Cory
 Fifth division (Ohio, West Vlrg,nla and part of. Pennsylvania)' MISS -@af torie Craig. 1r,ss
 Sixth division (Pennsylvanlal' -M1s9 Elizabeth Southgate.
 Seventh division CNew 4orK anu New Jersey), Miss Jordan Prlncs.
 Eighth division CNew England states), Miss Virginia Jemison,, INIntb division (Michigan, illinois, and Wisconsin,, Miss Florence Jor- oNIr. Tenth division (Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dekota ana Ao"@2' Miss Virginia Kaul.
 Eleventh division (Mlssourl anu Arkansas), Miss Mamie Morrow.
 Twelfth division (Kansas, OKla- bon1a and Nebraska), Miss Margaret
 Thirteenth division Oouisiana and Texas). Miss Lydia Eustis.
 Fourteenth division (Wyonlne' Colorado, New Mexico ana Ouah)' Miss Grace Bradshaw.
 Fifteenth division Qdaho and Mon tana1, Miss Nell McElhanney.
 Sixteenth division (Washington and Oregon}. Miss Olivia Robinson.
 Seventeeth division California, Ne vada and Arizona), Miss Eugenia
 Eighteenth division CNorth Carolina and South Carolina), Miss Bingham Oliver.
 later date.
 In addition to the college men and alumni who will attend the Sigma Nh fraternity convention there will he many wives, sisters and mothers of the members of the fraternity who will come to take part in the social