The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-11
BIC PROGRAM FUR
 SIGMA NU SESSION
Eighty-nine Colleges To Be Represented At Birming-
 ham Convention

The tentative program for the
 Twenty first grand chapter of the Sigma Nu, which will hold its bien- nial convention in Birmingham De- l cember 2S to 31. has been agreed upon, according to announcement by Borden Burr, general chairman in charge of plans for entertainment. MT. Burr announced that five hun dred members of the Sigma Nu fra ternity representing s9 colleges in 4S states and alumni from 50 of the lead ing cities of the country would be in attendance.
 The first business session of the convention will be held Friday, De- cember 2S and the most important social event of the occasion will De the dance that evening at the Bir- mingham Country Club. A preliminary l business session, attended by gen. eral officers and inspectors of the fraternity, will be held on the evening of December 27. Business sessions will be held Saturday, December 29 and a banquet in the evening will be one of the features. On Sunday. De- cember 30 a religious service will be held at Il o'clock at the First Presbyterian church, at which pr. John R. Sampey of Louisville, Ky, one of the most noted Bible scholars
 in America, will deliver the sermon. pr. Sampey is a native of Alabama and was a member of the Sigma Nu
 fraternity at Howard college. of which he IS an alumnus. He is the
 author of many works on Biblical
 subjects and is recognized as one of
 the leading men in the Baptist ! denomination. Several other promi-
 nent preachers of national reputation | will take part in the services.
 An automobile ride will feature Sunday afternoon and a tea will be served at the Birmingham Country club at o'clock. The final business session will be held Monday, Decems Der S1, when officers for the ensuing two years will be elected. It is teses to the visitors, which will make them recall their visit to Bir- mingham with unusual pleasure.
 Invitations Issued.
 Invitations have already been sent out to leading members of the fra ternity rot only in Alabama but throughout the nation and many men of national reputation have signified their intention of being present.
 The Sigma Nh fraternity is more | than d half-century old and is one of the largest in the United states, l both in roint of colleges represented and in number of alumi. Advance information indicates that the con yention will be the largest in the his tory of the organization. The ten tative program was agreed upon at conference of the local committee held with representatives of the na- tional organization. Plans have been announced for holding weekly meet iugs of the committee chairmen from now until the time of the convention. Chairmen of the committees already at work are: Hill Ferguson. finance Leon c. Bradley, publicity; Roy k. Cox, general secretary; Maclin r. Smith, treasurer; William L. Brown, hotels and railroads; Harry B. Brad : lev. registration; Charles T. Allen. re- ception and autos: Alex C. Birch, ban ouet; Clyde H. Nelson ball; Douglas w. Stockham, general entertainment,
 Additional committees are being named from time to time to CO., operate with members of the execu- tive committee. The Sigma Nu fra ternity has active chapters at the University of Alabama, Auburn and Howard college, in this state as well | as In the leading cities of the country l One of the important matters whicA will come before the business sessions will be plans for the enlarging of the 1 permanent endowment fund which has already reached a total of more than S2O0,000. This money is to be used as loan fund to chapters to build fraternity houses and to estab- | fish scholarships.