The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02
Interest In ConUention Of Sigma
 Nu Fraternity--Sponsor Named

functions o1 the week. A large mum ber of small and informal social af- fairs will be arranged for these visitors, and some form of en- tcrtainnent will be provided for them each day during the business sessions of the convention. While the ball will be the outstanding so- ciaI event of the convention, the many sN&l1er affairs which will add to the gaiety of the holiday season are being planned.
 On Sunday evening of December 30, s1l of the visitors, delegates and la dies will be taken for an automobile ride over the city. after which de- lightful informal tea will be tenderea at the Country club at o'clock. All of the sponsors, maids, together with visitors and 7ocai Sigma Nus anc wives will be present at this affair. The banquet on Satur&ay night, De cember I9, at the TutwLer hote1, which will be the outstanding affair of the week for the members of the fraternity themselves, will, or course, be attended by the fraternity men alone, but a theatre party will be arranged for the lady visitors on that evening. The convention head quarters will be located at the Tut wilcr hotel, where an office has al- ready been opened on the ground floor.
 Members of the local committee who ale in charge of the arrange ments for the biennial convention are; Borden Burr, general chairmani Roy R. Cox. general secretary; Mac lin F. Smith, treasurer. Leon C. Bradley, chairman of publicity com m.ittee. William L. Brown, chairman hotels and railways committees; 1ar- ry B. Bradley, chairman registration committee; Hill Ferguson, chairman divisional dinners committee; CIyde IL Nelson, chairman ball committee; Alex C. Birch, chairman banquet com mittee Charles T. Allen, chairman reception and auto committed; Doug las W. Stoekham, chairman general entertainment committee; Armstrong Cory, chairman utility committee.
 In addition to the Birmingham girls who will be sponsors and maids for the visiting colleges, q number of debutantes and the younger social set from Montgomery, Jasper, Tusca- loosa and other Alabama cities, will social functions. Due to the fact that the convention will not come to a close until Monday arrangements have been concluded for religious service on Sunday, December 90, at II o'clock at the First Presbyterian church. at which pr. John R. Sampey of Louisville the noted Bible scholar, and former native of Alabama, will deliver an address. A < brilliant musical program, participated in by both Sigma Nus and local musicians, Is being arranged for this service.
 In discussing the plans for the convention, MT Borden Burr, general chairman, declared that not only would each chapter in the S9 col leses be represented Joy delegates, but that an unusually large number of alumni in various cities through out the country would be in attend ance. MT. Burr stated that arrange ments were being made to care for 800 Sigma Nus during the conven- tion. as all members of the fraternity at University of Alabama, Auburn and Howard college have given as surances that they would be present and chapters at Vanderbilt uniyer- sity, Sewanee, University of Tennes- see, University of Georgia, Emory university, Georgia Tech, University of Florida and other nearby colleges will send large delegations.
 Many prominent Sigma Nus from Selma, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, An niston, Gadsden, Atlanta, and other southern cities will be present with their wives, remaining during the entire convention period.