article_snippet: We came up from Dixie land,' says a ditty from an old songbook, boasting about SAE's success.
article_snippet: This is believed to be a portrait of the original founding members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity in 1856 at the University of Alabama Alabama .
article_snippet: SAE began on the Tuscaloosa campus on March 9, 1856, a few months after Noble Leslie DeVotie outlined Noble Leslie DeVotie vision to a close circle of friends during a stroll along the banks of the Black Warrior River.
article_snippet: So it came about that in the late hours of a stormy night, the friends met in the old southern mansion and by the flicker of dripping candles organized Sigma Alpha Epsilon.'
article_snippet: The international headquarters of Sigma Alpha Epsilon is seen in Evanston, Illinois.
article_snippet: This is the University of Alabama SAE house.
highlights_snippet: Sigma Alpha Epsilon was founded at the University of Alabama in 1856 .
  