Our Mission Statement

Gentlemen:

The "E" Network is composed of a dysfunctional yet happy group of Vanderbilt SAE alumni who are trying to "put the band back together."  We're on a mission from God.  This network is a simple way to keep in touch and occasionally put our heads together to try and remember what should otherwise be memorable about Vanderbilt and the SAE experience.  Our goal is to revive and archive every event at Vandy that, but for our pickled brains, we might recall on our own.  The network provides all members with an occasional and at-your-whim escape into days of old, simply by entering this website.  

If you are a Tennessee Nu alumni and want to join (and we hope you will), just send us a reply giving us permission to add your name and e-mail address to the master list.  In your reply, we also need your bio information, e.g., year of graduation, occupation, martial status, where you live, etc.   During this summer membership drive, we are waiving the $25,000 initiation fee for alumni not yet signed up.  You are a select group of rushees and you should be very proud of yourselves.  You've all done extremely well . . .  at least most of you.  If you don't want to sign up, no sweat.  We know everyone's busy.   We'll be glad to keep any one who wants in a social affiliate status, which means you would only receive notices of births, deaths, marriages (no e-mail notices upon a divorce;  would generate too much paper) and parties. 

We of course don't have the e-mail addresses of every Vandy SAE alumni.  But we're working on it.  Please help us.  Feel free to tell any alumni about what we're trying to do here.  Besides this web site, other things in early development include a huge reunion of Vanderbilt SAE Alumni to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of Tennessee Nu in 2007 and a book to be published about the same time of the stories resurrected herein entitled "The SAEs at Vanderbilt, college stories we don't want our college-age kids (or grandkids) to hear."   

We now have about 1068 alumni members.We are particularly interested in reaching some of the older guys who graduated before '57 (would be about 65 or older now) to document and archive any stories from the early days (no offense intended.)  We are keeping an archive of all the information exchanged on the network that is always available to any Vandy SAE, "E" network member or not.  If you're not interested in joining at this time (or even should hell freeze over), no reply is necessary.  But we hope to hear from you.  All the very best to you and your families.

Warm regards and Phi Alpha,

Nicks Williams
Eminent Rabble-Rouser
Vanderbilt SAE Alumni Contact me here!