The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-27

l N LWAYS when the first harbingers r A\ of spring appear also comes the
 @S = delectable pleasure of a visit from
 the University of Alabama G1ee Club, and
 on Easter Monday this attractive organ ization under the direction of MT. Tom Garner, beloved far and wide for his splendid ability. affability and unfaiIing kindness. will make us it's annual visit. This is a "cross country interview with MT. Garner about the coming of the Glee Club, which is so pleasantly an tcipated. for l had to write to him and piopound questions, and have him answer themt the questions emanating from Bir- mingham, while the answers come from Tuscaloosa, and here they are for your deiectation:
 Tt is q great pleasure to me to talk about the Glee Club" Mr Garner writes in his clever way "The only trouble is, never know when to stop. You see, used tc be a newspaper scribe myself and know this interview game by heart Bet anyway let's get down to 'brasts tacks' and let me see-yes of course it
 is interesting for people to know that this is the golden anniversary year of the University of Alabama Glee Club, this being the fftieth year of it's existence"
 And each year the GIee Club has be- come more interesting to me" Mir. Garner continued. Probably that is because of my constant association with such agree able, jolly, wideawake youngsters is keep ing me from getting old myself. The Glee Club always makes one-night stands, and even that is not wearing on me particu- larly.
 We have had many experiences, pleas ant, unpleasant ana halfway between, though l must say the pleasant features have far onbalanced the others The only unpleasant features are at times when we give concert in diving rain e. in a blizzard and the people are afraid Of the fnr ard fail to turn out. Then the fellows on lie stage get blue, for they are horI ibly spoi,ed, and if they don't have large cuGie1 ces, brimful ot enthus- iasm, they get quite grumpy sometimes. You wouldn't thing boys would bout, would you? Eut you see the usual rule is large andiences, overflowing with cor diality, and that is why an occasional small unrasrcns ve house hits them so hard tell them it is good fol tfem.'
 'The club las sung all over Alabama, from Huntsville to Mobile, and numerous times in Geora.a a, right often in Missis- sippi and enc time n Tennessee. In those pathfnding days we used to have a pro- gramme tliat consisted of solo and 8 chorus, and q solo and chorus" said Mir Garner But Glee Clubs were new to the people, and they recelVeu us Wltn graciousness at all times. Some of our earliest successes were our best Thene is hardly {. place in Alabama hat does not remember Greer Marechars singing of The Bird on Nellie's Hat or sam Hobbs and Bestor Ward in Romeo a. Juliet Hobb, who weighed 240, doing Juliet in a coy fashion, and Bestor, who tipped the beam at probably 125, being the heroic Romeo.
 CT I;Sed ti1ap he searching for nov cities, and am still at it. As a matter of fact, the people have become so so- phisticated that what used to entertain them does sc no more, or there are not many good comic songs written now adays wade through hundreds of songs every year, hunting things that will make a hit, and can find just about enough to