The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-12

exact, late in the year of 99 I came here
 and my duties have been so pleasant almost too pleasant and happy to call | it worlk-that l would hate to think of ever being anywhere else except right here in Birmingham. In fact. no offer | which has ever been made to me have 1 I ever for one moment considered, be-
 cause it would take me away from 1 here"
 This brief sketch of Dr. Glenn I have
 given for purpose the purpose being
 an introduction to his work as d Bible
 teacher for a mere scholar he has not
 been content to be; and so concurrently with his professional duties in the public
 schools he has delved deeply into spirit of man who ''pursues with eagerness
 the phantoms of hope"--in other words, the ideals which mean life to him. l For indeed Dr. Glenn's actual achieve ments, splendid though they are, do not form his real contribution to his time, ! for that contribution is spiritual; it is
 ar inspiration that has been most pro found; it is an inspiration that has gathered about him 75 of the finest and
 most able and most typical young men i of this great community into a Bible class which looks forward with avidity, with keen interest, each Sabbath morn 1 ing to the hour of conference, to the hour | of the exchange of spiritual ideas, to an | ideal communion of brain and intellect
 and religion which Dr. Glenn knows so well how to coordinate.
 1 You have asked me-" Dr. Glenn said flor a history of our Bible class at IIigh- | lands Methodist church, and I may say at | the beginning that it really has no his- I tory. It all began very simply: l One Sunday morning 12 years ago I
 walked unsolicited into the Sunday school
 room of the Highlands church and asked for work.
 l "The superintendent, Mir. Vassar l.. Allen and his assistant, Mr Mark Myatt, greeted me and assured me there was a place for me as teacher of class of | men. Upon asking to be shown the class I was told that it did not exist, but that the need of it's organization was felt" said pr. Glenn. "The following Sunday we met in the basement of the church, and though the place of meeting has | changed many times since, the class has never failed to meet during the F years D "So far as the class has had a motto it has been Come, Let Us Reason To- sether.' In the recitation the lecture method is rarely followed The lesson consists of informal discussions, the l leader merely directing The effort is
 made to pitch the discussions on the l level of the least religious in the group and starting there, work up," l said Dr. Glenn. Little or no prepara- tion of the lesson is expected The period is devoted to studying together. 1 The result I hope, is growth. The class believes that discussion profiteth l little-is often even harmfuI--unless it results in deeds of service
 l "Our class is in truth busness-like body, and in order to better accom- plish it's purposes we are Incorporated
 under the laws of the state. This, I think, is rather exceptional for a Sun day school class Dr. Glenn continued. "The personnel of the class is excep- Itionally strong. To begin with, we have fine group of young men-about 20--who have returned from the army. Their contribut ions to our discussions have been of great value to the class.
 At 12 o'clock Saturday night most of them ar af ba oIr bt,f at 9S0 Sunday morning they are in their places in our class-I know a party who frequently sees them at both places"
 1 Our class does a large and effective | work in educational matters" Dr, l Glenn said, sending young men to col l lege-the Birmingham Southern; as-
 sisting them in getting an education
 and preparing themselves for their fu- 1 ture vacations in life--the ministry or whatever they happen to choose Many
 other angles to this work are being ef-
 fectively carried out also
 1 "Our officers are Mir. R. H. Scriv- ner, president; MT Horace Bradshaw,
 secretary, and Governor Nathan L. Mill 1 Aci, cHdii iidu Ol tilt COiifnllttt, Ii- . 1 Glenn said. and our list of members i includes many of the most prominent 1 young men of this city. During the
 late war the contribution to the service If Uncle Sam from our Bible class in-
 cluded:
 1 Mai. H. A. Moon 1s7th infantry,
 American expeditionary forces, in i France
 Capt. R. H. Bethea. 157th depot brigade, Camp Gordon. Atlanta. Ga.
 Lieut.. T. V, Magruder, England. care l Lieut. Col. W. J. r. Lyster, NJ. R. c. b.
 s A.. Adastral House, Victoria Elm 1 bankment, London
 ! Lieut. NJ. A. Myatt, Jr., Company D. i 11Sth machine gun battalion, Macon. Ga, Camp Wheeler.
 | Lieut.. J. M.. Gillispie headquarters, i Sixty-second brigade, Thirty-first di- vision, Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga. l Lee S. Hooper, 92o South Eighteenth.
 P. M Pinckard, Marine Barracks, i Boston. Mass.
 John A. Moore. Headquarters Detach- ment 162d Brigade F. N. A Camp