War libraries and allied studies . CO 3 .* ?** u ^j ed c hi 5 s- £; X 23 — • 2 a; t5 to > 3 ^ — ? o U O «= d ;»> o rTl of S; ?^ M = O H U fe 5 O c be H to *T< OJ Z 4i 5 *-t tu OS 3 <! hi cc to ca +j «-• d NH CO a ^) to 4>-d w * o: _d < 3 z J3 [£1 *—< < § o u £ § -H . c^» h i4 >^ cd T5 PC a & 5 r o § k. >^ K^ PS «< ?M PS PQ —. — & 13 m <D K cB o — z a «< :0O PC o PQ J* 2 J -a CAMP LIBRARIES 29 which the men went last fall. The Liberty Theaters,the Camp Libraries, the Y. M. C. A., Knights ofColumbus, and other welfare centers, will strike thenewcomers a


War libraries and allied studies . CO 3 .* ?** u ^j ed c hi 5 s- £; X 23 — • 2 a; t5 to > 3 ^ — ? o U O «= d ;»> o rTl of S; ?^ M = O H U fe 5 O c be H to *T< OJ Z 4i 5 *-t tu OS 3 <! hi cc to ca +j «-• d NH CO a ^) to 4>-d w * o: _d < 3 z J3 [£1 *—< < § o u £ § -H . c^» h i4 >^ cd T5 PC a & 5 r o § k. >^ K^ PS «< ?M PS PQ —. — & 13 m <D K cB o — z a «< :0O PC o PQ J* 2 J -a CAMP LIBRARIES 29 which the men went last fall. The Liberty Theaters,the Camp Libraries, the Y. M. C. A., Knights ofColumbus, and other welfare centers, will strike thenewcomers as unexpected touches from home. Thelibraries are meeting a greater variety of needs andfilling even a greater role than their promoters haddared hope for them. When it was first proposedto provide the soldiers and sailors with reading in anorganized way, there were those who were sure thatthe wants of the men would be amply met by a fairselection of magazines and fiction. Mr. Frank A. Vanderlip, President of the NationalCity Bank, was Chairman of the Library War the summer of 1917, when interviewed as to theclass of books to be provided for the camp libraries,he said: These young men are not starting out ona junket


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