The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22
Next Week Soldiers Library
Week in Kansas.
$4,000 Will Be Raised by
Workers in State.
CLUB WOMEN ARE TO HELP
Library VIII Be Built in Every
Troop Camp.
Kansas Librarians in Charge at
Camp Funston.

Next week is soldiers library week
in Kansas. The Sunflower state will
raise its $4,000 share of the million
dollar national fund which is to pro-
vide complete library service for all
the soldiers and sailors of Uncle Sam,
at home and abroad The war depart
ment has asked the American Library
association to assume this response
bility, and Secretary of War Baker has
appointed a national library war coun-
Gil of ten we'll known men and women,
headed by Frank a. Vanderlip, of New
York. to direct the work.
Governor Capper has issued a proc
lamation setting the week beginning
September "a for the Kansas effort,
and has authorized the appointment
of the Kansas auxiliary library war
council. as follows: James l. King,
state librarian, Topeka, chairman;
Earl Akers. Topeka, treasurer; Willis
H. Kerr, librarian State Normal school,
Emporia. publicity agent; Mrs. H o.
Garfey. Topeka, Mrs. Theresa Ran
dolph. Pittsburg; Mrs W. A Johnston,
Topeka: Mrs. c. J. Brown, Blue Rap
ids; Miss Clara Francis, Topeka; Mrs.
Adrian Greene, Topeka; J. A. Terrell,
Sedan: T. B. Kennedy, Junction City:
Mrs Sara Judd Greenman. Kansas
City: Miss Mary Cornelia Lee, Man
haitian; Trueman r Temple. Leaven-
worth: Miss Caroline Medlicott, To-
renee: Julius Lucht, Wichita: Miss Ida
NJ. Day Hutchinson: Miss Kathryn Nc
Lain. Hays; Mrs. Mary Ranney, Ar
kansas City.
Club Women Help.
The direction of the raising of
money and books within the state is
in charge of district committees of
club women and librarians. as follows:
First district: Truman P Temple,
librarian, public library, Leavenworth,
chairman; Mrs. Effie Van Tuyl, Leav-
enworth; Mrs. W. ]. Bailey, Atchison.
Second district: Mrs. sara Judd
Greenman. librarian, public library,
F. Scott, lola; George H Hodges,
Olathe.
Third district: Mrs. Theresa Ran
dolph, Librarian, p-blic library. Pitts
burg. chairman; Mrs. A C. Stitch, In
dependence: W. D. Atkinson, Parsons.
Fourth district: willis H. Kerr. Ii
brarian, State Normal school. En-
poria, chairman: Mrs. Homer Hoch,
Marion; H. c. Sticher. Usage City.
Fifth district: Miss Mary Cornelia
Lee, librarian, ublic library, Manhat-
tan, chairman; Mrs. Della F. Brown,
Salina; Charles NJ Harger. Abilene.
Sixth district: Miss Kathryn Nc
Lain. librarian. public library. Hays,
chairman: Mrs. Lillian Mitchner, Be
lott; J. c. Ruppenthal. Russell.
Seventh district: Miss Ida NJ. Day.
librarian. public library, Hutchinson,
chairman; Miss Maggie Neff, Harper;
Mrs. Cora G. Lewis, Kinsley.
Eighth district: Julius Lucht, Ii
brarian, public library. Wichita. chair
man: Ed T. Hackney, Wellington;
Mrs F c. Cron. ElDorado.
In each city and town of the state
the public librarian is director of the
local campaign. assisted by the library
board and other representative men
and women Churches. fraternal or
CARNATIONS. clubs and individuals are
work. Each community is asked to
give as a minimum sum equal to
per cent of its population
Libraries in Camps.
The plans of the American Library
association. approved by the war de-
partment, call for q library building
40x12O feet, one story. to be built by
the library association. in each of the
thirty-tTo environments. Each build
ing will have accommodations for TO-
600 books. newspapers, and maya
zines. including a public reading room,
and living quarters for the staff
Trained Librarians will be in charge.
\ complete system of distributing
. agencies will be maintained in each
camp, affOrding to the soldiers a first
class city library service Organiza-
tons such as the Y. NJ. c. A and
Knights of Columbus are enthusiastic
cally supporting the movement as
they will draw their supplies of books
and magazines for their camp work
from the central library in each camp
! This service will be continued when
the troops move to the battle lines
just as the British and French army
( libraries have done with such help
{ fulness in maintaining the morale of
the men All of the money contrib
uted will go into books. equipment,
and actual service for soldiers and
[ sailors, the expense of the campaign
I having been met privately
l Kansas librarians will be in charge
[ of the soldiers library at Camp Fun
( ston, Fort Riley. as far as possible
+ The work is being started by Henry
1 o. Severance. librarian of the Cnfver-
sity of Missouri. He will be followed
/ during October by W. H Kerr IL
/ brarian of the Kansas State Normal
school at Emporia. and later by ]. L
King and H V. Clayton, of the state
library at Topeka, and other library
D men of the