The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-08-16
Highly Appreciated Lot of Vol
umes Are Received in
Pensacola.
F. w. JENKINS rs
| NOW IN CHARGE
Is An Expert From Russell Sage
Foundation and is Here
Temporarily.

One thousand volumes for the IT,
brary Of the Army and Navy Club
We're received yesterday from Jackson
vile. having been sent TO this point by
distributing bureau OF the American
Library Association.
No feature OF the Army and Navy
Club makes the appeal TO the men or
the service that Is made through the
collection OF books and MAGAZINES
which have been placed there for their
use by the American Library Associa-
ton, and the club is fortunate in hav-
ing the services OF Frederick w. Jenk-
ins, director of publications of the
Russell Sage Foundation, who is cac-
aloguing the one thousand volumes
and arranging them in such a way az
to make them available to the men
of the army and navy who frequent
the club rooms, finding relaxation
here when off duty.
Mr.. jenkins. who was loaned by the
Sage Foundation TO the naval ar
station, for the installment and an.
rangement of the library there, leaves
in a few days for New York city. bur
VIII spend several days an Pensa Goa
getting the Army and Navy Club Ii.
brary in good running order.
Reserved, and difflcult 10 interview
ternoon at the Army and Navy club
was unwilling TO give out more than
mention of what has been accom-
plished at the naval air station Fort
Barrancas and Fort Pickens. where he
has installed Libraries that have been
of the greatest assistance to the men
in conjunction with their military
training, as well as furnishing recrea-
ton In their leisure hours.
Many who have met him--and he
has taken an active part in the social
life of the city during the three months
he has spent here, know little of the
great work he represents. But those
who have visited the headquarters of
the Sage Foundation on East 22nd
street. New York City, with its well
equipped offices, overlooking beautiful
Gramercy Park, realize what 1t means
to this community to have the SER
vices of one of it's officials placed at
their disposal for the work here.
Mr.. Jenkins is in charge of all pub
lications of the Sage Foundation, and
also director OF its Library. fhis Ii
brary is the largest collection in
America on Social Problems and is
consulted by people from every state
in the union, through it's tremendous
volume of correspondence. The pub
lications of the Foundation-scientific
treatises on social effects. industrial
problems and prison reform-repre-
sent the best and most advanced
thought along these lines. Since his
arrival here Mr.. Jenkins has added
over 1900 volumes to the naval air
station library, largely relating to
technical subjects. many of which are
extensive treatises.
According to men who frequent the
library an the naval air station, two
months ago the average number of
books taken out was about nifty; az
present over two hundred are taken
out daily by the men. Since the ad-
dition of a large number of technical
books, the number OF readers has in
creased from one hundred to more
than four hundred a day. and reading
room space is at a premium. When
questioned on this point, Mr.. Jenkins
would only say that IL was his sn-
tention to see that the air station had
what il deserves. namely, the best
equipment possible.
An unusual feature Of the library
at the naval afr station is that there
is no limit to, the number OF books
allowed the readers: a man NAV draw
as many as he wishes, and so great is
the demand that as many as fifty
copies of some books have been Sc
cured.
According TO a runor, which has
much local interest. the library at the
naval air station, In the fall will have
its own building of size and equipment
commensurate with the high standard
of work maintained by the American
Library Association weherever ;ts ac-
tivities reach.
The naval air station library NUN
bers nearly six thousand volumes and
at Barrancas two thousand have been
installed, and at Fort Pickens ore
thousand. All three of these Libraries
are now in the Y. NJ. G. A buildings
at the three stations.