Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-15
LIBRARY DRIVE
STARTS MONDAY
Books to be Gathered in
Grand Forks for Men in
US. Service.

n war library driVe.,will sweep
Grand Forks next week from Monday
until Saturday, and final arganse-
nents for it were completed ats.a
meeting at the public library yester~
day.
The American Library association
has issued a call for a million more
books for men serving the United
States in various camps and at sta
ions in many places. and 1t Is point
cd u that the books which are
wanted. are badly needed as q source
Of both, pleasure and instruction to
the soldiers and sailors.
The American Library association.
cooperating with practically every IL
brary throughout the country, Is do
ing a asst and systematical work in
providing good ana stimulating read
ing matter for the soldiers, but the
active participation OF the public is
required for the success of. the am
paign.
Technical Works Wanted.
The demand for technical books.
the very latest and most advanced
mes. is extremely heavy. according to
the matter in the war Library Bull
letin." Mr.. Stevenson points out that
military science includes many more
torhnical branches than ever before.
S"+ "n'v 40 hno:s m artillery II
aviation in demand. but ais books on
:,ernnlanes. gas engines. hydraulics,
~"te~worl.s systems. plumbing. cleo
,"ical work in al, it's branches. as we'll
= -'er',c q, diet. foodstuffs, garbage
7~trro~a1 ard roadmaking.
Z, ,':~t~"'c~l :nd descriptive books are
~',.' boots on French life
and as we'll as on the land
~ FRANCE are especially well
,'ne. r,
Much Tine to Read.
The men in camps have more time
'or reading han they probably ever
had before, as they are>free practical
" every evening. and consequently
they find ample time for reading fict
ton. poetry. biographies, etc. In one
camp. a man has been known to start
reading old Boswell's Life of John
SON. while another has taken up
certain phases Of modern philosophy.
rs presented in Henri B%ergson's Gre
tive Evolution: a third man at the
on,e camp is penlsing Gibbons DE
line and Fall of the Roman Ennire"
and fondly thinks or the contribution
'-e may be privileged to give to the
downfall Of the German empire.
Poetical anthologies are much in
fo-,-rd. and plars constitute favorite
TGdOlNH among tnS NuSu Ill SISiC
San,'s uniforms.
The "Wsr LibrarA Bulletin" gives
a survey Of one days book c'rcnla-
ton at Camp Meade: the following
subjects were represented in reQuiii-
flows tor books from the camp IL
Erarian: @
french history. mechanics. tdrcr-
ranhy and strategy In war. self
propelled vehicles. hand g"cnahes.
1s-ya ~-A.---A->-A L.iI-@e 1H Avis
trv. nhysics. ASTRONOMY. geology. ny
6rn,,Kcs. electricity. mediavel history.
calculna:l civil engineering. geogra ply,
American history. SURVEYING. mate
rinls ut construction, general hi"tory.
vi concrete. About three
sfourth% Of the books taken ont were
non-fiction.
In Charge OF Local Work.
At the meeting held yesterday the
following appointments were maae:>
Herman Wolff.~"aptain Of collect
ing books; Mrs. Ethel Cooley. cap
tain Of publicity; Mrs. NJ. w. Murray
c~aptains. They will be assisted by a
y subcommittee composed OF Mrs. L.
&c. Harrington, in charge % the work
commercial and patriotic orFant-
sa7ations: Mrs. c. r. Tingley. in charge
OF the work In the ehurches: Mrs
Florence Collins n Miss Alice Hale.
for wonen's clubs and Red Cross:
Rev. Hp~vey Y. Moo"e for the ~
scouts: Mrs. w. A. Mcintyre for Par
i c-t.Teachers' organization. Miss Ednr
r~,nsynnsren wiz corduct the high
/ school drive: Miss Maude T~e--n'et"r
".,, ar-igned f%raternel rean'zat!ar;
Ave. Harrington will be in cl'"rge
o. the work IN the Y. NJ. and Y. W. G..
.; ~ ,.hNlcwna.