Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-29

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American soldiers and sailors ID
London are likely 10 follow the de-
vplopuaenss 81 the Peace Conferences
wsth more intelligent interest than the
body of people 1t home, Il the kind Of
reading they do at the 4 M G. 4. IL
Ebraries can Be considered any indica
ton. Studies oil international Poli-
tics Is one 81 the favOrite works
nowadays, and any number Of like voi-
unses, bearing on the shift Of world af-
.fairs ii Id constant demand By the
men
10 IS sure. not al soldiers and
sailors are golng In for such heavy
Ereading. Rare @ the man Id the serv-
ice who does not read. but the litera-
fure chosen Funs the ganlsit from
Laura Jean Libby To the latest treatise
on liquid air It's I'd the credit Of the
American schools that the literary
tastes Of the great overseas forces are
generally "a high that the ~ library
department has been pushed all the
time To supply the demand for books
on every subject under the sun.
d. ii. GruDb, the \ nj q A secre-
tary Id charge OF the Library Depart
ment of Headquarters for the United
kingdom. was almost .stumped" when
he rot d request the other day for the
very latest book on liquid air Il
wasn't wanted az text book but
simply as BIT Of recreation reading
matter for learned private at one.oG
the camps IN England Grubbs dug i.
up.
1t liz impossible to estimate the posi-
tive and negative values Of the read
ing that the soldiers and sailors are
en- oyfng III their spare hours, aside
from the vast scheme in operation by
the ~. for text book training.
During the 6rst six months over
seas. said corporal who has been
stationed for long time al an Amer
Iican camp III England, = got out Of the
reading and study habit aud found
myself learning to drink and swear 3
little. pulled myself up sharply
one day, went to the ~ library and
got d book on d subject was keen on
in college. find myself now very
eager to follow It up.
At naval base In Great Britain the
library books were displayed on the
counter SO that the sailors could get
AT them easily One of the volunteer
canteen workers took charge Of check
ing the books out every evening Out
of total OF three hundred books, two
hundred and eighty six were given out
I'm six days Naturally, the Y" sent
more books there at once,
The naval forces in particular have
turned to the Y. M. G. Al for books and
lectures. Reading and studies In cleo
tricify have proved especially popular
among the sailors AT one place the.
Royal Academy placed at the disposal.
|of the u M. %. Al. Education Secretary
the use OF It's electrical laboratory.
Then the county council co-operated
in securing aufficient number Of cleo
.trical experts to give the boys what
they wanted
I'm some military and naval camps,
the ~ secretaries have found it diff
ficnlt Id keep thorough trace of the
books checked out, At one naval base,
the secretary hit upon a novel scheme
to insure the return Of magazines any
way Each sailor who borrows q
ma gazine leaves his cap with The sec
rotary as d hostage. Every maya
zine borrowed has been returned, So