40 + REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

These activities are administered by three bureaus: (1) Bureau of
Public Recreation; (2) Bureau of Public Libraries and Museums;
(3) Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation; and (4) Grants-in-Aid
programs. There were significant activities in all of these areas dur-
ing the past year.
 (1) Bureau of Public Recreation.-The Bureau is set up to plan
and promote community recreation and sports activities for adults
in the community.
 One of the most significant developments in the area of sports and
recreation was the tremendous increase in the participation of the
community. The St. Thomas Rotary Club raised money for the
development of a children's playground at Griffith Park which was
being equipped by the close of the year. The St. Thomas Tennis
Association conducted Tennis Clinics on a weekly basis for 8-year-olds
and over. The association also conducted in St. Thomas a tennis
tournament with the Rio Piedras Club of Puerto Rico. The Emile
Griffith Committee sponsored the first "Fight Card" in the Lionel
Roberts Park, featuring the World's Welterweight Champion, Emile
Griffith, a Virgin Islander. Several athletic organizations, both men
and women, financed competition with off-island teams.
 The sports program, under the Bureau of Recreation's sponsorship,
had a total participation for the three islands of 150 teams. One
thousand, three hundred and fifty games were played, involving 2,756
players. With the installation of lights at the Emile Griffith Park at
the close of the year, it is expected that sports in the Virgin Islands
will increase even more.
 The sports program received a healthy boost with the inauguration
of a sports promotion program under a sports committee and a Sports
Promoter. Working with the Commissioner of Education and the
Bureau of Recreation, the Sports Promoter organized and con-
ducted a most successful Track and Field Meet in St. Thomas.
 (2) Bureau of Public Libraries and .11, i,,,.-The Virgin Is-
lands have three public libraries administered by the Department of
Education through its Bureau of Libraries headed by a chief. The
largest, with a book collection of approximately 30,000, is located in
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas. One library with 17,500 volumes is
located in Christiansted, and another with 20,000 books is in Fred-
eriksted, St. Croix.
 The Virgin Islands libraries received more visitors and circulated
 more books during the year than in any previous year. The number
 of calls made by adults increased from 2,100 in 1960-1961 to 6,250
 in 1961-1962, and by juveniles from 5,100 to 13,500 for the same years.
 The attendance record showed an increase of 12,550 calls or 74.3 per
 cent over the previous year's total of 7,200. Total circulation went