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the food served in a students' boardino; club, and a summary of data 

 rec^ardinf]; food conditions and diet in the Phihppines." The ques- 

 tion of Fihpino diet has been much more adequately discussed by 

 H. Aron** on the basis of personal observations and investigations, 

 The general conclusion which he reached was that per kilogram of 

 body weight, or better, per sfjuare meter of body surface, the Filipino 

 obtains from his diet, which is composed largely of fish, beans, rice, 

 and fruits, and some vegetables, very much the same quantit}' of 

 protein and energy as the average American or European from his 

 ordinary diet. 



A dietary study of a students' boarding club, which covered 

 one month, was carried on at the Institute for Colored Youth and 

 Teachers' Training School at Cheyney, Pa.,'^ a school under the 

 management of the Society of Friends. The results show that the 

 food supply was adequate, reasonable in cost, and that improvement 

 in weight, capacity for work, and in general conditions was noticeable 

 in the pupils, which was ascribed by those reporting the work to the 

 generous diet which the school provides. The report also gives the 

 menus for a school year. 



THE DIET OF CHILDREN AND SCHOOL LUNCHES. 



The question of school lunches has often been discussed during the 

 last few years, and many contributions have been made to the sub- 

 ject, particularly those offering the suggestions as to the kind and 

 character of food which should be provided and also regarding the 

 possible danger of undernourishment of children in thickly con- 

 gested districts and the desirability of organized attempts to meet the 

 situation b}' supplying lunches. The dietary studies made under the 

 auspices of this Ofhce of orphan asylums have been already referred 

 to. Of work which has to do particularly with the school lunch 

 problem may be mentioned an account of cooking and serving a 

 5-cent lunch in the Honolulu Normal School by Marion Bell,'' and an 

 account of serving hot lunches in 12 schools reported in the Annual 

 Report of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union.'' 



Caroline L. Hunt has published through the United States Bureau 

 of Education^ an important monograj))! on the subject of diet for 

 school children, wliich summarizes the l)ulk of the work hitherto 

 published and makes a number of recommendations and deductions. 



a Jour. Home Econom., 1 (1909), p. 171. 

 ''Philipi)iiic.Tour. Sri., B. .Med. Sci., 4 (1909), ]^^. 195, 22."). 



c Daily Menu.s fur the School Year aud a Dietary Study for Ocinl.cr, Cheyney, Pa., 

 1909. 

 <* Boston Cooking School Mag., 12 (1908), No. G, p. 292. 

 'Ann. Ri)t. Womcn'H Ed. and Indu.'*. Union, 29 (1909;. 

 /Bur. of Ed. [V. S.J Bui. 3, 1909. 



