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The administiatiou of school lunches in cities, Alick C. Boughton (4- 

 Iiiteniut. Vong. ,School Uyfj., Buffalo, N. ¥., Trans., 5 (1913), pp. SO/,-308).— 

 Tliis paper Includes a discussion of the advantage of the central over the indi- 

 vidual school kilcJicn in city school systems, tlie importance of accurate classified 

 accounting, the equiimient of kitchen and lunch rooms, the relation of the lunch 

 department to medical inspection and to the department of charities, and the 

 question of financing lunch rooms. 



History and development of lunches in high schools, Julia Pulsifeb (4 

 Intcrnat. Cong. School Huff., Buffalo, ^'. i ., Tratvi., 5 {1913), pp. 32.',S28).— 

 The facts upon which this paper is based were obtained from the lunch rooms 

 of the Boston high schools similar statements from St. Louis and from Brad- 

 ford, England, being used for comparison. 



The conclusion is that a central kitchen from which the food is distributed to 

 various schools is more economical than individual kitchens. In general the 

 cost is determined by the same factors as in a connnerclal enterprise, but the 

 varying amounts of rent, equipment, fuel, etc., supplied free by the schools make 

 it difficult to estimate or compare the actual cost in the various institutions. 



High school lunches under school board control, Emma Smedley (Jf. Inter- 

 nut. Cong. School Hug., Buffalo, X. V., Trans.. 5 (1913), pp. 329->333).— This 

 paper gives an account of the work done by the department of high school 

 lunches recently established by the board of public education in Philadelphia. 

 The organization and running of the lunch rooms is described. Each is in 

 charge of a dietitian who plans the menus and oversees the preparation and 

 serving of the food, and who is in constant consultation with the superintendent 

 of the department. The latter is responsible for all purchases. 



The training- of the school dietitian, Caroline L. Hunt {.'f. Intcrnat. Cong. 

 School Hyg., Buffalo, N. Y., Trans., 5 (1913), pp. .3,3-}-,?.3P).— Recognizing that 

 the school dietitian as distinct from the manager of the school lunch room is 

 likely to become a regular officer in city school systems, thi.s paper enumerates 

 as necessary qualifications an understanding of child nature and also of the 

 principles of pedagogy and nutrition, business ability, and practical knowledge 

 of methods of investigation and research along these lines. 



Medical inspection and the nutrition of school children, I. S. Wilk (4. 

 Intcrnat. Cong. School Hyg., Buffalo, N. Y.. Trunks., 5 (1913), pp. 266-272).— 

 This paper gives a plea for the more general recognition of the close inter- 

 dependence of malnutrition (as distinct from simple underfeeding) in the physi- 

 cal defects of school children. 



The importance of proper nutrients for retarded children — a demonstra- 

 tion, W. W. Roach (4. Intcrnat. Cong. School Hyg., Buffalo, y. Y., Trans.. 4 

 (1913), pp. 41!i-421, figs. 6).— A report of the work of the so-called "food 

 clinic " of a Philadelphia public school in which 113 undeveloped children were 

 given luncheons of milk and cereal, with the result that they showed gains 

 not only in physical development but also in mental ability. 



Unwholesome diet a prime cause of inefficiency in school children, J. H. 

 Kellogg (4- Intcrnat. Cong. School Hyg.. Buffalo, y. Y., Trans.. 4 (1913), pp. 

 96-105). — The author discusses the effects of nutrition on general efficiency and 

 favors a vegetarian diet. 



National conservation and nutrition during childhood. Margaret ]Mc^Iil- 

 LAN (4. Internat. Cong. School Hyg., Buffalo, N. Y., Trans., 5 (1913), pp. 298- 

 302). — The author emphasizes the moral and social as well as the physiological 

 value of school lunches for children in crowded city districts. 



The coefficient of nutrition in Antwerp school children, M. C. Schuyten 

 (.}. Intcrnat. Cong. School Hy.i.. Buffalo. N. Y.. Trans:.. ', (1913). pp. 106-108. 

 fig. 1). — The author used Oiuieiiheimer's formula for the coefficient of nutrition 



