1920) A(JKl('lI/rUKAL EDUCATION. 495 



(►ffen-d lor (•niiflatiiii; ilietetic's with sucli scieiKvs as physics. fli(Muisir\ , ami 

 bacteriology. 



I{i>ok III presents a oouslderatioii of certain basic principles and a collection 

 vt typical recipes and menus for use in children's diets for definite ages, ar- 

 ranged in se<iuence from birtli through high-school age. The author, who be- 

 Heves in individual rather than group worlv, has endeavored to construct and 

 classify the typical recipes according to certain organizing principles, the chief 

 of which are evolution and food value. The book, con.si.sting of 40 cooking 

 lessons, is intended primarily for the high school student of home economics 

 ami covers a semester's work. Suggestions for definite lessons and optional 

 work, chielly chart and exiieriinental problems, for recitation or home work 

 are iiu'lud«'<l. 



Putting; over budget lessons, J. (i. Cation {Jour. Home Econ., 11 (1919), 

 No. 11. pp. Jt8.'f~'f87 ) . — A summary is given of eight lessons taught by the 

 author at a farm camp held in connection with a Chautauqua to show one way 

 In which clothing lessons may be linked up with budget work. In the author's 

 •pinion, account keeping slioiild be included in the first j'ear of the home eco- 

 nomics course, as many girls do not attend a second year. 



Girls' clothing contest— Texas high schools, L. Peek (Dept. Ed. Tex. ^Bnl. 

 199 (1919), pp. 13). — Plans for a 1919-20 girls' clothing contest are presented 

 for consideration of Texas high scht>ols. The aims of the contest are to raise 

 the .standards of dress among girls of high-school age; to place the domestic- 

 art work on a more practical, consistent, and artistic basis; to increase interest 

 in the art of good dressing ; and to encourage the subordination of clothing to 

 the elliciency, satisfaction, happiness, and health of the individual. 



Suggestions for a demonstration on the selection of clothing, Z. E. Bige- 

 i,ow (./our. Home Econ., 12 (1920), No. 2, pp. 69-12). — The author outlines a 

 suggestive plan for a demonstration les.son in the selection of clothing. The 

 plan has resulted from the experience of several teachers and is deemed suitable 

 for u.se with groups of any age. 



A course in home mechanics, T. R. FouLKEs (Manual Training Mag.. 21 

 (1920), A'o. 8, pp. 269-212, fig. 1). — The author describes a one-semester course 

 in home mechanics offered as an elective course to be carried on concurrently 

 with the regular work in manual training in the high school of Sun Prairie, 

 Wis. This course was found of great practical value to the pupil, stimulated 

 public interest in the department, and solved the problem of discipline in the 

 manual-training department. 



Household physics, A. M. Buti.ek (Boston: Whitcomb d- Barroivs, 1919, pp 

 VIII +382, pis. 2, figs. 361). — This text deals with the principles and applica- 

 tions of tho.se phases of physics which enter Into the daily household life, such 

 afl heat, light, sound, magnetisiu and electricity, mechanics, and plumbing. The 

 material in the text is sufficient to allow considerable latitude in the selection 

 •>f work for a year's course. 



Supplemental prohlenis in arithmetic for use in rural schools, li. M. 

 Kiu-iON (Los Angeles Citg School Dist. School Pub. Jf (1919), 3. ed., rev., pp. 

 54). — The object of the problems comprising this bulletin is to demonstrate how 

 the fundamental processes In arithmetic maj be applletl in a practical way to 

 the contingencies of everyday life In rural and suburban communities. They 

 are Intended for grades 8 to 8, Inclusive, and are based on data which are 

 helVeved to be repre.sentative of actual conditions. 



Training for rural service, P. L. Voot (Amer. Jour. Sociol., 25 (1920), No. 5, 

 p>. 562-661). — The author calls attention to the demand for trained leadership 

 as sh»wn in the call for county agricultural agents, rural nurses, workers In 



t betterment, county social service leaders, and ministers interested in 



