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31. In order that the population 

 may be intelligently advised on ques- 

 tions relating to reproduction, well-in- 

 formed men and women ought to be 

 appointed by the state as counselors 

 on marital and family affairs. 



2,2. Decision as to the permissi- 

 bility of such matters as the termina- 

 tion of pregnancy ought to be reserved 

 for special boards of investigation rep- 

 resenting diverse professions whose in- 

 formation on the subject may be perti- 

 nent. 



2,Z- So long as prohibition of the 

 consumption of beverages containing 

 more than two per cent alcohol is not 

 attainable among us, a system of 

 cards, such as obtains in Sweden, 

 ought to be introduced. Drinks con- 

 taining less than two per cent alcohol 

 should be freed from internal revenue 

 tax. 



34. To present measures for con- 

 trolling venereal diseases should be 

 added a system of confidential report- 

 ing, especially for syphilis, with com- 

 pulsory treatment and provision for 

 free treatment where necessary. A 

 carefully guarded ofhcial register 

 should be kept of all syphilitics, where- 

 by their cure, and later fitness for 

 marriage, can be determined better than 

 hitherto. 



35. The maintenance of a health 

 register for the entire population, with 



investigations at appropriate intervals, 

 should be introduced as soon as pos- 

 sible. 



36. Better physical culture of our 

 people will lessen the ignorance of all, 

 even of the most cultured, as to the 

 fitness or degeneration of the race. 



37. We therefore urge the intro- 

 duction of race-hygiene instruction in 

 the high schools. 



38. The older pupils in the higher 

 elementary schools (middle schools) 

 should have been already given a eu- 

 genic point of view, in connection with 

 their general health teaching. 



39. All candidates for the teaching 

 profession should receive education in 

 health, including race hygiene, and 

 should have proved their understand- 

 ing of it by passing an examination. 



40. To further teaching and re- 

 search in race hygiene, governmental 

 institutions on the plan of the Swedish 

 should be established. 



41. The renovation of our whole 

 outlook on life (WeltanscJiauung) is 

 of decisive importance. The welfare 

 of the family, even in distant genera- 

 tions, must be recognized in the vision 

 of all as a higher good than mere 

 personal comfort ; and in governmental 

 policies the needs of the present must 

 not obscure the future of our race. 



— Paul Popcnoc. 



The Physiology of Psychology 



Elements of Scientific Psychology. 

 hy Knight Dunlap, Professor of 

 Experimental Psychology in Johns 

 Hopkins Universitv. Pp. 368 ; price 

 $3.50. St. Louis, C. V. Mosby Co., 

 1922. 



Leaving behind the old introspective 

 psychology, and avoiding some of the 



modern mystical schools. Professor 

 Dunlap has presented the foundations 

 of the subject largely from a physio- 

 logical point of view. Little space is 

 devoted to individual differences and 

 other subjects in which genetics is 

 particularly involved, but the brief 

 mention given to heredity is well 

 phrased. — P.P. 



