Spafford, Ivol. 1940 A FUNCTIONING PROGRAM OF HOME ECONOMICS. John Wiley
and Sons, Inc., New York City. Price $3.00. "This book is for the administrator, curriculum
worker, or teacher within or without the field of home economies who in rebuilding the curricu-
lum would draw into it the best that each field has to offer." Among many other things, it in-
cludes chapters devoted to home economics at the elementary, junior high. school, and senior
high school levels, to boys as well as girls; to classes for adults and community programs of
family-life education. "'i-'._-_-.ri"n.. for further and continued study" contains an interesting
bibliography of books, periodicals and reports which would be of value to all those who are inter-
ested in professional growth. The extent to which home economics makes a vital contribution
to a reorganized program of education depends largely upon the degree to which those within
the field become real students of the social-educational problems of their times.
Spafford, Ivol. 1936 FUNDAMENTALS OF TEACHING HOME ECONOMICS. John Wiley
and Sons, New York City. Price $2.75. An oCtlktn.li,-,- book for teachers of home economics.
Stern, Bernard J. 1938 THE FAMILY PAST AND PRESENT. D. Appleton-Century Company,
New York, New York. (A Publication of the Progressive Education Association.) Price $2.75.
This book is primarily a source book to be used in the study of the changing form of the fam-
ily and the contemporary trends in family life.
Strachey, Mrs. St. Loe. 1940 BORROWED CHILDREN. The Commonwealth Fund, New York
City. Price 75c. A popular account of some evacuation problems and their remedies, but it
has a wider value than merely the handling of refugee children, important as that now is. A
careful study of some of these situations might be helpful involving problems of child guid-
ance and family adjustment.
The Educational Policies Commission. 1940 EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING IN
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. Price 50c. National Education Association, Washington, D. C.
A publication which adds to the information of every teacher, and gives her new ideas of our
democracy.
Treat, Nola and Lenota Richards. 1939 QUANTITY COOKERY. Little, Brown and Company,
Boston, Massachusetts. Price $2.50. This is an ..l1.i..'i1 and revised edition of a book long
popular with those who plan menus and cookery for large numbers of people. So tir.-,, is the
home economics teacher called upon to assist with banquets, class parties and community affairs
attended by many people that a book of this type would be a valuable one to have in the depart-
mental library.
Whiton, Sherrill. 1937 ELEMENTS OF INTERIOR DECORATION. J. B. Lippincott Com-
pany, Chicago. Price $5.00. The purpose of the book is to guide the amateur or the student of
art to an intelligent understanding of what is good, true, and beautiful in home decoration. It
treats in an iit.I.'-i-;l:. as well as authoritative manner the subject of "Period Decoration and
Furniture", "Decorative Materials and Accessories", and "Selection, Arrangement and Harmony
of Furnishings". A valuable reference for teachers and pupils.
Wood, Edith E. INTRODUCTION TO HOUSING. Federal Works Agency, U. S. Housing Author-
ity, Washington, D. C. For sale by the superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. Price
30 cents. This booklet is designed to present a simple and yet authoritative discussion of basic
housing facts and principles which are of concern to every community determined to clear its
slums and provide decent homes for families of low income.

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