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lives of high school graduates. The scientific respect for fact
and truth, the habits of orderliness and exactness learned in
the science room, and the hobbies developed in clubs and science
organizations can be of extreme importance to leisure time
activities.
 For marriage and for the home, the lessons learned in science
find ready and important application. Knowledge of the human
body and its functions replaces ignorance and superstition, and
sex assumes its proper role in life. In the home where the par-
ents have a good background in science, child care and growth
receive the attention due them. Both the biological and physical
sciences give important help in problems ranging from meal
planning to home building.
 In guidance for health and fitness, the science program pro-
vides basic rules and reasons for conservation and development
of body and mind. Unlike occupational adjustment, health is
not primarily a problem for youth, but it can be if the youth
lacks proper guidance. Here we find that guidance will furnish
the foundations for proper living which will last throughout
life. Some of the problems worthy of study in the science room
are those of nutrition, community health engineering, sanita-
tion, health education, ways of recreation, and habits of adapta-
tion to change.
 In guidance for citizenship, science can be a dynamic influ-
ence as it develops within its students desire for facts, thirst
for truth, and ability to work together for a common purpose.
Science and its applications can solve many community prob-
lems. True science is altruistic in both its development and its
use for the betterment of mankind.
 In the field of vocational guidance the science teacher occupies
a prominent place. The background of the student in the
science field can influence his chances for employment in this age
of scientific and technological advances. Science courses not
only prepare the student for handling jobs today, but they also
give him psychological preparation for the changes which are
continually occurring in industry, in the home, and in the com-
munity.