The Burkard, Chambers, and IvMaroney series that went out of adoption two
 years ago seem muchto detailed for elementary students and have some of the
 common errors listed in this introduction. Outlines of the material in the
 fourth and sixth grade books of that series are included in this bulletin.

Junior and Senior High School Grades

 Good material in large part is -given in the junior and senior high
 school science and health texts.

 The social studies books have very little material in this area.
 Problems related to alcohol, narcotics and stimulants are vital factors
 in our social structure and they should be so taught. Inasmuch as such
 material has been omitted from the textbooks the teacher wvri need to
 supplement the material. You and Alcohol (6), Accident Facts (7), and
 Traffic in Opium (8) will be of help here. In this connection, Dr. Roe (1)
 says:

 "It has been my observation that our high schools do an
 excellent job of interesting children at these ages in social
 problems, and the schools should not miss the opportunity of
 making clear the effects of inebriety on the community and the
 steps which communities could and should take to deal with the
 problems of alcohol."

Errors That Are Being Corrected in the Field of Alcohol Study

 The Yale School of Alcohol Studies under the direction of Dr. E. M.
 Jellinck has taken the lead in scientific investigation in the study of
 alcohol. The results of their investigations are bearing fruit in greatly
 improved materials appearing in textbooks. Some of the outstanding of
 these errors that still appear in some texts are listed here as a group.
 Attention is called to them again at the appropriate places in the out-
 lines.

 1. Diseases are caused by alcohol Every type of body diffi-
 culty has been blamed on alcohol as, hardening of the arteries,
 sclerosis of the liver, destruction of brain cells, and the causing
 of fat in heart muscles. All evidence points to the fact that these
 ailments are caused by vitamin deficiency which usually occurs in
 the excessive drinker. Dr. Roe (1) says, "To teach this correctly
 does not exonerate the alcohol habit but contributes to sound ped-
 agogy."

 In a few writings social disease has been attributed to alco-
 hol. There is no doubt that the person under the influence of
 alcohol is in more danger of becoming exposed to venereal disease, but
 it is inaccurate to say that alcohol causes venereal disease.

 2. Overstatement The tendency in .alcohol teaching has been
 to make statistics and stories as large as possible. "The inaccurate


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