Four primary and elementary teachers who were studying at Gainesville in the
summer of 1948 discussed this material for third grade children. They felt that
the experiment with yeast is more suitable for the sixth or seventh grade and that
there is no reason for discussing paints and varnishes in a health book.

 The experiment concerning the nourishing of plants with water and with alcohol
has no relation to alcohol and the human body. Concerning similar experiments,
Dr. Roe says: "Since the experiments as set up do not actually prove anything
about the effects of alcohol inside the body, they represent a type of false
analogy which is one of the most pervasive and unfortunate errors in teaching."

 The 1942 edition refers to alcohol as a poison on pages 71 and 73. That
statement is left out of the 1948 edition. It is well that the references were
deleted. "The chief fault to be found with all the discussions of alcohol as a
poison is the complete disregard, in practically all of the textbooks, of the
question of amount. The toxic effects of alcohol are limited to those amounts
which bring about certain concentrations in the blood. The fault here lies not
so much with the textbook writers themselves, but with the habit, into which
many writers on alcohol have fallen, of speaking of the effects of alcohol with-
out reference to quantities. That alcohol in large amounts produces death is a
fact; it does not, however, follow that any amount of alcohol is toxic," says
Dr. Roe. Such discussions belong to more mature students.

 The elementary teachers felt that page 73 is good as it is given in the
1948 edition. They felt that the one page is enough for 3rd grade pupils.


4TH GRADE

 Health by Doing by Burkard, Chambers, and Eiaroney. Publisher: Lyons and
 Carnahan, New York, 1936.
 (Out of adoption)

 A. Unit 16--"A Dangerous Enemy", pp. 218-228, refers to alcohol as a cruel
 ruler. The subtitles are:

 1. WVhat is Alcohol?
 2. Why is Alcohol Dangerous?
 3. Avoid Alcoholic Drinks
 4. Knowing that You Know

 B. Unit 17--"The Tobacco Habit and Dangerous Drugs", pp. 229-237, relates
 a short history of the beginning of the use of tobacco by the American
 Indians. The subtitles are:

 1. The Peace Pipe
 2. Especially Harmful for Children
 3. Success in School
 4. Health
 5. Character


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