The material here is largely good. The statement on page 340, "It
seems that smoking is an altogether undesirable habit," will likely be
questioned by some child who sees his parents derive enjoyment from smoking.
You may help the child weigh the evidence from every angle, including the
financial cost. Ask him to have his parents comment on the statement.
Parents, teachers, and thinking young people will agree that it is
altogether undesirable for the growing boy or girl.

Exploring Our Woild by Powers, Neuner, Bruner, and Bradley. Publisher:
Ginn and Company, Atlanta, 1948,
(Out of adoption)

 Page 83 explains the freezing point of alcohol. It explains why
alcohol is used in anti-freeze.

Health Progress The American Health Series by Wilson, Bracken, Pryor,
and Almack. Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill Company, New York, 1948.
(Not Adopted)

A. Glenn Cunningham did not smoke nor use alcohol, p. 33.

B. Effect of alcohol and tobacco on nerves, pp. 73-74

C. Effect of alcohol and tobacco on heart, pp. 133-136

D. Effect of alcohol and tobacco on liver and kidneys, p. 236

E. The making of alcohol connected with Louis Pasteur's discovery of
 bacteria, p. 291

F. Health in Practice, pp. 336-338

G. Protecting Your Well-Being, pp. 341-342

 While the material in this book is limited it is well integrated, and
the statements are placed where they carry weight with the students. The
reference to Glenn Cunningham on page 23 is good.

 In the section on "Reflex Action and Body Control", the statement
would be strcngthcnod if the sentence on page 73, "It takes water from them
and destroys essential parts of the cell body;" was changed to read, "It
anesthetizes the nerve cells and renders them incapable of doing their
best work, or in large amounts any work as long as alcohol remains in the
blood." The teachers can add that correction or lead students to find it
without shaking the student's confidence in the text by stating simply that
the newer information is being discovered all the time in every subject and
we want to be alert to find it.


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