B. Alcohol rubdown for bed patients, p. 83


 C. Learning about alcohol and tobacco, pp.115-134

 1. Two Problems
 2. Nicotine and Tobacco--per cent of nicotine absorbed
 3. Smoking by Adults
 4. Alcoholic Drinks
 5. Effects on Body Functions
 6. Alcohol and Health
 7. Alcohol and Automobile Accidents
 8. Different opinions about alcohol

 D. Alcohol and Driving, p. 243

 The presentation of the material concerning alcohol and tobacco is
 scientific and objective. It gives information clearly and states that no
 person should drink before he is twenty-one. His decision then should be
 based on a critical view of all the dangers and expenses involved.

 Two young men in the 1948 class took exception to the following state-
 ment; they felt that it justified smoking too much: "The bodies of some
 individuals who smoke regularly become accustomed to the presence of nicotine;
 thus this drug may not affect them so much as it does other persons," p. 118.
 This would not alter the possibility that many individuals are injured by
 the drug. The material in this book is very good with this exception.


9TH GRADE

 Usjin Sci.nce by S:-ith 'nd Tr'.fton. Publish r: J. P. Lippincott and
 Colpeny, Atl'nto., 1939.
 (State Adopted)

 A. Alcohol

 1. As a solvent, p. 136
 2. In thermometers, p. 151
 3. Drugs and mental health, pp. 496-499

 Errors:

 "Normal people do not drink alcohol to excess, and most of them do not
 drink at all," p. 497. This statement could well be challenged by the'thinking
 9th grade student; there are 60 million drinkers in our Nation, with 4,000,000
 excessive drinkers. Frank discussion on such points leads to clear thinking
 and better evaluation of the problem.

 B. Tobacco, pp. 500-501


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