Vol.
37 BOOKS AND REPORTS
line of basic concepts and practices in
a widely misunderstood field. Contro-
versies over who should be responsible
for sex education of youth-the home,
church or school-have been allowed to
obscure the generally agreed on thesis
that sound education and guidance in
the wise use of sex are essentials. As
a result, far too little has been or is
being done by any or all of the three
logical agencies.
Authorities concur in the belief that
the home should be the primary source
for this training, but that school and
church should furnish valid and usable
supplemental facts and philosophy along
scientific and ethical lines. They also
agree that isolated courses designated
as " sex hygiene " or " social hygiene "
are undesirable and that curricular
efforts should be to integrate, i.e., to
deal with problems having sexual con-
notations in whatever courses those
problems naturally arise. Biology,
botany, home economics, health and
physical education, and all of the
newer sociological courses such as those
designated " family life," " human re-
lationships," et al. are good examples.
Gruenberg is one of the leaders and
pioneers in developing the fundamental
thinking and practices of sex education.
Along with Balliet, Bigelow, Exner,
Galloway and their confreres, he has
contributed several text and source
books to the growing armamentarium
available for school and home use.
This most recent of his publications was
subjected to wide consideration, dis-
cussion and criticism by many of his
colleagues during its writing and re-
writing. The resulting essence is a
readable, stimulating and utilitarian
summary. RAY H. EVERETT
Nutrition and Diet Therapy, A
Textbook of Dietetics-By Fairfax T.
Proudfit and Corinne Hogden Robin-
son. (9th ed.) New York: Macmillan,
1946. 782 pp.' Price, $3.75.
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This ninth edition of a well known
nursing text has a number of new
features to enhance its value for stu-
dents in schools of nursing, and as a
reference book for graduate nurses and
dietitians. The book is arranged in
five sections-as follows: " Normal
Nutrition," "Normal Nutrition in
Special Conditions," " Diet Therapy,"
" Practical Applications of Nutrition:
Elementary Cookery," and "Recipes."
An appendix containing suggested course
outlines, dietary case study outline,
food composition tables, and other
tables adds to the usefulness of the
book. A new chapter, "Feeding the
Aged," gives consideration to the
special needs of an ever increasing pro-
portion of our population, and presents
many sound and practical guides for
their diet.
The bibliography at the close of each
chapter has been brought up to date.
The projects and review questions in-
cluded place emphasis on a normal diet
and optimum nutrition for all.
HAROLD R. SANDSTEAD
Negro Housing Needs-By Josepk
H. Bunzel. Pittsburgh, Pa.: Pittsburgk
Housing Association, 1946. 32 pp.
Price, $.50.
This monograph is concerned not
only with a- study of Negro housing
needs in Pittsburgh and Allegheny
County, but also with possible solutions
to meet these needs. The author has
tackled this problem of housing in an
attempt to find objective and factual
data to support the many general state-
ments which are. made about housing
for Negroes. He does this not only by
using Bureau of the Census material,
but also by block studies, estimates of
costs, population changes, the employ-
ment picture and studies made by such
agencies as the National Housing
Agency and War Housing Center. Thus
he has facts to support such statements
as: (a) twice as many of the housing