Books and Periodicals
The Boy and His Daily Living, By Helen A. Burnham, Evelyn G. Jones, and Helen D. Redford. Chicago: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1935, 363 pp., $1.80
Home economics teachers of boys will welcome this pioneer book covering subjects of vital interest to boys of the secondary school level. The authors have based the work upon ten years of teaching experience. The chapter titles, the clever pen-and-ink drawings, and excellent illustrations will intrigue the boy into the reading of interesting, scientific, and practical material planned primarily for boys. Teachers who have struggled to break down wrong attitudes created by the use of 'sissy books written for girls" will be grateful for this book, which presents enough material for year's course. The authors have taken a sane, middle-ground attitude in discussing present-day problems of boys and have given an interpretation to home and family life which should make for more abundant living in the home. The questions and class activities suggested should stimulate boys of superior ability to further study. The chapters on "What Shall I Wear" and "Building Better Bodies" may not satisfy the boy from the standpoint of content and method of presentation. The chapter entitled "Making the Most of Family Life" is too subjective. Yet despite a few such minor imperfections, the volume will make a very satisfactory text for boys of the senior high school level. -- Maude M. Firth, Director of Home Economics, Tulsa Public Schools, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Journal of Home Economics, September 1935, page 456