CHAPTER IX. FOOD, NUTRITION, DIETETICS

I. Allyn, Lewis B. Westfield Pure Food Book. Westfield Brd. of Trade, Westfield, Mass. 1915. 68 p. $.25. List of foods that have been analyzed in Westfield Laboratory and found to conform to pure food requirements.

Cooper, Lena F. The New Cookery. Good Health Pub. Co. 1916. 412 p. Illus. $1.50. Methods of cooking most conductive to health, as taught at Battle Creek Sanitarium. Caloric value of each recipe.

Farmer, Fannie M. Boston Cooking School Cook Book. Little. 1915. 648 p. Illus. $1.80. Standard cook book, revised.

Fisher, Irving. A Graphic Method in Practical Dietetics. American Medical Assn. Press, Chicago. 1907. Illus. $.10. A method for computing the caloric value of any quantity or combination of foods. Tables of 100-calorie portions, common foods.

Noorden, Karl H. von. Metabolism and Practical Medicine. (_c_) Vol. I. 1907. Source and authority for much of present teaching in nutrition. $5.00

Rose, Mary S. A Laboratory Handbook for Dietetics. (_c_) Macmillan. 1912. 127 p. $1.10. Most complete collection of tables of food composition; methods of analyzing foods, dietaries.

Sherman, Henry C. Chemistry of Food and Nutrition. (_c_) Macmillan. 1911. 355 p. Bibl. $1.50. Thorough discussion of food chemistry and principles of nutrition.

Sherman, Henry C. Food Products. Macmillan. 1914. 594 p. Illus. Bibl. $2.25. Discussion of specific food groups and foods; composition, source, place in dietary. Tables of food composition, including acid or alkali balance.

Underhill, Frank P. Physiology of the Amino Acids. Yale. 1915. Illus. Bibl. 158 p. $1.35. Thorough discussion of the amino acids in specific protein foods, and their significance in nutrition, so far as yet known.

Wiley, Harvey W. Not by Bread alone. Hearst. 1915. 354 p. $2.00. Principles of nutrition, with special reference to feeding of children, and economy in food.

Mendel, L. B. Childhood and Growth. Stokes. 1905. 53 p. $.60. Brief, practical discussion of composition of food in childhood, for mothers.

I._b._ Atwater, W. O. and Bryant, A. P. Composition of American Food Materials. U. S. Dept. Agriculture. Revised Bulletin 28. 87 p. $.10.

Blatherwick, N. R. Specific Rôle of Foods in Relation to Composition of Urine. (_c_) Reprint. Author, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1914. Study of acid and base-forming goods. (Prunes, plums, cranberries found exception to fruits as base-forming.)

Hunt, Caroline L. Daily Meals of School Children. (_a_) U. S. Dept. Agri. 62 p. Principles of feeding. Recipes for meals and lunches.

Mendel, Lafayette B. Changes in Food Supply and their Relation to Nutrition. Yale. 1916. 61 p. Bibl. $.50. Resumé of present knowledge of nutrition.

Mendel, L. B. Newer Points of View Regarding the Part Played by Different Food Substances in Nutrition. 15 p. Journal of A. M. A., Sept. 5, 1914. Also Reprints. Amer. Med. Assn. Press metabolism of proteins; amino acids.

Mendel, L. B. Nutrition and Growth. Journal of A. M. A., May 8, 1915. 27 p. Also reprint. Amer. Med. Assn. Press. Reviews older and new views of physiology of growth, recent studies of different specific foods.

†Rose, Mary S. Feeding of Young Children. (_a_) Teachers College, New York City. 1911. 10 p. $.10. Practical principles; menus; analysis of menus.

Rose, Mary S. Food for School Boys and Girls. (_a_) Teachers College. 1914. 15 p. $.10. Practical principles; menus.

School of Mothercraft. Menu Sheets. 1916. 31 in set. $.25 per set. $.50 per 100. Form similar to pp. 180-3, with space for recording.

School of Mothercraft. Diet Analysis Sheets. 1916. 100 in set. $.50. Form similar to p. 178. Space for recording.

U. S. Department of Agriculture pamphlets on food values, specific foods, cooking, cover a wide range, and are authoritative. Sent free.

II. Journal of Home Economics. (See Chap. I.)

Articles on nutrition and dietetics also appear in the pediatric journals (Chap. VII) and periodicals devoted to hygiene (Chap. VIII).

Technical articles appear in the American Journal of Physiology and the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

(See also Chap. VIII.)

CHAPTERS X AND XII. EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLES AND CURRICULUM

For greater convenience to the reader the references in this chapter are grouped first by subjects.

1. General books on principles and methods of education, pedagogy.

_A._ Systematic and textbooks.

Dearborn, George V. N. How to Learn Easily. Little. 1916. 125 pp. $1.00. From the standpoint of psychology and physiology.

Dewey, John. Interest and Effort in Education. Houghton. 1913. 101 p. $.60. The significance of each factor; their practical usage.

†Dewey, John. The School and Society. U. of C. 1912. 129 p. Illus. $1.00. Discussion of principles in elementary education; resumé of work in the Experimental School.

Dewey, John and Ethel. Schools of To-morrow. Dutton. 1915. 316 p. Illus. $1.50. Describes and comments upon progressive educational work as conducted at the Francis Parker, Gary and other selected schools, School of Organic Education, Teachers College kindergarten.

Graves, Frank P. Great Educators of Three Centuries. Macmillan. 1912. 289 p. Bibl. $1.10. The life work and influence of Comenius, Rousseau, Pestalozzi, Froebel and others to Spencer.

Henderson, Charles H. Education and the Larger Life. Houghton. 1902. 386 p. $1.30. Essays on organic education and the social purposes of education.

Henderson, C. H. What Is It to Be Educated? Houghton. 1914. 456 p. Bibl. $1.50. Supplementary to the author’s previous volume.

James, Wm., Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Life’s Ideals. Holt. 1899. 301 p. $1.50. Practical application of psychology to teaching and learning.

Partridge, George E. Genetic Philosophy of Education. Sturgis. 1912. 401 p. Bibl. $1.00. A clear epitome of the educational writings of G. Stanley Hall.

Thomson, Wm. H. Brain and Personality. Dodd. 1908. 335 p. Illus. $1.00. The physical basis of mind, evolution of the nervous system, anatomy and physiology of the speech mechanism; practical applications of neurology to psychology.

_B._ Popular.

Allen, Mary Wood. Making the Best of our Children. McClurg. $1.00 each.

Vol. I. Children to nine years.

Vol. II. Eight to twenty years.

Practical phases of physical, mental, social and religious training.

Birney, Mrs. Theodore. Childhood. (_a_) Stokes. 1905. 254 p. $1.00. Friendly, practical discourses by the founder of the Inter. Mothers’ Congress.

Burbank, Luther. The Training of the Human Plant. Century. 1907. 100 p. $.60. The needs, rights and potentialities of children; application of principles of biology to childhood and education.

Fisher, Dorothy Canfield. Mothers and Children. Holt. 1914. 285 p. $1.00. The child’s point of view; training in obedience.

†Forbush, Wm. B. The Coming Generation. (_a_) Appleton. 1912. 402 p. $1.50. Forces working for the betterment of American young people; betterment in the home, through birth and better health, through education, through religious and social nurture and service.

Gruenberg, Sidonie M. Your Child To-day and To-morrow. Lippincott. 1913. 234 p. Illus. $1.25. Discusses problems of punishment, children’s lies, training in reasoning, training through play; sex education, obedience, will.

McKeever, Wm. A. Farm Boys and Girls. Macmillan. 1912. 325 p. Illus. Bibl. $1.50. Especially for the mother in the rural home; home conveniences, children’s literature, rural recreations, and other practical problems.

†McKeever, Wm. A. Training the Boy. Macmillan. 1915. 368 p. Illus. Bibl. $1.50. Training from infancy through adolescence to develop the many-sided nature of the boy into a well-poised man; includes discussion of early childhood training, play, fighting, bad habits, vocational training, preparation for home and family life.

†McKeever, Wm. A. Training the Girl. Macmillan. 1914. 342 p. Illus. Bibl. $1.50. A companion volume to the foregoing.

2. Comenius, Pestalozzi, Froebel and Montessori.

Comenius. The School of Infancy. Heath. 99 p. Bibl. $1.00. The early educator’s discussions, though antiquated in some details, are full of inspiration for the present day. Education during the first six years, chiefly through play and habits.

Pestalozzi. How Gertrude Teaches Her Children. Bardeen. 1894. 256 p. Bibl. $1.00. A concrete view of Pestalozzi’s principles and methods in the education of little children in the home.

Froebel, Frederick. The Education of Man. (_c_) Appleton. 1905. 340 p. $1.50. The philosophy and principles of the kindergarten.

Froebel, Frederick. The Mother Play Book, with Miss Susan E. Blow’s commentary. Appleton. 1895. 316 p. $1.50. How the mother can educate the child through his daily play and spontaneous interests.

†Hughes, James L. Froebel’s Educational Laws. Appleton. 1901. 290 p. $1.50. A concise and clear resumé of Froebel’s principles.

Blow, Susan E., Harrison, Elizabeth & Hill, Patty S. The Kindergarten. Houghton. 1913. 301 p. $1.25. The point of view of the conservative and the progressive leaders in American kindergarten work; official report of the Committee of Nineteen of the International Kindergarten Union.

†Harrison, Elizabeth. A Study of Child Nature. Chicago Kg. College, Chicago. 1895. 207 p. $1.00. The kindergarten idea of development of mind, soul and body, with concrete application to child nature.

†Smith, Nora A. The Homemade Kindergarten. Houghton 1912. 117 p. $.95. Practical suggestions regarding the use of the home environment and the daily home life, according to Froebel’s principles.

Wiggin, Kate D. & Smith, Nora. Children’s Rights. Houghton. 1892. 235 p. $1.00. The rights of the child; children’s play, stories, playthings, reading; governing children.

Montessori, Maria. The Montessori Method. Stokes. 1912. 377 p. Ill. $1.75. Principles and methods elaborated by Mme. Montessori in Rome.

Hall, G. Stanley. Pedagogy of the Kindergarten. In his Educational Problems, Vol. I.

Dewey, John. Resumé and estimate of the Montessori Method, in his Schools of To-morrow.

3. Special phases of education; pedagogy of special subjects. Burk, Frederic. From Fundamental to Accessory in the Development of the Nervous System and its Movements. Ped. Sem. 1899. 59 p.

Hall, G. Stanley. Educational Problems. Appleton. 1911. 2 vol. $7.50. Pedagogy of the kindergarten, music, dancing, industrial education, moral and religious training, sex education; drawing, reading, history; children’s lies.

Halleck, Reuben P. Education of the Central Nervous System. Macmillan. Illus. 258 p. $1.00. Structure of the nervous system; training in habits; feelings, will.

Holmes, Arthur. The Conservation of the Child. Lippincott. 1912. 345 p. $1.25. Educational methods and special guidance for “the child who is different”, especially for backward or subnormal children.

O’Shea, M. V. Dynamic Factors in Education. Macmillan. 1908. 320 p. Illus. Bibl. $1.25. The motor factor in education; training the motor powers, inhibition, will.

Language.

O’Shea, M. V. Linguistic Development and Education. Macmillan. 1907. 327 p. Bibl. $1.25. Development of speech in childhood; training in efficiency in oral expression; teaching a foreign language; learning to read.

Scripture, E. W. Stuttering and Lisping. Macmillan. 1912. 247 p. Ill. Bibl. $1.00. How to prevent and overcome these defects.

Wright, S. D. What the Mother of a Deaf Child Should Know. Stokes. 1914. 125 p. $.75. Early home education and care.

Special references on precocity.

Burbank, Luther. Training of the Human Plant. (Chap. X, 1. _B._)

Terman, Lewis M. Hygiene of the Child. (Chap. VIII.)

Terman, Lewis M. Precocity and Prematuration. Amer. Jour. of Psy., April, 1905.

Tyler, J. M. Growth and Education. (Chap. V.)

4. Religious, moral, social, eugenic education.

_A._ Religious.

†Cope, Henry F. Religious Education in the Family. U. of C. 296 p. Bibl. $1.25. Comprehensive, practical; considers nature and interests of the child, the family life, religious teaching in the home life under present-day conditions.

Chamberlain, Georgia. Child Religion in Song and Story. U. of C. Illus. Bibl. 2 vol. Each $1.25. Application of kindergarten principles to religious education, with special reference to elementary classes in Sunday Schools.

Moulton, Richard G., Ed. Children’s Series of the Modern Reader’s Bible. Vol I. Old Testament. Vol II. New Testament. Macmillan, 1899. $.50 each. Bible stories told in the language of the Bible, edited especially for children, printed in small volumes, without illustrations. Invaluable for telling the Bible stories.

Smith, Elva S. and Hazeltine, Alice I. Christmas in Legend and Story. Lothrop. 1915. 283 p. $1.50. Excellent collection of stories and poems, illustrated from famous paintings.

_B._ Moral and social.

Burgess, Gelett. The Goops and How to be Them. Stokes. 190 p. Illus. $1.50. Funny rhymes and pictures to teach very little children manners and morals.

†Cabot, Ella L. and others. A Course in Citizenship. Houghton. 1914. 386 p. Bibl. $1.25. Authorized by Mass. Branch of Amer. School Peace League. Training for citizenship in home, playground, neighborhood, nation, the world family. Compilation of illustrative stories and quotations.

Cabot, Ella L. Ethics for Children. Houghton. 1910. 254 p. Bibl. $1.25. Stories, poems and quotations, classified under specific ethical traits, arranged also by school years. Valuable for home use, with relatively slight following of yearly classification.

Dewey, John. Moral Principles in Education. Houghton. 1909. 60 p. $.35. Moral principles as a part of the method of education.

Field, Jessie and Nearing, Scott. Community Civics. Macmillan. 1915. 270 p. Illus. $.60. Practical ways of teaching civic responsibility and action to children; especially prepared for rural life.

Gulliver, Lucile. The Friendship of Nations. Ginn. 1912. 293 p. Illus. $.60. Story of the Peace Movement, told in stories, for children.

†James, Wm. Psychology (Briefer Course.) Holt. 1910. 477 p. Illus. $1.50. Chapter on Habits and Will; application of psychology to their training.

King, Henry C. Rational Living. Macmillan. 1905. 271 p. $1.25. Standards of conduct; working with nature; application of psychological principles to moral training.

Mumford, Edith E. R. The Dawn of Character. (Chap. XI.)

O’Shea, M. V. Social Development and Education. Macmillan. 1909. 575 p. Bibl. $2.00. Training in social development from infancy, in daily life and by special methods.

Payot, Jules. The Education of the Will. Funk. 1909. 448 p. $1.50. Education in early childhood; training in inhibition, self-control of appetites and emotions; will power.

Sneath, E. Hershey and Hodges, Geo. Moral Training in Home and School. Macmillan. 1914. 221 p. $.80.

Pritchard, Myron T. and Tarkington, Grace. Stories of thrift for Young Americans. Scribner. 1915. 221 p. $.60. Story-discussions for children on phases of thrift, saving time and resources, spending money; ownership.

_C._ Eugenics and sex education.

Bigelow, Maurice A. Methods in Sex Education. Macmillan. 1916. 150 p. $1.00. A thorough review of the history and pedagogy of sex education. A most valuable handbook for the educator and parent. Annotated bibliography.

Chapman, Mrs. Rose W. How Shall I Tell my Child? Revell. 1912. 62 p. $.25. Simple, giving biological facts with beauty and poetry, as a little child appreciates them.

Lyttleton, Rev. E. Training of the Young in Laws of Sex. Longman. 1912. 117 p. $1.00. Written for parents and teachers. Points out methods of instruction and training, and the relating of this subject to other phases of life. Does not include biological data.

Morley, Margaret W. The Spark of Life. Revell. 1913. 62 p. $.25. Simple stories of nature, as told to a little child.

(See also Chap. IV, especially Cabot, Foerster, Jewett, March, Smith; and Chap. XVII, Bigelow, Morley.)

II. Kindergarten and First Grade. Bradley. $1.25. Suggestions for handwork, stories, educational play, for mothers and kindergartners.

Kindergarten-Primary Magazine. Kindergarten Magazine Co., Manistee, Mich. $1.00. Also popular magazine for mothers and kindergartners.

Religious Education. Rel. Ed. Assn. (See below.) $3.00. Valuable articles on religious education in childhood and adolescence, both in home, school and church. Non-sectarian.

Teachers College Record. Teachers College. $1.50. Valuable reports and articles on progressive and practical educational work, by members of Teachers College faculty.

Pedagogical Seminary. (See Chap. V.)

(For popular magazines on child training see list Chap. I.)

III. International Kindergarten Union. Bradley.

Professional organization of kindergartners. Annual meeting.

The Montessori Educational Association, Washington, D. C. Membership organization.

Moral Education League. Washington, D. C. Membership organization for the promotion of moral education in home and school. Issues leaflets and books.

National Education Association. Professional organization of educators in all fields. Annual meeting. Reports of proceedings contain many valuable papers on all phases of education.

National Kindergarten Association. New York City. Encourages development of kindergartens in new centers.

Religious Education Association. 330 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. Membership organization of educators, clergy, parents and laymen of all sects, interested in the furtherance of religious education and religious pedagogy. Annual meeting. Reports of proceedings contain valuable papers.

U.S. Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C. Dr. Philander P. Claxton, Commissioner of Education. Through its various divisions gathers data and statistics, makes surveys, disseminates information. Issues monthly bibliography and pamphlets, and annual report.