School Hygiene
- Author:
Fletcher B. Dresslar, Ph.D. New York: The Macmillan
uo., iyia. rp. xi + 309. nius.
Dr Dresslar, who is now specialist in school hygiene and sanitation for the United States Bureau of Education, was for several years professor of education and dean of the School of Education of the University of Alabama. He is an acknowledged authority, therefore, upon the correlated sciences included under the term which serves as title for his manual, “School Hygiene.” His treatment of this very complicated body of fact is simple and untechnical. He says that his book is “not written for the specialist in school hygiene, but for busy teachers, and the author hopes that it will do some small service in convincing them of the great importance of making school life wholesome and healthful, and of instructing the children, directly and indirectly, in matters relating to hygienic living in school and at home.” It seems to the reviewer that Dr Dresslar has fully succeeded in making his book impressive, and yet not at all forbidding. In his introductory chapter Dr Dresslar divides school hygiene into two main divisions. “One division has to do with the physical environment of the child during his school life; the other takes cognizance of the laws of mental hygiene as illustrated by the proper adjustment of the subjects of the curriculum to the mental powers and needs of the children.” His sound and comprehensive consideration of the second purpose of school hygiene, i. e. the adjustment of the curriculum to mental powers and needs, combined with his thorough discussion of the physical conditions of schoolroom efficiency, makes his book a valuable reference for educational experts, as well as a manual for teachers. The chapters are conveniently broken up into sections, with paragraph headings which make it easy to find what one is looking for, and each chapter is followed by several topics suggested for study or investigation, and by a short list of selected references. As there are twenty-six chapters altogether, the bibliography thus given represents a fairly complete survey of the related subjects. A. T.
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