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plimented upon placing in compact form, easy access, and good binding, the material comprised between the covers. It would also be well to read at the same time the little volume put out in 1931, School Ventilation, Principles and Practices, representing the final contribution of the New York Commission on Ventilation. The present work endorses most of the Commission's findings, while it adds considerable in the way of new thought and experiences. EMERY R. HAYHURST Children of the New Day-By Katherine Glover and Evelyn Dewey. New York: Appleton-Century, 1934. 432 pp. Price, $2.25. A satisfactory method is employed in this book to interpret for parents and guardians the technical reports of the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection. It is presented along lines similar to the volumes appearing in the Century Childhood Library. The main sections of the White House Conference reports are set forth in simple,. non-technical language and easy style. The " discussion points" at the end of each chapter present the major findings of the various committees of the Conference. The book should popularize and extend the information assembled in the more detailed and formidable reports. It offers no easy solution of the problems it presents, but concludes that "perhaps the only real gift we can pass on to children today is awareness." RICHARD A. BOLT avoids most of the technical terminology, minimizes tables, resorts more widely to graphic presentation, and relegates the footnotes to an appendix. One other contrast with similar books is a somewhat broader point of view, responsive to problems of the present economic situation. For instance, the desirability of training workers in groups of related jobs to facilitate readjustment if the job is displaced by machine or depression; and the psychological problems of possibly adjusting 10,000,000 white collar workers to manual jobs in the next 10 years; again, where experiments with shortened hours have increased total output, the implications regarding government efforts to shorten hours to increase jobs. After two chapters from the historical standpoint comes the discussion of employment problems. The procedure of job analysis is outlined, with forms and charts. The use of employment tests are standardized by comparison with ability in the job. The method is illustrated by numerous, brief, well selected examples. The author wisely cautions against the use of such tests by "amateurs." An outstanding aspect of accidents is the existence of individual susceptibility and the possibility of measuring this by tests. Of equal importance is the study of the individual accident case from a clinical standpoint. Typical casestudies are included. Factors such as fatigue, ventilation, and attitude are discussed. The author recommends " the replacement of a fatalistic doctrine of 'chance' by a dynamic policy of individual mental hygiene in accident prevention." Training considers practising only correct methods; training on the job rather than in the classroom; initial emphasis on accuracy rather than speed; distributed rather than intensive practice; and practice curves as a guide and for motivation. The author The Science of Work-By Morris S. Viteles. New York: Norton, 1934. 442 pp. Price, $4.00. This work is essentially a recasting in more popular form of a previous text, Industrial Psychology, by the same author. The earlier book was technical and exhaustive, but the present one
American Journal of Public Health – American Public Health Association
Published: Oct 1, 1934
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