AIRPLANES AND HOW THEY FLY,
byMarshall McGlintock '26. Frederick A. StokesCompany, 1943, $2. 94 pages.
Most youngsters, both boys and girls, make wonderful airplane spotters. At least they do in my neighborhood, and they can recognize planes usually far better than their elders. Furthermore they know quite a bit about them and are anxious to know more.
This book is exactly what it sets out to be: a complete primer of aviation for younger boys and girls who want to understand why andhow a plane flies. It contains a brief history of man's conquest of the air beginning with the legend of Icarus through the Wright Brothers and up to the helicopter. There is even a mention of the "jet" idea, recently described in the press, and also of the possibility of giant cargo and transport planes being propelled by Diesel engines.
There follows a clear statement of the principles of aerodynamics, a description of the chief types of planes—their engines, instruments, equipment: and the book ends with a glimpse into the immense future of flying.
There are many helpful drawings by Arthur Silz which add greatly to the clarity of the exposition.
Highly recommended to all parents who have children interested in planes and in flying.
Ski Lure Tours, written and compiled by James Westaway McCue, published by the author at North Plymouth, Massachusetts, is a well illustrated volume relating largely to ski centers in the White Mountain Region. Of interest to Dartmouth people are A Prayer ForSnow, by N. L. Goodrich (translated from the original German), the story of the Glenwood Hotel by Adrian Nitschelm '32, New EnglandLooks at Ski Teaching, by Ford K. Sayre '33 and Ski Jumping, by Carl E. Shumway '13.
National Council for the Social Studies andthe National Association of Secondary SchoolPrincipals, Departments of the National Education Association of Washington, have published a pamphlet of 60 pages, Making OurGovernment Efficient—Public Administrationin the United States. The "analysis" in this pamphlet is by Professor Leonard D. White '14, of the University of Chicago, and Maure L. Goldschmidt. This pamphlet, published at 30 cents, is unit No. 12 of Problems in American Life.
