The home has three responsibilities in the promotion of a child health program. The first is to maintain a healthy mental attitude of each member of the family. Next comes the need of providing correct diets for the children. Last is the prevention and control of communicable diseases.

"But we haven't any time!" That lament is always heard when anyone on this campus dares suggest that student here might conceivably devote a little more of their time to reading for pure enjoyment, to going to plays and lectures, and even to getting acquainted with other students.

"But college is so expensive!" exclaims the modern mother. "I'd like so much to have Jane go, but we just can't afford it. They say it costs about $1,000 a year, and since John's salary cut-"

"In the field of foods and nutrition most girls are looking forward to another year of study or apprenticeship," stated, Dr. P. Mabel Nelson, head of the Department of Foods and Nutrition, recently.

When as a student at Iowa State I once read that a ''nutritionist acts as the go-between for science and "the community," I little realized all that statement implied. Within the last few months I've learned-and I continue to learn-all that this "go-between" is expected to do.