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"I consider the treatment of the subject the most sane andpractical that I know of, and therefore feel that I canconscientiously recommend the book most heartily. There is nosubject so much hampered by ignorance, misconception andprejudice as that with which the book deals. I am sure thetreatment of the matter will result in a more wholesome andhealthful conception of the entire subject."—Dr. Henry F.Kallenberg, The Institute and Training School of Young Men'sChristian Associations.
"Chapter four naturally brings everything to a practical focusand seems to me admirable. Chapter five, too, impressed me asvery useful. The topical questions and their answers in theappendix was a very happy thought and adds materially to thevalue of the book."—Dr. G. Stanley Hall, President ClarkUniversity.
"I have gone through the book carefully and I am greatly pleasedwith it. I think it is admirably adapted to the needs andtemperament of college men, and possibly all men. The topicsdiscussed are of prime importance and interest for young men,the method of presentation is in all respects commendable, andthe style is practical and concrete. The book ought to find itsway into the hands of a great many young men. It should be inthe hands of fathers and even mothers who have sons in theadolescent period."—Prof. M.V. O'Shea, University ofWisconsin.
"I have no hesitancy in saying that it is by far the bestpresentation of this very important subject that I have everseen. It answers many important questions for which I have seenno answer elsewhere."—Prof. William R. Manning, PurdueUniversity.
"I have heard the lecture and read the book and do not hesitateto recommend it. It is all that a young man needs to read toinform him of his duties and his perils in this matter. Theethical ideals are high and the advice sensible and wise."—Dr.Charles R. Henderson, Department of Sociology, University ofChicago.
"Some day Sexual Hygiene will have a place in the curriculum ofevery college. It is a subject that every college man doesconsider in one way or another, but often ignorantly, or underunwise guidance. Dr. Hall's book is so simple and sane as wellas scientific, that I wish it might be in the hands of everycollege man in the country."—Dr. George A. Coe, NorthwesternUniversity.
"I consider it admirable in both conception and execution. Sofar as I know, it is unique in its presentation of thesematters, especially on the hygienic side and shall be pleased torecommend it at every opportunity."—Dr. William T. Belfield,Bush Medical College, University of Chicago.
"The book seems to me calculated to be very useful, and shouldbe in the hands of a large number of collegeundergraduates."—Dr. Isaac Sharpless, President HaverfordCollege.
"I have read the book and had other priests read it and allconcur in my opinion that it is destined to become a powerfulauxiliary to our young men in their struggle for a purer life.The language is not vague, but to the point, and