The Winners 



Fiom left to right standing: Charles Hagner (school winner), Dorothy Logan, Florence 

 Banks, Loleta Chalmers, Elsie Carlberg (2nd place where winner was withdrawn), Emma 

 Shaw, Leona Holton, Hilda Hall, Mary Hitch. 



Seated: David Blair, George Merritt, Ralph Zeese, James Bowman, Arnold Fcgelgrin' 

 Emerson Wilson, Edward LeCarpentier. 



Bagworm Collections in a Wilmington Del. School 



Edith W. Warner 



Nature Studv Teacher 



From December 17 to 24 the Pupils of Grammar School No. 

 24 of the Public Schools of Wilmington, Delaware engaged in a 

 contest for collecting and destroying of bagworm cocoons. The 

 bagworms had been causing great damage, by eating the leaves 

 of many beautiful trees, and after studying of these caterpillars, 

 the children were given one week for collecting the cocoons; 

 at the end of the given time, each pupil gave an account of his 

 cocoons and the class then went out to a spot back of the school 

 where a bonfire was made of cocoons and paper to make the cocoons 

 burn well. The children enjoyed the bonfire very much. Owing 

 to bad weather, at that time only 313 children took ])art in iIk' 

 contest, but this number destroyed the total number of 67.530 



cocoons. 



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