ii8 HOUSEHOLD BACTERIOLOGY 



The young girl in the Tennessee mountains may be 

 able to give of her experience to the college profes- 

 sor, while in between and among all grades a common 

 bond of interest has been welded because of our com- 

 mon studies. 



Nor does the enrolled student alone gain knowledge 

 from this company of common workers. The in- 

 structors are not barred out from this feast of good 

 things. Through the tests, returned from all quarters 

 and by so many persons of varied attainments, stand- 

 ards of living and rich experiences, the instructors are 

 helped to a broader outlook and if, originally they 

 were able to write facts which might serve as guide- 

 posts in daily living, by this time the index finger 

 should assuredly be pointed toward many other helpful 

 paths. 



Some one has said that a guide-post is that which 

 tells others to go the way in which you will not walk. 

 This we will not accept, but wherever any guiding 

 finger seems to invite, let us take that path so far at 

 least as it serves our purpose and conditions. 



Here are some of the directions in which the stu- 

 dents of Bacteriology have walked and others may 

 follow. The following report from Utah may inspire 

 another to do likewise : 



"I have tried to put my newly acquired knowledge 

 into practice around the home. For example, I am 

 being more careful of our food products to keep them 

 from dust. I have used a dampened cloth in dusting 



