Flowerless-Plant Study 725 



What makes the spots? Describe the shape of the spots. The color. 

 Are any of them pimple-shaped? Make a drawing of the slice of potato 

 showing the bacteria spots. What are the bacteria doing to the potato? 

 Take a part of the slice of potato with the bacteria spots upon it, and put 

 it in the sunshine. What happens? Compare this with the part kept in 

 the dark. 



After this lesson the children should be asked the following questions. 



1. Why should the hands always be washed before eating? 



2. Why should the finger nails be kept clean? 



3. Why should we never bite the finger nails nor put the fingers in 

 the mouth? 



4. Why should we never put coins in the mouth? 



5. Why should wounds be carefully cleansed and dressed at once? 



6. Why should clothing, furniture-and the house be kept free from 

 dust? 



7. Why should sweeping be done as far as possible without raising 

 dust? 



8. Why are hardwood floors more healthful than carpets? 



9. Why is a damp cloth better than a feather duster for removing 

 dust? 



10. Why should the prohibition against spitting in public places be 

 strictly enforced ? 



11. Why should the dishes, clothes and other articles used bysick 

 persons be kept distinctly separate from those used by well members of 

 the family ? 



12. Why should food not be exposed for sale on the street? 



13. Why, during an epidemic, should water be boiled before drinking? 



"This habit of looking first at what we call the beauty of objects is closely associated 

 with the old conceit that everything is made to please man: man is only demanding his 

 own. It is true that everything is man's because he may use it or enjoy it, but not 

 because it was designed and 'made' for 'him' in the beginning. This notion that all 

 things were made for man's special pleasure is colossal self-assurance. It has none of 

 the humility of the psalmist, who exclaimed, 'What is man, that thou art mindful of 

 him? 



" ' What were these things made for, then?' asked my friend. Just for themselves! 

 Each thing lives for itself and its kind, and to live is worth the effort of living for man 

 or bug. But there are more homely reasons for believing that things were not made for 

 man alone. There was logic in the farmer' s retort to the good man who told him that 

 roses were made to make man happy. 'No, they wa'n't', said the farmer, 'or they 

 wouldn't a had prickers.' A teacher asked me what snakes are 'good for.' Of course 

 there is but one answer: they are good to be snakes." 



— "The Nature Study Idea", L. H. Bailey. 



