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ing bag worms for our nature teacher, and that they were very 

 destructive to the trees. 



He said, "All right, you can get as many as you like," and then 

 picking one up he said, "Why they are just like silk worms." 



I showed him the inside of one and said, "This little worm is like 

 a silk worm in appearance, but it is very harmful. It not only 

 makes its little house out of the leaves or needles of the tree but 

 eats them too. 



He said he hoped all the school children in Washington would 

 help get them. 



I worked till about sundown and was very much pleased over 

 my work. That evening I counted them, and I had six hundred 

 and twenty. 



When each pupil's final total was summed up, I had nine hundred 

 and fifty, this was the third highest in the class. 



It will be one of my pleasant remembrances of my school life in 

 Washington to feel I have done my little to help keep the trees and 

 shrubs beautiful. 



Kathryn Ripley Smith. 



January 13, 1920. 



My Reasons for Lack of Getting Bagworms 



In the nineteen-twenty class of the Ross School, Washington , 

 D..C, there was a contest being staged on the harmful insects 

 known as bagworms. 



When the contest ended, the number of worms which had been 

 gathered approached the fifteen thousand mark. I was only able 

 to get seven of the number because it was not a thing that I will 

 call interesting. I indulged in procrastination and the results 

 brought were worthless, I, at the bottom of the class and the leader 

 having gathered over two thousand alone. "Never again," quoth 

 the raven and I. 



If any such contest is staged once more, I will be near the front 

 or I will know the reason for my failure. 



Louis Nuber. 



