Word: turning
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...limbs. These worms vary in size from three-eighths of an inch to over three inches in length, when they are the most destructive. They then bore across and completely girdle large limbs, and frequently even girdle the trunk, finally cutting a cell close to the bark and there turning into pupas. When these develop they push out through the bark and become moths, which in turn lay their eggs in the bark of the twigs. The elm beetle works in a similar manner, through it does not cut across the wood, but burrows mostly in the inner bark...
...have to be sent out and answers received before any definite arrangements can be made. This is the situation faced by the committee, which is powerless without the co-operation of the class. While February 18 may seem far off to those who have no further responsibility than to turn up in their evening clothes, it leaves little enough time to arrange all the detail of a big dance. The class will expect a memorable occasion when the time comes, but unless it supports the committee now, its expectations will be in vain...