By Zella Torchia

Heavens to Mergatroid, a bug collection for biology! Such adventure! Thank heaven for those biology teachers who allow students to check out butterfly nets.

There's nothing more enjoyable than the thrill of the hunt. First, one must choose the biggest and most vicious insect, and the chase is on.

'Round and 'round the garden and flowers the insect flits, but guess who's right on his tail! Whoosh‑Lessed. Whoosh‑got him that time! Now for the "killing bottle" and then the "spreading board."

Of course there are the night escapades, which are the most fun. A flashlight is a necessity for the night hunt. It's much more fun crawling under bushes at night; one never knows what he's going to find it may not even be an insect!

There's never a dull moment though, especially when it comes to mounting them. With each pin one sticks into a bug, he can pretend it's one of his teachers! Now is that fun or is it fun?

Next comes identifying "dem dere" bugs. Each mounted little "bundle of joy" should have a tag ‑ Mr. Alfonso Meanie, history teacher; Miss I. M. Cruel, English teacher; and on down the line.

Seriously though, we really do appreciate the HARD EARNEST (?) work the biology teachers go through just to teach their students that a cricket's legs should never be broken just to make him fit on the mounting board!