A Humorous Blast From the Past Starring Horticulture Teacher Louise Klein Miller
"Miller had been telling a crowd of pupils about the insects that attack plants and warned them, especially against the malevolent San Jose Scale."
August 30, 1910
On this day, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle out of Brooklyn, New York, ran an adorable article I discovered while researching Louise Klein Miller and her time teaching horticulture:
"Miller had been telling a crowd of pupils about the insects that attack plants and warned them, especially against the malevolent San Jose scale.
She suggested they go to the school library, get a book about it, and read about Its habits and the remedy for checking its career.
One young woman went to the librarian the next morning and said she wanted something about the San Jose Scale.
"Without even looking up from her desk, the Librarian said, "Go to the music department."
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