Field notes, v1753
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Stebbins, R. 1963 Asian Trip Karachi Jan. 21 arrived. Also visited the botany lab where I saw preserved marine algae, fair & grain & other seeds. The children are taken on field trips and are encourage to write ecological notes but they often get carried away by collecting and so less about the notes. Also visited the physics lab & observed the girls working with magnets and ampers to plot lines I face. In the chemistry lab, the teacher put on some fireworks which she is preparing for some program coming up. Again there were many dust covered bottles with aging labels suggesting little use. The room was poorly lighted. The arrangement of work benches was as noted in the school in Delhi. The chemistry & physics labs, visited were large -- perhaps 60-70 ft. x 40 ft. The life science labs were smaller. A long hall-way like walk area induced each lab and was set up by a solid wall with doors at intervals. This hallway was well lighted by a long bank of windows and a continuous length workbench ran the length of the "hall". Sinks were spaced at intervals along the other side of the