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Stebbins, R.
1963
Asian Trip
Karachi
Jan. 22 and a keen intellect. Again the children were in uniform. Both boys and girls were together. Ouraiski explained that they were separated in Pakistan schools at adolescence. The school was a two-story stone & mortar building still in the process of construction, built around a quad, recently planted to wire (?) grass.
Some classes have been studying archeology and trips have been made to excavation sites along the Indus. Plaster casts have been made of artifacts.
Visited the science laboratories in chem, physics, botany, and zoology. In physics lab saw careful drawings of Wheatstone bridge, and other circuits. The students were working on problems in electricity and were studying in pairs. Table tops were of plastic, there were plenty of balances. The lab. was perhaps 60-70 ft. x 30-40 ft. Wall cabinets contained presses, and a variety of physical apparatus. There was a static electricity machine. The lab. and its physical composition seemed to be at a high level.
The chemistry lab. was of similar size. Bunsen burners were in use and the chemical containers looked newer & as though the lab were in more use