Field notes, v1753
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Jan. 28 Ourarishi urged that I write Mrs. Malick a letter I thanks. We went next to the New Town School, a girls school. The medium of instruction is Urdu. Ourarishi feels that science should be taught in the native tongue because the children think in their native language and thus gain a better grasp I conceive, etc. Mrs. Mumtaz was in hand to receive us and several sweet girls 12-13 yrs. old, one a very bright youngster - the president of the student body. We were presented [illegible] flowers for our lapel. Again we visited classrooms and the single all purpose lab which handles, chem, physics, and biology. A chemistry class was in action. The girls were dressed in colorful uniforms of varied style.. The girls assembled in the auditorium, sitting on the floor. I was formally introduced and asked to talk to them. I stressed the point that science studies need not require fancy equipment and that much science can be done outdoors with birds, insects, plants by applying measurement techniques. Dr. [illegible] Ourarishi followed in Urdu and I presumed helped clarify my points. These Pakistani girls darken the edges of their eyelids and often put a black line a line that turns upward at an angle. Sometimes a fairly broad area of the lower lid is darkened. We were shown "science fair" projects -