Stebbins, R 1963 Ocean Trip 150 Bangkok Jan. 31 lab next year and a new building. Since practical work is now compulsory (has been for 1 yr.), there will be a number of new labs constructed in the school. A syllabus, prescribing 20 topics as minimal in biology has been put out by the Ministry of Education. Mrs. Propheance read me the list. I can remember a few topics - photosynthesis, O2 production by plant, CO2 consumption by plant, osmosis, evolution, etc. Evidently the teachers are allowed considerable latitude in developing the topics. Mrs. Propheance and Mrs. Dunne have written lab manuals to implement the specifications of the Ministry (yet neither is a biologist). Other manuals are available, written by other people. The teacher has a choice. The young woman teacher, whose name I didn't get, said that she was going through the lesson on flowers for a second time for my benefit. The boys were drawing the parts of actual blossoms and referring to help board drawing for help in labelling. Razors were in use again. Many different flowers were in use and the teacher explained that it was up to the student to learn to recognize the parts in flowers