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Stebbins, R.
1963
Asian Trip
Bangkok
Jan. 31 a height of over 50 ft. It must have
had a wing span of 8" This is the country
for outdoor biology.
An appointment was made for Dr.
Dart to see Mr. Saman Sumitra,
the Department of
Director General of Secondary Education.
The science supervisors urged that he be
briefed on the new U.S. curriculum studies.
He was formerly a physics teacher.
In the evening Dr. Dart and I attended
a dinner party. The affair evidently
stemed from the departure of
and our visit. It was stag.
Present were Kloen, Kamhaeng (bracketing
Stebbins) at the table),
(bracketing Dart ), and
and Pradiath.
It was a very pleasant evening. I
ate shark's fin soup (rather cartilageous
but tasty), duck brain and tongue and
steamed abalone (unpotted) for the first
time. I was told the abalone had an
aphrodisiac effect.
In comparing the possibilities for
development of laboratory science in the
secondary schools here and in India,
I have the feeling that Thailand is
more willing to experiment and perhaps