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Stebbins, R.
1963
Aisin Trip
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New Delhi
Jan. 15 Poor children get their tuition waived and the
Government pays the bill.
Teachers
The Summer Institute for Science will be
in June and July - or it may start as early
as May. It will run 8 or 10 weeks.
Leonard seemed unsure as to what could
be done in biology at teaching institute.
BSCS materials, he felt, needed to be adapted
to the country, drawing upon examples of
Indian flora and fauna and such an
adaptation has not been undertaken. I
suggested that field observation approach
might be stressed and described what
we have been attempting with the ranger
program in the Jewel Lake Nature Area.
He agreed something of this sort might be
done. I pointed out the excellent opportunities
to study birds, since they are so abundant
and tame in India.
At 10:15 a.m., I visited Professor P.
Makeshwarji, Chairman of the Department
of Botany, New Delhi Univ. I described the
purpose of my visit, briefly outlined for
him the content of the guide-lines report
and allowed him to look through the
manual. He seemed pleased with it and
asked if I could send him a copy which
he would evaluate and returned. He