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Stebbins, R.
1963
Asian Trip
48
New Delhi
Jan 15 visited in the U.S.
Mahesharwi summarized his remarks by saying he thought ① Biology must be integrated with physics and chemistry ② must be taught as a unified science, including both botany and zoology and ③ should make use of field studies.
I described my own work in the elementary grades and he asked me to send him a copy of "Animal Colonies."
I then went with Dr. Ngai to the Birla High Secondary School, grades 6-11. I believe he said the school conferred conferred the Master of Science in Biol. I met the principal Dr. M.D. Sharma, a most gracious gentleman and visited the biology, chemistry, and physics laboratories.
The biology lab was a room perhaps 30 x 40 feet (quite spacious). It probably would hold some 24 students. There was adequate desk space but rather weak lighting from a bank of Narada's (it was overcast) + no lights were on in the lab. About 10 students were at work, several learning the parts of a flower, which they were pulling apart and describing in connection with listing the family characteristics. The rest