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Stotzner, R.
1963
50
Asahi Trip
New Delhi
Jan. 15 Wall exhibit cases contained rather
complete stuffed animals with dramatic
backgrounds - mongoose and cobra,
hawk feeding on a bird, other stuffed
birds. A wall case contained many
small jars of preserved animals in
spirits. I was told these were species
from India, illustrative of taxonomic
types. Obviously the approach here is
the old morphology - Taxonomy one and
there appears to be little of modern biology.
The chemistry lab was smaller, perhaps
25 x 25', also poorly lighted (no lights were
on). The students used small spirit
lamps for heating substances. Numerous
dust-covered bottles with old-looking labels
stood on the center piece that ran the
length of the work table. The tables
faced me another and were separated by
this central partition except where sinks
were located. In none of the labs visited
were any black boards seen except for one
small one in the physics lab. The chemistry
students - boys I perhaps 14-15yrs. were
engaged in qualitative analysis and each
had been given an unknown substance to
identify. In the physics lab, the students
were studying electrical conductivity of