Packer Collegiate Institute - Pelican Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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70 T he Pezeker Collegiate fmfifufe Qlbzmistrp. , The chemical laboratory is supplied with all conveniences required for a course in chemistry. There are tables specially fitted for this line of study, each having its own gas and Water fixtures, re-agents, apparatus, and compartment drawers. The study of elementary chemistry is pur- sued during the Third Collegiate grade. Six periods a Week are given to this Work-two periods to lectures and recitations, and four to the laboratory. The students perform such experiments as enable them to illus- trate general laws of chemical action, and to gain familiarity with the more important elements and compounds. Special attention is given to the chemical phenomena of daily experience. In the Work of the second sem- ester, the metals and their compounds are studied in detail, the laboratory practice being devoted to analytical processes. iubpziw. . T The study of physics is begun with the first semester of the Second Collegiate grade

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6 ns and 'gh the hapters TC Work Preyer. th the ld with tin and instru- :action ugh a grade.. ily for abora- frees ent is :pared :ellenf daily ay be The Packer Collegiate Institute 69 elected in either the Second or Third Aca- demic grade. ln addition to the recitations, two hours a Week are given to laboratory Work on charts, maps, models, and other illustrative material. Qccasional excursions are made for field study, in which general and local features of the earth's form are examined in process of development. mbpsinlugp. Students of physiology meet their instruc- tors daily through a semester of the First Academic yeargfor lectures and recitations, and also twice each Week for Work in the laboratory. They perform illustrative ex- periments and simple dissections, and are taught the use of the microscope in the ex- amination of tissues. The department is furnished with Auzoux and Ziegler models of special organs, a mani- kin, a skeleton, simple and compound micro- d l t rn and orte scopes, microtomes, an a an e p - lumiere for microscopiC prOjCC'C10H- . -e..,,.. ,, Y4

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iflflyfe Supllllffd with 3 Course in Pficrally litted Wing its Own fs, apparatus, nisrry is pu.. te grade. Six 5 work-two ans, and four :nts perform .em to illus- ction, and to 'c important tial attention rrena of daill second Self' npOtlIld3 are rcesses. rhr . dr lcglate un with Q, I i The Parker' Collegian fmfifulea 71 and is continued throughout the year, four periods a Week being given to recitations and illustrated lectures, and two periods to laboratory practice. A minimum of fifty lab- oratory exercises is required of each student. All measurements are made in the metric system. Une period each Week is devoted to the solution of problems involving the principles developed in the class-room. A year's Work in physical science is required for graduation. Students in the classical course may, choose between a year of chem- istry in the Third Collegiate or a year of physics in the Second Collegiate grade. The Work. in either subject meets requirements for entrance at college. A third semester of physics is prescribed for the students of the mathematical course, and may be elected by others Who have com- pleted the Work of elementary physics. It includes at more thorough study of light, heat, and electricity. In the advanced course four periods a Week are given to laboratory Work, and three periods to lectures and reci- tations. t