Packer Collegiate Institute - Pelican Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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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

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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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72 The Peteker Collegiate Institute Qhulhgp. The study of geology is elective during the first semester of the Senior year. ln addition to the class-room work, a course of illustrated lectures on the physics of the earth's crust is given by the professor of physics. Laboratory instruction also is given on the use of the blow-pipe for the determi- nation of minerals. The student is assumed to possess some knowledge of chemistry. The Institute has a good collection of minerals and fossils, which is carefully classi- fied and conveniently arranged for ready use. Free access is had to several large museums. flbpsiral Qstruuump. , r A course in astronomy is given to those who elect it during the second semester of the Senior year. Previous knowledge of physics and chemistry is desirable, but is not made a condition of election. No mathe- matics beyond geometry is applied. The objects of the course is to give a general knowledge of the universe, the nature, move-