Packer Collegiate Institute - Pelican Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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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-

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