Packer Collegiate Institute - Pelican Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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76 The Peteker Collegiate Institute spider-line micrometer. The diameter of the object-glass is six inches. The lecture-room for classes in natural history may be instantly darkened for the use of the lecturer's lantern. The lecture table is amply furnished With fixtures, and against the Walls are convenient cases for the collections used by the teachers of geology, botany, and physiology. if Ghz library. The Institute has a choice collection of over eight thousand five hundred volumes. More than one-third of them are books of reference. There are many of the recent and more scholarly histories, and a large collec- tion of maps and atlases. Natural science is Well represented, as are also the departments of travel, criticism, and general literature in English and in foreign languages. The resources of the library are increased by daily requisitions from the collections of the Brooklyn Public Library. Carefully selected newspapers and magazines are pro- vided for the use of students having occasion . .,,,.4,, , , N V f e W V YY -, I-.,,.-, . .-...n ., -- -

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21Spire ea the if stu- lte at egiate may be te on with rawng rilege lnsti- pro- such r in- t the pro- 'ized she fudy her ned she iThe-Packer Collegiate Institute t 75 first entered at college, and hasthe commen- dation of the college. Upon making known her Wish to be fitted for college, a student of the Academic ide- partment Will have her Work adjusted in accordance with the requirements of the col- lege which she Wishes to enter. Qllihs ann Elfntentthes to ituhp. g F or the teaching of science, the Institute is furnished with a generous supply of appara- tus, to Whichadditions are continually made, - The cabinets include an excellent collec- tion of minerals and fossils, illustrative of the geological history of the earth, of shells, birds, and other specimens illustrative of Zoology, a manikin, skeleton, and set of models for use in teaching physiology, an abundant supply of stereopticon slides illus- trative of topics in history, art, and science, and microscopes which students of natural history are taught to use. The observatory is provided with an achro- matic telescope, equatorially mounted, with declination and right ascension circles and ----sf.r .,.4,.-ind- . n...

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Of the Liltllral Jr the ecture S, and Dr the Jlogy, in of imes. rs of tand nllec- -ce is ents e in :sed of lly lfO'f ion The Pezeker Collegiate Imlifule 77 to study current topics. Poole's and the Annual Literary Index are at hand as biblio- graphical aids. Recognizing ability to make the best use of a library as an important factor in educa- tion, the Institute provides for each student in the Collegiate and Academic departments practical instruction in reference Work. Such instruction is given by the librarian by means of lectures to classes and by personal help to students in the Working out of test problems involving the use of reference books. I t is the practice of teachers to refer pupils to the library for additional information on topics discussed in the class-room. In some courses, as in English literature and the his- tory of art, no text-book is used, the library Supplying the material for the students' pre- paration. Special libraries, numbering from one hun- dred to three hundred volumes, are kept for Feady reference in the departmentsof ancient languages, of physics, and of chemistry. Carefully selected libraries of entertaining b00liS are kept in the rooms of the lowest Academic and in some of the Preparatory