Word: labs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that concentration in Biology, as in Chemistry, means devotion to Biology, and little or no time left for extended study in other fields or extracurricular activities. The laboratory work will take at least four afternoons a week, and the evenings will generally be taken up preparing notes on the lab work or preparing for one of the frequent quizzes which dot the field. On the whole this had led pre-med students to other fields, and the number of concentrators has dropped slightly to about 93 last year...
Biology 1 is the fundamental course in Botany. Fine lectures by Weston and individual aid from Wetmore make the course a success. It was claimed that too much atention was given to drawing ability and that the lab work was not counted strongly enough. This course has been weak in enrollment, mostly because until recently Botany has been neglected in course...
...long laboratory hours, amounting to a minimum of 12 hours a week are a necessary part of the training, and those who are interested in the field realize this. Moreover the lab work is directed by very competent section men. But it was felt that opening the laboratories from 7:00 to 9:30 o'clock in the evening for individual work would not be much of a burden on the department and would allow concentrators to spend their afternoons outside of the laboratory. As it is, they close at 5:00 o'clock even in the advanced courses...
Chemistry 4 is on Quantitative Analysis. Baxter is a good lectures he is a stickler for precision. Both it and 44. a loss thorough half-year course on the same subject intended for pre-medical students and non-honors men, are centered around the lab, which takes 10 to 18 hours a week...
Chemistry 15, General Biological Chemistry, is good only for pre-medical work. There is no lab and the lectures are not well organized...