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- are distinctive?
Here prescribed course work is the rule
unlike the situation in England. In 3rd [third] year
3 afternoons + in 4th [fourth] year 4 afternoons are devoted
to zoology. Course exams are held + if a
man does very well in them he can be
excused the later degree exams which are
held annually.
Honours students at Edinburgh have to take
a course at a marine station in either 3rd [third] or
4th [fourth] years.
I find a growing opinion among the zoologists
that the "humanities" background is a dead duck
+ no longer productive of the type of men
needed. On the other hand it was remarked
that the end result of British vs [versus] American
advanced Education was much the same as
regards quality of product.
Sept [September] 13/52 [1952]. Edinburgh.
Lunched today with Mr Bowles, Secretary-Director of the
Edinburgh Zoo + then had a most instructive tour
of the zoo with him. They cannot keep beavers
here, they get an enteritis + die. Their kangaroos
all get actinomycosis sooner or later, except Bennetts
Wallaby from Tasmania. Most other things do well
enough.
The penguin colony is their crowning achievement
They have bred ringed (once - 1952), macaroni, gentoo
Marginalia: Scottish Univ. [University] Organization
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