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A Proposed Course In General Science For The Portola High School, Homer Dewitt Hildebrant

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

In this thesis the author's first aim is to not forth a science course that will awaken the students of this high school to a realization of the significance end value of their environment, and thereby stimulate their interest and appreciation of things scientific. We are living in the midst of a great scientific age, and application of scientific knowledge will continue more and more to dominate our life. It is essential then that our high school boys and girls should learn how to adapt themselves to this life of scientific application, and be able to interpret their own environment …