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mat the time is not far distant when their leaven will begin to show signs
of leavening the whole mass.
< >n the same evening of graduation the people of the community who
were responsible for the gift of the laboratory in recognition and apprecia­
tion of Mr. Van Ess’ twenty-five years of service to the Arab took the J
opportunity to make the official presentation of the laboratory to the \
school. Speeches were made by the committee who had carried through
the project and a huge brass tablet upon which were inscribed the name* i
o f the donors was presented. Many appreciative and eloquent remark* J
were made showing the high esteem in which Mr. Van Ess is held in the
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community.
After these exercises the audience was invited to inspect the lalxira- «
tory. The laboratory was brightly lighted, several experiments were going
the table, the microscopes stood ready for the inquisitive eye of the
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wonder-stricken Arab, the skeleton hanging from its hook provoked many
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awed remarks, an induction coil arrangement gave them plenty of shock*
the natural history section with its snakes, birds, and bugs was open for . !
inspection and found many interested spectators. Most of the visitors J
had never seen a physics laboratory nor anything approaching one so it rj
was a distinct treat for them. They were greatly pleased with what they \ *
had given for they saw tangible investments m the different apparatus** 1
We are indeed fortunate to have such a splendidly equipped lal>oratury.
It ranks with a college physics laboratory and meets a great need im *
unly of our school but of the community. There have been many inspec-
tion tours from time to time and the fame of it has spread to many parti
of Itasrah and Iraq. We have had the laboratory for two years but lhl
official presentation was not made until this date. ’ •