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Important changes were made in the Scientific School in 1888 89. Latin was dropped as a requirement for admission, and English and American history were substituted; these make the requirements for admission. English and American history, Algebra, plane geometry, logarithms and plane trigonometry, physics, English, and French or German. The former four years' course called Mathematics and Physics was converted into a course on Electrical Engineering...
...Sawin was chosen a member of the faculty. During his instructorship he prepared in collaboration with Professor George W. Wentworth, his teacher at Exeter, a high school algebra and an advanced geometry, both of which are recognized as valuable text books by teachers of advanced mathematics. At the time of his death Mr. Sawin was a member of the city council of Cambridge. Surely no instructor at Harvard was beloved by the students more than Mr. Sawin. At once agreeable and dignified, he won his way to the hearts of all. He, more than almost any other of the younger...
...department of Mathematics the instructors in many courses are changed. New courses are, Math. 12, Theory of Equation.- Mr. Sawin. Math. 14, Higher Algebra.- Mr. Sawin. Math. 16, Problems in Mechanics of Rigid Bodies.- Professor Byerly...
TUTORING in Philosophy 11and 13; also in German, Latin and Algebra. Instruction given in Law, including Code pleading and practice...
TUTORING in Philosophy 11and 13; also in German, Latin and Algebra. Instruction given in Law, including Code pleading and practice...