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...Algebra Prescribed...
...different forms. The lower classes, whose time has been almost entirely devoted to mathematics and the classics, have little option in the matter. To cram up successfully, the text of the works must be gone over in some form. In mathematics the propositions of geometry and the problems of algebra are reviewed with more or less care, according to the natural taste of the student for the subjects. Some men, good in every other branch, make wretched work of mathematics, and only gain a semi-mastery of the principles by hours of study. These men have a hard time during...
...Mathematics-Algebra, through quadratic equations : plane geometry...
...Modern Language Association a discussion concerning college requirements in German and French brought out the fact that at Harvard the proportion of men conditioned at entrance in those subjects was about equal the number stuck in algebra and geometry...
...number of mathematics conditions which have, like a cloud before the sun, obscured the prospect of a degree to many of our fellow students. But all this, be it thankfully said, is changed now we must display a knowledge of analytics sufficient to gain a paltry forty percent. Algebra and trigonometry are things of the past now, and like all other relics of antiquity may be forgotten as speedily as possible. The only dark side to this blissful picture is the remorse which some men will feel who have squandered small fortunes in the unsuccessful attempt to tutor through...