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...spite of all these rules, it seems as though the student morals were not as high as they are today for there are records of men being dismissed for stealing firewood with which to break windows, stealing money, and carrying the answers to the first fifteen problems of the Algebra examination into the examination with him. In defense of the last, the student claimed that it was the accepted custom except for the first fifteen students who were not supposed to carry the answers. But the culprits were all re-admitted after writing a series of abject apologies, because...
Beginning the year with analytic geometry, one learns a working relation between geometry and algebra, which facilitates the solving of the more intricate geometrical problems. The spasmodic recurrence of differential calculus serves as an introduction to Math 2, and furnishes mild interest. A hasty survey of trigonometry is inserted for those who have missed it in school...
...successfully and interestingly presents the necessary minimum in Astronomy 1. The lectures and reading cover the mechanisms of the physical universe from the atom to the galaxy while the laboratory work concerns itself with the more mechanical problems such as orbit determination and star distribution. With a knowledge of algebra and trigonometry the student should find this course one of the more pleasant ways of fulfilling his science requirement while those taking mathematical training will find the course of average difficulty. The work will be facilitated next year by the further development of the Oak Ridge Observatory. The only word...
...being tried includes making a study of mankind's progress and problems a center for much of the course. Another requires of all pupils a general understanding of the methods and the more necessary fundamental skills, ideas and applications of mathematics and science instead of limited fields such as algebra or physics, which would become electives...
...glass eye clientele included a Zulu chieftain. Died. Paul Painleve, 69, thrice Premier of France, ten times Cabinet Min ister, once president of the Chamber of Deputies, distinguished scientist; after long illness; in Paris. Son of a Parisian baker, he won attention at home and abroad with discoveries in algebra, mechanics, astronomy, became professor at the Sorbonne. Elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1906, he drifted toward the Left as a mild radical. As Minister of War in 1917 he welcomed the U. S. forces to France; as Premier he appointed the late Ferdinand Foch to the Supreme Allied...