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Both Hynek and Mrs. Gaposchkin would require students, who are intellectually capable, to complete three years of algebra, as well as trigonometry and geometry. Furthermore, they would require a year of physics, which Hynek labelled as "basic to the understanding of all the sciences...
...your March 3 issue, a striking contrast could be noted: Missile Expert Wernher von Braun earns $16,000 yearly; Comic Strip Artist Charlie (Peanuts) Schulz, who "somehow graduated from high school after flunking algebra, Latin, English, physics," makes a whopping $90,000 a year...
...college. Since the techniques of industry change so rapidly, said the committee, probably the best vocational education is the least vocational. Recommended basic curriculum: "English (literature, composition, grammar) throughout the four years; two years of history ; a year of plane geometry and one year of elementary algebra; a year of biology and at least one year of a physical science; an opportunity to elect trigonometry and solid geometry and a second year of physical science; music and art as electives; physical education and other nonacademic offerings properly subordinated to the academic. This, or a similar program, should be the basic...
...Talmadge's 35 applicants, only seven passed the examinations, eleven got under 50, and none scored higher than 75. Only two of the 26 boys applying for the Air Academy passed the algebra test. Russell's applicants did even worse: only four scored over 70 on the overall exam (highest mark: 72), 15 scored under 50, and one pulled down an ignominious...
...Reported De Kalb County Superintendent Jim Cherry: "Less than half the white children in Georgia are completing the present high school program. Less than 20% of the Negroes graduate. A great majority of high schools offer no chemistry and physics, and others offer it only in alternate years. Advanced algebra, trigonometry and solid geometry are not available in the great majority of Georgia high schools. Science and libraries are limited. Vocational courses such as mechanical drawing and mechanics are not available...