Word: mathe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...course, whose prerequisite is a year of college math, including college algebra, trigonometry, and analytic geometry, admits a man to the "A" course after six months. Juniors and Seniors who have had the above subjects, plus differential and integral calculus and a year of physics, may enter the "A" course directly...
...quiet Brother John ("Old Jack") Webb was the greatest teacher Dr. Rice ever met. Webb had a wisdom bump on his forehead the size of half a walnut, used to sit talking to himself and trimming his grey beard with pocket scissors. He taught Greek, English, history, math, everything -sitting in a split-bottom chair and gently posing riddles to his pupils. Says Dr. Rice: "More Rhodes Scholars came from Webb School than from any other in the world...
...Math Favorite Course...
...course attracting the largest number of students during the first session was Mathematics SAa, with a roster of 440. English SAa and Economics SAa were next in order with enrollments of 346 and 222. During the second session Math ranked below English in total numbers, with Ec in third place as before...
...number of other recommendations were made by the Association in its attempt to acclimate the country's educational institutions to the war effort. A new emphasis for the first two years of civilian college work was suggested with increased concentration on basic - subjects as American history, English, math, languages, and the sciences...