Word: mathes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...general process of relaw for the finals acts and vital prince town will be command as same with a fine disregard of their ultimate destiny in the process or cresting the educated man. In mathematical courses particularly, such as Physics C. Math A, and Engineering Sciences, the student is plagued by the necessity of fixing in mind pages of formulas and their derivations which he will be expected to reproduce on demand when the examination papers are passed...
...those who have survived Math A and are gluttons for punishment, Math 2 will fill the bill to a nicety. There is little that can be said about Math A that does not apply with equal force to Math 2 and for the student who has managed to pass the elementary course without too much trouble, the more advanced should have no especial terrors. The latter is intensive rather than extensive and therefore partakes less of the characteristics of a survey course...
...those who haven't fulfilled their distribution requirement, Math A affords an uninspiring but rigorous alternative to an elementary philosophy course...
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...
...House must all be made in the first year, before it is possible for the student to have formed a competent basis for judgment. An excellent tutor in Mathematics is of little avail to a man whose interest is primarily in Biology or English, concentrating in Mathematics because Math A was his easiest course during his Freshman year. When the problem of the "uninterested tutee" is one of the chief obstacles to the success of the tutorial system, it is pennywise and pound-foolish to lavish large sums on tutorial work in the last three years while grudging the comparatively...