Word: maths
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When I was a student I had two dreads: math and science. For science I wrote the formulae on my fingernails; for mathematics I wrote them on a circular piece of paper, slipped under the crystal of my wristwatch. Result: I never flunked. Note to students: I have not patented these cutlets...
...teachers college without showing any high-school mathematics on his record. He can graduate without studying any college mathematics. And in this condition, he can meet the requirements of most states for a certificate to teach arithmetic . . . Nearly one-third of the states will license [high school math] teachers even though they have had no college mathematics at all, and the average requirement for all states is only ten semester hours...
...Detroit, Air Force Chief of Staff General Nathan F. Twining suggested a method for meeting the critical shortage of high-school science and math teachers: "Within the Air Force are thousands of technically trained men who could teach high-school science subjects . . . Naturally, this is a voluntary program both for the schools and for our men. We see this as one way to help until the current teacher shortage is remedied...
...section, similar in size and purpose to the one given experimentally this year by John T. Tate, Jr., associate professor of Mathematics, will be open to concentrators in Mathematics and students of special ability. It will cover more ground in one year than does the normal Math la-lb course...
Attempts to provide special sections in Math 1 illustrate the need for greater faculty responsiveness to student needs, the group felt. The difficult procedure of drawing up formal petitions to secure modifications in the course could have been circumvented if a central group existed to consult with Faculty, David G. Taylor '57, of the Adams group, maintained...