Word: maths
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rules for concentration are a breeze two courses in physics, and two courses in math. And general exams are fairly easy...
Astronomy 1 is the department's bread-and-butter course. With little math and no prerequisites, the course is top-notch distribution but often child's play for the serious major. It is not required for concentration, and many students skip...
Prospective majors--whether fanatics or dabblers--should be warned of two things. First, that astronomy means a lot of mathematics; don't concentrate in it unless you find Math 1 easy going...
Second, there's one joker in the requirement of six courses. Only two of these can be on the freshman level. Thus, a student must either take seven courses, or start math, physics, or astronomy at the intermediate level...
Their day begins promptly at 7:30, when Headmaster Wendell arrives in the great dining hall to say grace before breakfast. By 8:50, the boys are swarming into classrooms for courses in. Cicero, chemistry, math, religion. They are not expected to have much trouble: the very first course a boy takes at The Hill is the one the headmaster started in "How to Study...