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...first part of the course is devoted to the derivation of many of the theorems of Euclidian geometry by analytical methods. Later one is introduced into the esoteric art of differentiation and integration of algebraic and trigonometric functions, and is taught the use of polar coordinates. Complicated as it may sound, the work is quite simple if the daily exercises are performed conscientiously, and if the ground is covered thoroughly by the instructor...
Weakly to reply to this by saying that there is no interest in debating is to state what is simply not the truth. Every year, there are from twenty-five to fifty of the incoming Freshmen who have distinguished themselves on preparatory school platforms. But the polar atmosphere of Harvard's Speaking and Debating Departments all too quickly chills this enthusiasm. The Sophomore year finds the fifty reduced to a paltry five or six, who with small heart and slight interest drag out a desultory three years of "Harvard College Debating...
...bottle, the fire was embers, Dawn reached rosy fingers to snatch back reality. The Vagabond shook himself, gazed at his empty lair, stretched in preparation for a new day. At nine o'clock he will saunter spryly into Sever 22 to hear Mr. Curtiss discourse on "Motion in Polar Coordinates," for Roger Bacon, first of the moderns, said "Mathematics prepares the mind and elevates it to a sure knowledge of all things," for in numbers lies the only Truth...
...QUEST FOR POLAR TREASURES-Jan Welzl-Macmillan...
...Golden North (TIME, May 23), with or without salt, should smack their lips over this anecdotal sequel. In the first book Welzl told how, from being a locksmith, sailor, tramp he became a trader, proprietor of a boat, chief judge of New Siberia. In The Quest for Polar Treasures he describes with the same unliterary candor tall tales of further gold and fur hunts...