Central Middle School - Ceejay Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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E53 '1 KEIIEIIIESSIIE!!EEIIEIIQIEIEE-QEIHIIISHIEZIIia- ' 'WVU V efll-Jeb? RUSE NVEINBERG, '25 and PAUL REICHARD. '25 We have formed an organization which we call The Society for the Prevention of cruelty to Mathematics . We are doing this as a means of preserving the right attitude toward this subject. A professor reports in a recent educational journal that he made a study of the views hold by high school pupils concerning their school subjects. He says they con- sider English the easiest and most valuable, while mathematics is the hardest and of least value. We do not believe that Central Junior High School pupils would agree with him. One authority says that it was an epoch in the history of thought when man learned to think in symbols, to deal with types, instead of individuals. Mathematics is a universal language, in the sense that most of its important symbols are interna- tional, like those of music. The great Leibnetz thought it might be possible to bring the entire universe of nature and of the mind under the sway of mathematical method. He declared: I dare say that this is the last effort of the human mind and when this project shall have been carried out all that men will have to do will be to be happy, since they will have an in- strument that will have served to exalt the intellect not less than the telescope serves to perfect their vision. The name Algebra fAl-Jebrj was derived from the title of the Arabic word by Al-Khuevarizmi about the science that relates to the reduction of equations to in- tegral form and to the transposition of terms. The title appeared thereafter in various forms, but the abbreviation Algebra was finally adopted. The exact limitations of Algebra are not generally agreed upon by mathematicians, and various definitions have been proposed for the science. Perhaps the most satis- factory definition, especially as it brings out the distinction between Algebra and Arith- metic, is that of Comte: Algebra is the calculus of functions, and arithmetic is the calculation of values . Algebra is a branch of mathematics that materially simplifies the solution of arithmetical problems, especially through the use of equations. It also forms the introduction to all of the higher branches of mathematical science except pure geometry. Ahmes was an Egyptian scribe who lived before 1700 B. C. He wrote 'tDirections for finding all dark things . This was not original with him. It was copied from an older treatise, dating from about 2500 B. C. It is important as one of the earliest satisfactory accounts of ancient Egyptian mathematics. Thales, the earliest of Greek philosophers, as the founder of the Ionic school, Hourished in the first half of the sixth century, B. C. He was reckoned one of the Seven Wise Men. He was famed for his practical and political wisdom. Geometry started as an art among the Egyptians, as a necessary way of meas- uring the earth. The overflow of the Nile made careful measurements necessary, as all the landmarks were covered or washed away. The Egyptians made their measurements by angles. These were made by the three, four, five right triangle method. They used this triangle in building their temples, which always faced the east. They kept all their knowledge secret. The Greeks made Geometry into a science. The school ot' Pythagoras was founded on secrecy and was finally closed by the Govern- ment as it became too powerful. Mathematics is no less powerful today, but our teachers are doing all they can to pri-vs-nt its being a secret. If it were not for mathematics we should not have our homes, the electricity that lights them, nor automobiles, aeroplanes, radio, steamships or any of the modern things that make us happy. Not a wheel would turn, not a bulb would fit in its socket, not a record would reproduce its marvelous music and never would a crystal set tune in. ERI55FFIEZIIIEHillEZIEQIEIIZIMHIEIIIREIEZIIEIII5IHIE!IEliiEEllHiiiS!l23552515IIEEEREERIEHEIi5l5iZlZiEIi3i5lZSIii!!!. i Page Om' llmulrvnl Three

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