Seth Low Junior High School - Spectator Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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What Algebra Is For 3,000 years men have been look- ing for a short way to write the ex- planations of arithmetic problems. The result of their search is called algebra. It is a systematic way of putting the steps taken to get the answers to prob- lems. It may be thought of as a sort of shorthand which makes problems easier. Algebra also shows us how to write arithmetic rules very briefly. We call these rules Formulas and find them very useful in learning about many things. We have formulas for interest, electricity, study of stars and a thou- sand other things. Algebra is on our program. Adele Brander, RD2 Wanted Him To Learn Triggernomefry A keen-eyed mountainer led his overgrown son into a county school- house. iiThis here boyis arter learninVi iiOur curriculum embraces geogra- phy, trignometryah iiThatill dof, interrupted the father. ctLoad him with that there triggernom- etry. He,s the only poor shot in the family? Laughs Ist Student: Whatcha been doing? 2nd Student: Taking part in a guess- ing contest. 1st Student: But I thought you had an exam in Math? 2nd Student: I did. Ode +0 A Zero Lonesome little zero, donjt you cry Youill have lots of company, by and by. Juliet Meyer, RDI Magic Fours Did you ever know that with four fours, you can equal any number from 1-20? If you use them as fractions, square roots in multiplication, addi- tion, subtraction and in any other way the result can total any of those num- bers. Here are some examples: 4:4+4-V4a-V4 12e- 4 44 5:V4+V4+a- 2:4+4n4nV4 4 4 4: 4 Bzg-l-a- 6:4+4--a v4 v4 v4 vvvv ANSWERS TO MUSIC QUESTION BOX Samuel F rancis Smith. F raneis Scott Key. Flute and piccolo. ttAidaf, Wagner. Pitch. iiThe Mikadob, iiIolantheK iTa- tieneeb, and others. itRigolettoP Generally about two minutes. tiOld Folks at Homef, tiOld Black Jer tiMy Old Kentucky HomeK etc. Page Forty-six I I. itII Trovatore? I 2. Beethoven. 13. Rossini. 14. 57th Street and 7th Avenue, New York City. I 5. Baritone. 16. A composition for the organ by Sir Arthur Sullivan. 17. The Violin. I8. Three-quarter time. I9. One opera, two fine orchestras, great conductors, and the iinest soloists in the world. Martha Axelrod, 9B2 THE SPECTATOR

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THE LIGHTER SIDE OF MATHEMATICS Numbers in History I was the symbol of life in Egypt. was the perfect number in the Pythagorean system. 9 was a respected number in China. 11 was held by St. Augustine to be an evil number. 13 has for a long time been consid- ered an unlucky number. To Tell a Personis Age Ask a person to multiply his age by three, add six to the product, then divide the last number by three and tell the result. Subtract two from the result and you have his age. Edwin Shapiro, RD2 Do You Know 1X 8+ 1:9 12 X 8+2:98 123 X 8+3:987 1234 X 8+4:9876 12345 X 8+5:98765 123456 X 8+6:987654 1234567 X 8+7:9876543 12345678 X 8+8:98765432 123456789 X 8+9:987654321 Arlyne Duberstein, RDQ Forty- Five How can 45 be subtracted from 45 and still leave 45 as a remainder? 9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1245 1+2+3+4+5+6+7 +8+9:45 8+6+4+1+9+7+5+3+2245i Magic Numbers Years ago some people were con- sidered extremely Clever because they could solve riddles mentally much more quickly than others could by writing them on paper. Today the methods are more widely known. One of the methods which they used was algebra. Besides this, various tricks were em- ployed. An interesting trick, done with the aid of multiplication, follows: Any two numbers can be multiplied quickly and mentally if the units of the THE SPECTATOR two numbers add to 10, and both tens are the same. The units are multiplied. One is added to either of the tens but not to both. They are now multiplied, the product is placed to the left of the other product, and you have the answer, i.e., 97x9329021. If when multiplied the units have 9 as their product a nought is put to its left, i.e., 91x99:9009- About 2,000 years ago the Chinese found the secret of the magic square, using numbers from one to nine. Many people are familiar with this trick, but fewer know it as it is performed with 2 5 squares. If all the sides add up to 65, and the center number is 13, and the numbers used are those from 1 through 2 5, can you work it out? Marvin Simring, RD4 TjT Try to ligure out the numbers I 1-20 in this way. Use no other digit than four. Donit use more fours or less. You will lind it real mathematical fun. Louise Landman, RD I Making Progress lcHow you gettin3 on with your irithmetie, Amos P2 ciWell I done learned to add up the oughts, but the figgers bodder me? Page Forty-five

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A MARKET PLACE ON THE RHINE Ullustrated on page 2D BOUT the large square in the heart of a typical German town, are scattered rickety tables, humble push-carts and crude counters, piled high with assorted merchandise. Crowds of people are standing about, some bargaining, others gossiping and most of them simply satisfying their idle curiosity. For it is not merely a shopping center, but also the gathering place where public announcements and political speeches are delivered to the citizens. THE I936 OLYMPICS The 1936 llOlympicsf which will be held in Germany, are going to do more to build up that lost feeling of friend- ship for Germany than any other fac- tor. Since control was assumed by a Chancellor, whose policy is being car- ried out by his people, the good will which existed towards that country un- til that time, has decreased rapidly. While the Olympics will not wholly re- store that feeling, it will be the first step in the right direction. Healthy sports, and fast, exciting competition, does a lot toward creating friendship between the competing athletes. All the people will have Ger- many filled with the spirit of comrade- ship. They will go home to their re- spective countries and spread this feel- ing. Germany needs that help to counter- act the past few years. The 1936 Olympics will help tremendously. Anne Kanner, RD4. MEIN KLEINES KIND Siehst du nicht das kleine Kind? Wie schon ihre blauen Augen sind! Ihre zarte Stimme auf dem Wind, Lacht frohlich, ach, so wunderbar! Sie spielt mit F reunde auf dem Feld, Das schonste M'adchen auf der Welt. Pearl Katzman, RC6 THE SPECTATOR Marvin Fredrick, RC5 El N DEUTSCH ES PROBLEM Einmal, in einer kleinen Stadt, hatte ein Bauer das Geld fiir ein Kranken- haus gesammelt. Da waren zwei reiche Manner in dieser Stadt. Der erste sagte, llIch gebe dir ebenso- Viel Geld als der andere reiche Mann und die Stadt dir gibt? Und der zweite sagte, llIch gebe dir ein Drittel so Viel wie der andere reiche Mann und die Stadt dir gibtfj' Die iibrigen Menschen der Stadt geben dir hundert Taler. Wie Viele Taler geben dir die zwei Manner? Elliot Magaziner, RD4. DEUTSCH DaSteht fiir Deutlichkeit. Die Deutsch- en sprechen immer deutlich. EhSteht fiir ehrlich. Die Deutschen sind ehrlich. Ua-Steht fiir flber. Die Deutsche Sprache ist ijber die ganze welt bekannt. TaSteht fiir Treue. Die Deutschen sind Deutschland immer treu. SaSteht fiir schon. Die deutsche Sprache ist sehr sch'on. CaSteht fiir Courage. Die Deutschen haben immer Courage. HeSteht fiir hoflich. Die Deutschen sind immer hoflich. Edward Siegel, R06 Page Forty-seven