Yeatman High School - Yeatman Life Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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THE CLASSICAL CLUB

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I. if Lv- wg Y 5 TIIELEN M. E. lll:'rL1zR-January, 1926 The advance and 'the perfection of mathematics are closely joined to the pros- perity of a nation. -Napoleofzv. Q ID you ever pause to think of the truth of the above statement? nu Mathematics plays a very important part in our lives in the division of time, measurement of distances, latitude and longitude reckoning of costs, calculation of interest and bank deposits and loans-we might continue this list indefinitely. Since mathematics play such an impor- tant part in our lives, it is natural that Yeat- man High School should have a Mathematics Club. Miss Eitzen, the sponsor of the Yeat- man Math. Club, had been in the habit of giving over every Friday of her Math. 8 class for the study of the history of mathe- matics. In the spring term of 1924, instead of the usual single Math. 8 class, there were two classes. Miss Eitzen believed that much could be accomplished if the two classes could combine as a club and study mathe- matics outside of school hours. Permission was readily granted for the formation of such a club. The first set of officers were elected on February 8, 1924. The list was as follows: . Q I N .--X I 1 ' fn 5:39 ' .1312 President .....................,.......... james R. Kamp Vice-President ...... ........ E sther Kuhhnan Secretary .................. ...... D udley England Treasurer ................................ William Xifilson Student Councillor .................... Rov XVinkler Life Correspondent ........ Katherine Harberg In addition to studying the history of mathematics, the club at once extended the scope of its work to include the study of the slide rule and the solving of trick prob- lems. One of the favorite diversions of the members was solving problems by the use One Hundred Fifty-eight of the magic square. Here is such a prob- lem: There were three brothers of Cologne having nine vessels of wine. The first ves- sel contained one quart, the second. two quarts, the third, three, and so on, until the ninth one contained nine quarts. How should they divide the wine equally among the three brothers without mixing the con- tents of the vessels? The answer is given in the following magic square, any row or column of which adds up to 15, the proper total number for each brother: I8 1I6 III IHIFI SKJIXI II I I I I I 4 I 9 I 2 I Another favorite question within the circle of the Mathematics Club was this: A fish has a bead eight inches long, a body equal to the head plus E6 the tail, and a tail equal to the head plus the body. How long is the fish? It is just another one of those fish stories, but if your answer is not the same as some one else's, it does not prove that either of you is telling a fish story. Wie can easily show that the fish was 64 inches long. The second term of the club's existence was marked by two changes. The first was a decision to allow sixth and seventh term students to join the club. The second was a decision to award a Math. Club letter. It was further decided to award the letter on a point system, the schedule of which fol- lows: