The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-01-06
ALBERTUS AIANGUs COLLEGE
NOTES

MULES.
Prof. ". N. NTcGinnis, who has just
accepted the principalship Of the mathe-
NAUTICAL department. is, without doubt
the greatest mathematician the world
has produced since the days of Euler
and Newton. His numerous discoveries
are revolutonizing the whole science Of
mathematics. His work on 1.-THE Univer-
sal Solution of Numerical and Literal
Equations" was the sensation Of the past
year in scientific circles He is now en-
gagged in the preparation of a series of
mathematical textbooks including ele-
mentary and advanced algebras, and a
geometry and trigOnometry in which the
laws of all plain figures are derived from
those of the circle and those Of all solids
from those Of the sphere. Among the eX-
traordinary achievements of Prof Nc
Ginnis is that which the famous mathe-
matician Lagrange dreamed of but did
not succeed in accomplishing-the bring
ing Of the "infinitesimaI and integral
calculus entirely under the laws of al
zebra The Mathematical Book COM
pany of Kansas City was organized ex-
9ressly for the publication of McGinnis'
epoch-maldng works.
Prof. AGcGinnfs VIII teach here all
branches of pure and applied mathemat-
les, Including civil engineering, mechan-
ical engineering and navigation.
The December 0Iosher's Magazine (the
New York organ of the Catholic Reading
Circle Union and Of the Champlain and
Detroit Summer Schools contains an ar
ticle by President Smell on THE Domes-
tic Servant Problem" in reply to the
prize article in the Cosmopolitan Maya
zine by Florence Mcdonald Thompson
Catholic journalist and writer Of Wash
ington, D. c.
The following publications have just
been donated, by their respective pub
fishers, to the college reading room:
"Sophis" organ of the Catholic Brah-
minis Of India, edited at Calcutta by
Swami Upadhyaya Brahmabandhav: the
chronological Student" lately publish
cd by the Philadelphia Academy of Nat
uraI Sciences: the "Arena" edited at
Boston by B. O. Flower and John Emery
Mclean; and the Royal Standard" pub
lshed at Boston by the White Rose
League, a Jac0bite organization.
Prof Albion w Small, head of the So
Geological department Of the University
Of Chicago. and the most eminent sociol-
ogist of the United States, hopes to visit
Wichita next month for the purpose of
calling upon the president of Albertus
Naenus.
The Hilary term VIII begin on Monday.
This is the third and last term of the
winter semester of 10000 It will last till
the Valentine interim. February 1917.
The Hilary term is so named from the
great doctor Of the church. St Hilary.
Who is commemorated in the Roman cal
endar on January "a, hence called in old
English style "Huarymas."
Negotiations have been begun for the
bringing to Wichita Of one Of the great
est musical directors and violin virtuosos
on the continent. under whose direction
1t is expected that one of the finest con
servatories of music in the United states
viii be built up
General William o. Mcdowell founder
and long president Of the Sons of the
American Revolution. has presented TO
the college library a COPY Of Washing
ton: a. Drama of the Revolution" by
Ethan Allen, illustrated by Henry Krutz-
ner.