The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30
wHAr NO ALGEBRA IN SCHOOL?

A little while ago one of our correspondents got the conductor in Dutch With iot oI reau eau CTS by sending in a bit of applause for the sug, eestion that the high schools should discard algebra and substitute course in anatomy This well meaning correspondent sa,a me nau 1et. ters in with figures. thought that was pretty good and quoted it here. It cost me several friends. For instance this one:
 am Biology teacher and devote large
 portion of the time to Anatomy and Hygiene. Oh dear that's just the trouble With tne coili li, n,,n schools Biology" is taught for term or two and the course includes dashes or snlns ol anatomy. physiology. hygiene, pathology oac- teriology; little about tniSs everyrn'hs ana Ao'
 But am also an Algebra. Physics and
 Chemistry teacher.
 If you are a doctor of any standing at all,
 just how did you squeeze through Chemistry,
 if you don't know why you took AlgeDr I confess I squeezed through chemistry in high M T school and in college ana e never it% GiitoVeru t
 To say an engineer could do his work with
 out knowledge of Algebra shows clearly you
 know nothing about that kind Of worK I have never said imagined an engineer needs no knowledge of algebra. If he does, that is reason why all high school puplis should study algebra. They are not all going to be engineers. If algebra is necessary for the student who intends to be a chemist let ninl study algebra. Certainly it is not @ necessary TOT
 I enjoy reading your health articles and
 have encouraged my Biology. pupils to read
 them but shall do what can to discourage
 them from reading anything you write if I
 see another article of this nature. Oh, that won't be so easy. Teacher now that you've gone and got the pupils into the naDlt. Down with algebra in the high scnool, ana let us have a proper course in Human Anatomy and Human Physiology introduced into the high school curriculum in its place. Everybody whether he is going to De an engineer or trap drummer should have far knowledge of how he is made and how ms body machinery works. Another correspondent takes me to task for asking what earthly use algebra has for Tom, Dick and Harry. This one says: My dear Doctor. algebra is only tool in
 mathematics, but it is just essential to ac- countaints, engineers chemists, architects, as-
 tronomers, etc. as a good knife Is to sur geon. Then I suppose we should require every high school pupil to equip himself or herself with a good knife, in case he or she decides to become a surgeon.
 Finally an Indiana high school princlpal writes:
 from Indiana high schools In that case, Three Cheers for Indiana, and may some of the more backward states emu late her in this step
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 l Benefit of Medicine Please tell me the symptoms of drug addtc | or dope talxer. I am worried about my daugh tcrs queer actions but she refuses to go to th
 doctor witt, me. (Hrs l.. E.)
 hnswer-In fairness to her you must not at l tempt to interpret her symptoms. If she refuse to visit the doctor. all the doctor to your hom and let him advise about her.
 Copyright 1888, John F. Dille Col