Show v j X 1 I Changing Studies r PROFESSOR L. L G. G SIMONS of Hunter college col- col tJi c lege New York in a bulletin issued by the Uie U. U S. S bureau of education questions the thes s necessity arid and practical value of algebra as a a ast st study dy Arithmetic he says is is an Han important s 's subject fa for practical reasons but we ve must mustI I seek some other reason reason for the introduction n of algebra alg into American Americ n education Algebra however is not the only study whose practicality is being que questioned and whose inclusion in school curricula is largely a a matter of tradition There are for example the dead so languages Mind train train- in ing and a certain cultural value are their i chief merit But there is no why culture culture cul cul- cul- cul 4 ture and sufficient brain exercise cannot be beted tied ted up with subjects of more practical worth I The day is not far flar distant when the prerequisites pre preP requisites Latin and certain forms of mathematics will ill be elective rather than com om- compulsory om- om ul ory in even even our most hidebound institutions 1 hons of learning r r |