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Let us take an objective look at the attitudes of today's students toward mathematics. There is convincing evidence of the shrinking per cent of students studying mathematics. At the International Convention of Mathematicians, September 2-9, 1954, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Saunders MacLane, the former President of the Mathematics Association of America, reported on the status of mathematics in the United States. He reported on the de-emphasis of mathematics and the resulting impact on the greatly needed manpower supply. He contrasted this with the concerted effort for full development of mathematicians and other scientists within the countries behind the Iron Curtain. These countries, at the present rate, threaten to outstrip the United States by a wide margin in the future supply of mathematicians and other scientists essential today for physical survival. Tbis awareness intensifies our concern but offers no solution to the complex problem. What can we do to improve the situation? Remove the threat of mathematics! Replace fear and trembling with appreciation. How? Why?
Mary K. Tulock (Sun,) studied this question.