Abstract
The fact that mathematics is so important is not surprising to one who is properly informed as to the contributions which it has made to the other great fields of knowledge, but many people, including some of our general educators, arc still unaware of the strategic place which mathematics really occupies in world affairs today. It should be the business of those of us who are interested primarily in the subject to help to make clear just where and how mathematics can be of real service to the other great branches of learning and what can be done to secure these services by a better teaching of mathematics in the schools. The war emergency has brought out the great importance of mathematics, but even a war is not enough to convince some people as to the value of mathematics in the education of American citizens.
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