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This text contains material designed for about 18 weeks of study at grades 11 or 12. Use of a computer with the course is highly recommended. Developing an understanding of the relationship between mathematics, computers, and problem solving is the main objective of this book. The following chapters are included in the book: (1) Algorithms, Language, and Machines; (2) Input, Output, and Assignment; (3) Branching and Subscripted Variables; (4) Looping; (5) Functions and Procedures; (6) Approximations; (7) Some Mathematical Applications; and (8) Compilation and Some Other Non-Numeric Problems. Also included is a discussion on future computer applications. (RH)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert