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March 26, 1897
Daily Capital Journal
Salem, Marion County, Oregon
What is this article about?
Humorous university anecdote: A student explains the nickname 'Pons Assinorum' for a tough geometry problem, punning that it's because so many fail and 'fall over' it.
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"Pons Assinorum."
There is a certain problem in the course of geometry lessons at the university that affords each succeeding class a difficult struggle to solve. In fact a number fail to find a correct solution.
By reason of this fact it has merited the somewhat significant Latin term "Pons Assinorum."
A member of this year's class in conversation with some fellow students this morning made the remark that the lesson contained that dreadful "Pons Assino-rum" problem, whereupon, one unsuspecting student, of an inquisitive turn of mind, asked the reason for naming the problem such, when the first speaker informed him it was because so many fell over it.
There is a certain problem in the course of geometry lessons at the university that affords each succeeding class a difficult struggle to solve. In fact a number fail to find a correct solution.
By reason of this fact it has merited the somewhat significant Latin term "Pons Assinorum."
A member of this year's class in conversation with some fellow students this morning made the remark that the lesson contained that dreadful "Pons Assino-rum" problem, whereupon, one unsuspecting student, of an inquisitive turn of mind, asked the reason for naming the problem such, when the first speaker informed him it was because so many fell over it.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Pons Assinorum
Geometry Problem
Student Joke
Academic Difficulty
Where did it happen?
University
Story Details
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University
Story Details
A student jokes that the geometry problem 'Pons Assinorum' is named so because many students fall over it, explaining its difficulty to a curious peer.