A Dirreent Beginning for Plane Geometry

At a meeting of the Southeastern New York State Teachers Association held at Teachers College, Columbia University. last year. Dr. David Eugene Smith made the statement that there had been nothing new in geometry as it is taught in our high schools since the time ot Euclid, 2200 years ago. Of course there have been minor changes, little tricks and devices, and even an introductory inductive chapter in many books, but the real demonstrative geometry is essentially the same in organization and content as established by that ancient but ingenious master mathematician and logician.