Excerpt from Quips and Cranks, 1928, Vol. 31: Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina In 1854 Davidson was a small but bravely struggling college, and in his five years of active connection with the school, Hill played no small part in its growth. He served as Professor of Mathematics and also introduced a demerit system similar to that used in military schools. Although it did not meet with great favor among the students, it was efficient in preserving order and discipline. Major Hill wrote a valuable textbook in algebra during this period. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.