Here’s a question about RPI’s alma mater — did the lyrics include the first few digits of pi? The answer is no, but there was a cheer that included it along with some other math lingo. Do you know it?
E to the X – DY -DX
E to the X – DX
cosine, secant, tangent, sine,
3 – point – 1 – 4 – 1 – 5 – 9
square root, cube root, log of pi,
DISINTEGRATE THEM, RPI!
I think nearly everyone who attended RPI in the 50’s will remeber that cheer even tho’ it is a little weird. F DuBois ‘56
We still used it in the ’70s
We used it in the mid 80’s and is one of the fun things I tell my kids about to proove just how much of a nerd there mom really was! My son has told me that he had to take enough math just to make sense of the cheer. what motivation.
Loved your comment Glenda. Thanks for sharing!