1 Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade, edited by A. D. Kirwan, University of Kentucky Press, 1956, p. XV.
2 Nature and Man in America, Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, New York, 1897, p. 277.
3 The Lusty Texans of Dallas, John William Rogers, E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc., New York, 1960 p. 302.
4 Information received from the Dallas Historical Society, February 1971.
5 The Lusty Texans of Dallas, John Willlam Rogers, E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc., New York, 1960, p. 302.
6 Almost 70 years later, while being interviewed in a film about his teaching methods, he was to recall that he still had that calculus book.
7 History of the University of Texas, J. J. Lane (Henry Hutchings State Printer, Austin, 1891) p. 249.
8 History of the University of Texas, J. J. Lane (Henry Hutchings State Printer, Austin, 1891) p. 249.
9 The University Record (The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1898) Vol. I, No. 1, December 1898, p. 30.
10 ibid. pp. 32-33.
11 The University Record (The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1899) Vol. I, No. 2, April 1899, p. 93.
12 ibid., pp. 94-95.
13 ibid., pp. 102-103.
14 ibid., pp. 105-109, 111.
15 do we need stuff here?
16 Proceedings, Emory Topology Conference (Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1970) edited by J. W. Rogers, Jr., p. 10.
17 Personal conversation with R. L. Moore, Austin, Texas, January 26, 1972.
18 Fifty Years on Forty Acres, T. U. Taylor (Alec Book Company, Austin, Texas, 1938) p. 87.
19 American Mathematical Society Semicentennial Publications (American Mathematical Society, Providence, Rhode Island) Vol. I, History, p. 10.
20 I'm not sure this location is correct! American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. I, No. 8, 1894, pp. 287-288. The Early Years, continued.
21 Fifty Years on Forty Acres, T. U. Taylor (Alec Book Company, Austin, Texas, 1938) p. 290.
22 Science Magazine, Vol I, No. 8, February 22, 1885, p. 205.
23 Fifty Years on Forty Acres, T. U. Taylor (Alec Book Company, Austin, Texas, 1938) pp. 290-291.
24 The University Record (The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1900) Vol. II, No. 1, January 1900, p. 35.
25 The University Record (The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1903 Vol. V., No. 2, August 1903, p. 185.
26 The University Record (The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1899) Vol. I, No. 2, April 1899, p. 223.
27 The University Record (The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, Vol. I, No. 3., August 1899, p. 220.
28 The University Record (The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1900) Vol. II, No. 2, June 1900, pp. 165-166.
29 ibid., p. 189.
30 The CACTUS (University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1896) p. 127.
31 Science Magazine, Friday, October 24, 1902, p. 645.
32 Vorlesug über Eukledsche Geometrie (Festschrift, 1898).
33 American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. IX., (1902) p. 99.
34 ibid.
35 American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. IX, No. 6-7, June-July, 1902, p. 148.
36 What should this word be??
37 ibid., p. 152.
38 Telephone conversation with Mrs. Paul Hintz, Marshall, Texas, September 9, 1971.
39 Telephone conversation with Mrs. Archie Wallace, Marshall, Texas, November 21, 1971.
40 Letter from Mrs. Inez Hughes, Marshall, Texas, July 29, 1971.
41 Telephone conversation with Mrs. Paul Hintz, Marshall, Texas, September 9, 1971.
42 HARPER'S UNIVERSITY: The Beginnings, Richard J. Storr (University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1966) pp. 3-5, 18-19. passim.
43 Biographical Memoir of Eliakim Hastings Moore, G. A. Bliss and L. E. Dickson (National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D. C., 1936) passim.
44 Personal conversation with R. L. Moore, Austin, Texas.
45 Personal conversation with R. L. Moore, Austin, Texas.
46 Biographical Memoir of Eliakim Hastings Moore, G. A. Bliss and L. E. Dickson (National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D. C., 1936) passim.
47 Biographical Memoir of Oswald Veblen, Saunders MacLane (National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D. C., 1964) pp. 324-341, passim.
48 Biographical Memoir of Eliakim Hastings Moore, G. A. Bliss and L. E. Dickson (National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D. C., 1936) passim.
49 This means that for every positive number e there are intervals less than e
50 Microfilm copy of classroom notes by E. H. Moore, University of Chicago Library, Chicago, Illinois.
51 ``Interval'' in R. L. Moore's usage is closed. ``Segment'' does not include the end points; the interval does contain its end points.
52 A system of axioms for geometry, Oswald Veblen, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 5 (1904) 347-348.
53 E. Borel, Annuales de l'Ecole Normal Superieure (3) Vol. 12 (1895) p. 51.
54 E. Heine, Die Elemente der Functionlahre, J. Reine und Ungewante Math. (Crelle) , Vol. 74 (1872) p. 188.
55 A system of axioms for geometry, Oswald Veblen, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 5 (1904) 348.
56 M. Pasch. Vorlesungen über neuere Geometrie, Leipzig, Teubner, 1882.
57 G. Peano, I principii di geometria, Turin, 1889, Sui Fondamenti della geometria, Rivista di Matematica, Vol. 4 (1894) pp. 51-59.
58 D. Hilbert, Grundlagen der Geometrie, Leipzig, 1899.
59 M. Pieri, Della geometria elementare come sistema ipotetico deduttivo. Mongrafia dei punto e dei moto. Memorie della Reale Academia delle Scienze di Torino (2), Vol. 49 (1899) pp. 173-222.
60 A system of axioms for geometry, Oswald Veblen. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 5 (1904) 348.
61 Sets of metrical hypotheses for geometry. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 9 (1908) 487-512.
62 Theory of plane curves in non-metrical analysis situs. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 6 (1905) 83-98.
63 Personal conversation with W. L. Ayres, Dallas, Texas, April 11, 1972.
64 Letter received from Mr. William N. Ottinger, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 1971.
65 Letter received from Mr. Wallace H. Carver, Caldwell, New Jersey, May 1971.
66 Personal conversation with R. L. Moore, Austin, Texas.
67 Personal conversation with Joseph Thomas, Durham, North Carolina, July 18, 1971.
68 Annal. Math. 13 (1911-12) 161-166.
69 Ann. of Math. 13 (1911-12) 161-166.
70 Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 22 (1915-16) 225-236.
71 The converse of the theorem concerning the division of a plane by an open curve. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., J. R. Kline, XVII (1917) 178.
72 Personal conversation with George Hallett, New York City, New York, October 8, 1971.
73 Personal conversation with George Hallett, New York City, New York, October 8, 1971.
74 Personal conversation with George Hallett, New York City, New York, October 8, 1971.
75 Personal conversation with Joseph Thomas, Durham, North Carolina, July 18, 1971.
76 Personal conversation with Anna Mullikin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 24, 1971.
77 Personal conversation with Joseph Thomas, Durham, North Carolina, July 18, 1971.
78 Personal conversation with Mrs. Blanche Bennett Grover, Houston, Texas, December 18, 1970.
79 Personal conversation with Mrs. Lucille Whyburn, Charlottesville, Virginia, March 28, 1971.
80 Personal conversation with Mrs. Lucille Whyburn, Charlottesville, Virginia, March 28, 1971.
81 Certain theorems relating to plane connected point sets. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 24 (1922) 144-162.
82 That year C. P. Boner was president of the Pentagram. Boner, following completion of his graduate work, later assumed the post of dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and worked toward the joining of the Department of Pure Mathematics with the Department of Applied Mathematics.
83 Bulletin, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1522, p. 6, No. 2242.
84 Indeed, that evening a man named Patterson of the Zoology Department came by Moore's house to inform him that Dr. Herman Joseph Muller of their department had been elected to membership in the National Academy, only to have Moore declare that he too had been so elected.
85 Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 26 (1919-1920) 425.
86 Concerning simple continuous curves. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 21 (1920) 334-335.
87 Concerning certain equicontinuous systems of curves. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 22 (1921) 41.
88 Concerning certain equicontinuous systems of curves.Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 22 (1921) 42.
89 On the relation of a continuous curve to its complementary domains in space of three dimensions. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. Vol. 8, No. 3, March 15, 1922, p. 33.
90 Concerning connectedness im kleinen and a related property. Fund. Math. Vol. 2, No. 4 (1921-23) p. 233.
91 An uncountable, closed, and non-dense point set each of whose complementary intervals abuts on another one at each of its ends. Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 29 (January 1923 ) 49.
92 Personal conversation with Mrs. Blanche Bennett Grover, Houston, Texas, December 18, 1970.
93 On the generation of a simple surface by means of a set of equicontinuous curves. Fund. Math. Vol. 2, No. 4 (1921-23) p. 106.
94 University of Texas Bulletin, College of Arts and Sciences Catalog, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1924-25, p. 112.
95 University of Texas Bulletin, College of Arts and Sciences Catalog, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1927-28 p. 187.
96 Personal conversation with R. L. Wilder, Santa Barbara, California, December 4, 1971.
97 Personal conversation with Mrs. Lucille Whyburn, Charlottesville, Virginia, March 28, 1971.
98 Personal conversation with Mrs. Lucille Whyburn, Charlottesville, Virginia, March 28, 1971.
99 Personal conversation with Ben Fitzpatrick, Jr., Auburn, Alabama, February 15, 1971.
100 Personal conversation with John S. Mac Nerney, Houston, Texas, June 14, 1971.
101 Personal conversation with John S. Mac Nerney, Houston, Texas, June 14, 1971.
102 Personal conversation with John S. Mac Nerney, Houston, Texas, June 14, 1971.
103 Personal conversation with John S. Mac Nerney, Houston, Texas, June 14, 1971.
104 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, March 9, 1954, p. 6288.
105 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, March 22, 1937, p. 1207.
106 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, April 6, 1937, p. 1223.
107 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, March 9, 1954, p. 6288.
108 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, November 9, 1937, p. 1320.
109 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, November 9, 1937, p. 1321.
110 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, November 9, 1937, pp. 1323-1324.
111 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, May 20, 1943, pp. 3163-3164.
112 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, May 15, 1945, p. 3150.
113 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, May 15, 1945, p. 3150.
114 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, May 15, 1945, p. 3150.
115 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, April 9, 1947, p. 4398.
116 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, April 9, 1947, p. 4399.
117 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, November 1949, p. 5200.
118 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, May 3, 1955, pp. 6530-6531.
119 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, May 17, 1955, p. 6575.
120 Personal conversation with W. S. Mahavier, Atlanta, Georgia, February 17, 1971.
121 Film: Challenge in the Classroom, The Mathematical Association of America, filmed in 1964-1965, Austin, Texas.
122 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, March 9, 1954, p. 6285.
123 The membership of that committee was: Mr. M. V. Barton, Mr. H. V. Craig, Mr. H. R. Henze, Mr. H. M. MacDonald, Mr. Carson McGuire, Mr. A. W. Nolle, Mr. H. H. Otto, Mr. O. W. Reinmuth, Mr. Robert P. Wagner, Mr. F. C. Wegener, Mr. J. A. White, Mr. Orville Wyss, and Mr. David L. Miller, Chairman.
124 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, March 9, 1954, p. 6286.
125 Documents and Minutes distributed among the faculty members of the University of Texas, February 24, 1954, p. 6255.
126 Recall that Boner, the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, who had been instrumental in the formation of the single Department of Mathematics, was a physicist by academic training, and had been the instigator of the efforts to have a new definition of modified service.
127 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, March 9, 1954, pp. 6286-6290.
128 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, March 9, 1954, pp . 6296-6294 . P
129 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, March 23, 1954, p. 6295.
130 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, March 23, 1954, pp. 6295-6297.
131 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, March 23, 1954, pp. 6297-6298.
132 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, March 23, 1954, pp. 6300-6301.
133 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, April 1954, pp. 6446-6447.
134 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, April 1954, p. 6448.
135 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, October, 1961, p. 7778.
136 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, October, 1961, p. 7797.
137 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, November 1961, p. 7803.
138 Personal conversation with R. L. Wilder, Santa Barbara, California, December 4, 1971.
139 Personal conversation with Norman Hackerman, Houston, Texas, December 11, 1970.
140 The Central Purpose of American Education. The Educational Policies Commission of the National Education Association of the United States, 1961.
141 Personal conversation with H. S. Wall, Austin, Texas, February 13, 1971.
142 Minutes of the Board of Regents, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, Meeting 652, 1967, p. 109.
143 Minutes of the Board of Regents, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, Meeting 658, January 26, 1968, p. 16.
144 Personal conversation with John M. Worrell, Jr., Houston, Texas, January 1971.
145 Personal conversation with John S. Mac Nerney, Houston, Texas, June 14, 1971.
146 Concerning Dean John R. Silber and The Proposed Dismissal of Professor R. L. Moore, University of Texas Library, Austin, Texas.
147 Minutes of the General Faculty, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, May 15, 1945, p. 3151.