The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-09
4 YOUTHFUL GENIUS.
Nine-year-old Boy a Prodigy
In Study.
SPELLED WE'LL AT AGE OF THREE

Norbert wiener, son Of a Harvard
Professor, Is Master Of higher
Mathematics. the Sciences and sew
eraI Dead Ianguages-At Eighteen
Months He Knew his siphabet nnd
at rive Years lie was Readins
Latin.
Although he is only nine years old
Norbert Wiener. son Of Professor Leo
Wiener. Instructor Of Slavic al Har
ward college. is master Of higher math
ematies, Of the sciences and Of several
dead languages. says a special dis
patch from Cambridge, Mass % the
Ncw York Herald with little prepa
ration he could enter Harvard but his
father win not permit him to % 50
until he IS fifteen years old. In the
meantime lie win continue d course Of
study Professor Wiener has mapped
out for Linn, and il Is predicted By scy.
eral Of lie Harvard faaiity who have
watched his wonderful progress that at
fifteen lie viii be one Of Che education
al naryels Of the century,
Young Wiener does NOT look ike the
student that lie IS lie likes play aa
well al any boy II his age and his
oliums are robust looking little fellows.
III IL i pleasure Is study" said Nor
BERT. and ! Ind much amusement IN
making tests ID chemistry ID THE little
laboratory which papa has attcd uD
Tor me spend IT'D hour in tl.e ubora
tory every day. and then read some
Latin German Oh French author.
/ Bug's History Of Greece alsg and
/ interesting
Ny eyes trouble me III times and
for that reason | have been Obliged
| 10 give up reading extensively faT
more than three months. AIy mamma
reads to mo about an hour each day ev
cept saturdays. that being vacation
uay 10 me as well as 80 the other boys
and girls in Cambridge llaee been
outdoors All day playing marbles run
ming about with my playmates
e'rhc only thing that ! read today
| was tile morning paper story about Tux
war between Russia and Japan. nm
for the Russians because my papa was
born and educated ia Russia and that
is his country lie and | talk about ths
battles every Gay and night and hope
that Russia Will win,
I vxrsl.,.g.a Il. s.g.t,ass = X,
| bis boy any brighter than the ordinary
lad of bis ace ana tries to Impress this
fact upon him The little fellow has
had advantages 70 learn which 10 not
come 10 every boy his father has told
him. aud he is often warned not tc
/ make a dlspiay Of his knowledge that
| would make his playmates feel uneom
Portable
Il detest allowing the boy 70 i'm
| agiue that there is anything out d thc
ordinary in Lis makeup said Profess
OF Wiener. "and throughout bis life
| have taught him 70 consider himself in
ferior rather than superior to any q
the children Of his own age.
Il THE boy has been remarkable i
many things When Ike was only eight
cen months old he knew his alphabet
ana when he was three years old NJ
could write and spell very we'll Il wai
during his third year that I discovered
that he really had a desire t learn
and when be was i've Years old he was
studying Latin When he was eight b
could reason ont problems in differen
tiai calculus, perform tests il clients
try and read intelligently Latin, Frencl
and German besides having fair idei
Of Slavic
"Nhen he WAS five years old | tool
him to a public school but found tina
he was not tftted for any class there
He was either loo advanced for som
elass or not enough advanced for an
Their After considerable tutoring d
my part ! have him educated now $
he win be fitted for high school Il
another year although he is studyin
matter now that IS considered adyanc
work for Howard lie Is too youas
zoe much Of child 60 20 to college
within a few weeks | viii send hil
out TO a farm. where he will fomp ain
play with otlier children until fan hi
eyes are 50 weak that it is necessar
for him 10 wear glasses aud | do ne
intend to allow him to overwork Q
! strain LIS eyes on any account lie ha
somewhat Of 4 matured expression
! but he is mature only in reas9lin.
Personally l see nothing out OF re q
binary in lim any more than that Z
is studious has very feteatire mon
ofy and has acquired Taste f1r Aiel
: Ing up such work as l am intereste
in
Norbert has little brother and si
: ter, but they take little interest
study They love to romp and pla
with him. and they are proudof hin
but mud pies and marbles appeal moi
TO them than chemistry tests and NATL
Rubber Trees
The milk OF the rubber tree contain
sc per cent Of water aud Al per cent ,
rubber