Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-10-28
NOTHING TO DADDY
NTRIcAcIEs OF CUBE ROOT
MERELY A JEST.
Vet In the End He Came to the Con-
elusion That Son Would Better
Work Out the Problems
for Himself.


other evening with two or three books
tucked under his arm and his face
as long as that of an adult moose. He
said he had to review a lot OF things
for examination. and he knew he was
going to funk on his arithmetic no
matter how much reviewing he did, be-
cause he never could get that cube
root business through his head. and
wnat was more he didn't see any
sense In such stun in the first place.
Citizen looked at him sternly MY
son. he said, there is no study In
the world SO fascinating as mathemat-
les. could appreciate It If you had
difhculty in history or grammar,
where 1t Is simply a question of re-
membering set of facts, but there is
absolutely no excuse for you getting
stalled at arithmetic, because there
you can reason u.irgs out. II all lies
with you. There is hot chance to for
get your facts. The problem is placed
before you and yoL reason it out.
That's all there is to it. Nothing
could be nicer
Son looked at parent in amazemept
1t was the Grst time he had ever
heard any body waxing enthusiastic
over any of the obaoxious things in
life
"D'yuh s'pose you cd help me with
the stud. dad?" he suggested.
Citizen was flattered No man ever
becomes immune to thrills of pride on
being asked for information, and Git
tenn appreciated having a son who
was willing to admit that he didn't
know as much as his rather.
Why, certainly. my boy" replied
Citizen. "Of course III help you. Huh
1t won't be the first time I've helped
out somebody on arithmetic. | stood
at about the head Of my class in
mathematics all through school, II
do say it myself. Everybody used to
come to me when they wanted any
assistance on a real pestery problem"
He picked up the book and turned
over to the opening passages on the
subject of cube root. For a long time
he continued to look intently at the
sample problems and Che rules in
such cases made and provided. In the
meanwhile his son and heir sat at his
side drawing a picture OF a house on
his tablet. "CSH'tchuh do EN-, dad ?"
he asked after awhile.
Certainly / can do them" replied
Citizen. frowning with quiet dignity,
Il was just glancing over these pages
In order to find what Is the best way
to explain the subject to you. so that
you will be able to grasp the prob
lens just as we'll as I can. You 20
ahead and be studying something else
while go into this thoroughly"
After an hour or so Citizen Junior
began to grow sleepy and Citizen pere
told him he'd better go to bed as he
had some papers to read and wouldn't
have time to go over his lessons with
him before morning anyhow. They
would get up bright and early in the
morning and son could master the
cube root proposition then IN a lily
under fathers tutelAse
1t was about midnight when Citizen.
with brow deeply corrugated and a
half score of envelopes covered with
scratchy little ngures-to say nothing
of the margins of the evening paper
decided to retire. At the breakfast
table in the morning the fond and do
| ting father addressed himself to his
son as follows
My boy" says he. 81 have thought
this matter over carefully and while.
as you we'll know. / am deeply inter
ested IN your studies and willing To
give my time to aid you in any way.
yet feel that it will be better for you
in the long run to dig these problems
out for yourself without any assist
ance. 1t may seem a little difficult at
the time. but once you have mastered
your subject you will be the stronger
for having done It unaided. There's
no reason why you shouldn't sur
mount the intricacies of these little
problems and come to have just az
good grasp on them as have. And
II you show the right kind of stun in
you and pass your examination all
right, I'll take you out to the park
some evening and let you ride ON the