The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1920-10-28
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~ ''Wapwallopen,' Pa.-Frederick San
tee, son of DR.. and Mrs. G. L. San
tee, who, at the age Of thirteen, will
leave town In few days to enter
Harvard university, Is the Babe Ruth
Of his baseball team. And his par
ents are just as proud Of that, If not
prouder, than the fact that their son
will be among the youngest regular
students ever TO enter Harvard.
I'D rather play ball than eat" Is
Fredericks way of expressing it, show
Ing that he reads the sporting pages
as we'll as his textbooks In French,
Spanish and analytical geometry.
Frederick Is an only son. His par.
ents are of English descent. His ia
Their Is a physician, as was his grand
father. His mother was a teacher.
The parents idea is that their son
Is not precocious, but much like other
boys, except he knows how to con.
centrate and is willing to work.
For instance, Frederick will play
hard game of baseball and get so
tired that one would think he was
about to drop. But instead of resting
he will get out a French book and
read, recuperating in that fashion.
He likes good lectures and he can
sit through On entire lecture without
getting fdgety, his mother says.
when Fred was two years old he
began to spell words almost as soon
as he could walk" his mother said.
"We encouraged him and taught him
as much as we could for child of
that age. He began to spell entire
sentences In few weeks. Before
he was three years old he had learned
the multiplication table.
Graduated When Thirteen Years Old.
"At the age Of eleven he entered
the Wilkes-Barre High school. He fin
ished two years In one and then we
moved to Philadelphia. He was grad.
uated from the Central High school
last summer when he was thirteen.
Sired took second honors in French.
Among those who came up for the
entrance examination to Harvard he
was the only one who wore short
trousers. He was usually finished be-
fore the others and he got a good
grade.
'T,atin and German he began study
ing when he was nine years old.
Since then he has learned to read
French, Spanish and Greek fluently.
He prefers reading French or Spanish
to Finnish and he has o good French
library. In the last four years he has
had four years of Latin, three years of
French and nearly the same amount Of
Spanish and German. He has never
studied much Greek, but he reads 1t
well.
Erred expects to follow In his ia
theirs footsteps, studying the Latin |
Scientific course at Harvard and upon |
his graduation taking up medicine"
Call Him Second Babe Ruth.
That the boys prowess is not lin
tied to books Is testified to by the 9TH |
er youngsters of Wapwallopen. He
holds the same position relatively on
the boys team as Babe Ruth does on
the Yankees He can pitch O little, too,
and on the bases he's a. whirlwind. |
Baseball Is the only sport he has taken
up.
Between cries of "Atta b0yl" and
"Glve him anotherp the boy verified
his mothers statement that he ex.
pected to be q doctor.
The boy Is about the usual height
for his age, and his 1.-the, well-built
and muscled body shows no sign of
any wearing out on account Of study.
Frederick does considerable work
In the house, his mother says, and is
never content unless he is doing some
thlng--a trait natural for a boy Of
thirteen.
He has been so busy playing ball
this summer" his mother said, THAT
he has not had much time for work.
OF course, he reads French or Span
ish at night or gets out his chemi-
cal outfit and does some experiment
that his father puzzled over In col.