The Washington times., 1920-10-23
Boy, Who Entered University
Atl2, Clues His NieWs Upon Life
Prodigy Training for Religion
Says Return to Christ Will
End Strife.
NJ MARGERY REX.

NEW YORK. Oct zs.-Master Ed
ward Hardy. aged twelve. 10 one
hundred and forty-three pounds OF
pendant but not a square inch of
prig.
He Is a freshman at Columbia uni
versity. tho superintellectuai son OF
scholarly mother and father. Ho 10
nuent in twelve languages, and al
though he hadn't said n word up to
the age OF two. at three he was
ready to enter the Horance Mann
School.
And to the efficiency OF this insti-
tuition. rather than to the influence
OF environment or heredity, does his
mother. Mrs Sara Belcher Hardy.
ascribe her wonder-son's remarkable
progress and mental magnitude.
His hero and ideal is Phillips
Brooks. and Master Edward will fol-
low In the spiritual footsteps OF the
great preacher.
Edward at fve declared his devo-
tion to a religious life. He now
wishes to be a missionary in the
East and will go to a theological
seminary after his four years at
Columbia.
81 really cannot talk now" said
Edward at the door OF his home,
yesterday. But" he laughed.
should you care to pursue this line
of endeavor / will await you at the
door of the chapel, whence l VIII
issue forth at 1920"
His roguish smile intimated that
Edward knew you expected him to
be stilted in speech and that he was
trying not to disappoint you.
CHASED ny MOVIE MEN.
Young men and women sauntered
from st. Paufs Chapel little after
the noon hour, and through their
leisurely midst flew a stout boy in
the brown Norfolk that l awaited. He
covered ground as fast as motor
cycle cop. / ran after him for several
hundred feet and with difficulty
caught up with him.
whats the natter
Movie men, he gasped. 'Didn't
mind, did your"
But movie men. 1t seems, though
impeded by huge comeras, can also
run. Edward had to give in.
"You may say that my principal
occupation when you saw me posing
for the movies" he said, don't pic
ture me as playing marbles. ] don't,
but / admit ! love fairy stories.
you didn't nina running, did you?
I was going to wait here and thought
you might understand.
We sat down on Il bench and talk
ed. Edward to a stranger. was rath-
er reluctant to display the deep re-
iigIous bent that his mother had told
me Of. From her l had learned that
he wore a gold cross around his neck.
and never removed it even when in
athletic training, despite the fact
that some one might teer. But no
one does! Also. she had told me OF
his belief in the efficacy OF prayer
Of how once he made some boys in
losing ball team kneel down on the
field to pray. unashamed. So
thought II might be well to ask this
child prodigy of his opinion OF world
affairs.
HIS REMEDY FOR TURMOIL.
my political views? My remedy
for the turmoil of our day. he re-
peated-"A return to Christ Is the
remedy. Now you say that would be
hard when so many of our melting
pot nations are not Christians. Mind,
l do not say it is practical or pos
sible / merely ofrer 1t as solu-
iton."
Edward, while n student at the
Friends Seminary, which he attended
before entering Columbia, was asked
in a lesson what was needed In our
country. His reply was the same as
that he gave me. And to illustrate
IL he told the old story of the poor
looking man who once upon time
approached the caretaker of a church
in Germany and asked to play the
organ.
The janitor refused at first. but
finally gave in and then marvelled
at the beauty of the music the or
ganist caused to swell from the huge
instrument. He discovered that the
player was Mendelssohn. Edwards
idea is that Christ wants to play on
the organ Of humanity, but we don't
want him to; we reject the solution
that would be so simple.
Phillips Brooks is my IDEAL" de-
clared the boy. He was stout and
that reconciles me to my own great
size" laughing merrily.
HAS DECIDED ON CAREER
Edward has made up his mind to
enter a theological seminary when he
finishes Columbia. Fame and riches
are not his goal, 80 his mother says.
Rather does he wish to bring some
new meaning or message from the
Bible to those he will so humbly try