The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-07-06
six-Year.oId Has Read 90
Books; Father Will Send
Him to Harvard at "a

Birmingham, Ala, July Cat the
age of three, Howard Young could
do simple sums in arithmetic.
At four, he had learned his tables
addition, subtraction, multiplication;
and division.
At five, he had become proficient
in multiplication and division.
! At the beginning of his sixth year
ne could solve almost any problem
involving simple analyses. Now, witt,
his seventh birthday still ahead of
him, he works problems in algebra
and forms his own equations. He
was introduced to algebra when only
61a-a subject which remains myS-
terry to most young people until they
reach high school age.
His father hopes to enter him at
Harvard when he is IA, thus beating
the record OF his older brother, who
entered Harvard when he was l6.
If all the books Howard has read
We're stacked on the floor. they would
reach higher than he does. He has
just recently completed his 9sth book.
He has rather complete library all
his own on shelves built low so ne
can reach the books.
Each Book Numbered
Beginning with simple primers,
/ which he read when only three, each
book is numbered and dated with the
time he started and completed it..
Months ago he read THE Pathfind-
er" and "Deerslayer." abridged works
jof James Fenimore Cooper. Among
other books he has read are King
Arthur" knights of the Round Ia
ble.' THE Golden Fleece stories of
nature and animal life and standard
readers from primers on through the
Eighth grade.
Il have selected readers for a large
part of Towards reading as that is
the only way to see that he gets
graded work as he advances" said
the boys father, DR.. T. H. Young.
Il have him read aloud to me SO I
can see if he pronounceS every word
correctly and answer questions. When
he comes across the name of a dis
tant country, I have him find it OH
the globe so he can learn geography.
w. DIS he goes along.
When Howard begins his second
year of school next fall he will be IN
the fourth grade. One might we'll
ask what the boy had left to learn
when he began his first year.
Likes to Play
Well" said his father, 'he learne,,
to play with other children And he
has improved his drawing quite a
bit. His teachers tell me he should
be advanced much farther next fal.
than the fourth grade, but l don't
want him in classes where The chill
dren are too much older. In MANY
things he is still baby, and 1 wan;
him to play with other lads his axe
and size"
Howard loves to play baseball and
marbles. Just recently he changed
his ambition to be a banana man
because he can never get enough of
them-to a farmer, like his oldest
brother.
Towards father, who has given him
most of his home instruction. hopes
that the boy will study law. He plans
for him to enter Harvard and thinks
he will beat his brothers record b.
two years. Hendrix Young. 20. re-
ceived his A. B. degree from Harvard
this spring, having entered at the
age of 16.
Towards parents consider him an
example of what a normal. bright
boy can learn to do if he tries and
is given a lot of attention.
Health Is Good
There's no necessity" the father
says, for child's playing in the
street all the time But l don't be-
lieve in overworking a child. How
ard plays as much as any young
ster. He has marvellous health. and
we insist on his getting IL hours of
sleep every night"
Both of Towards parents have had
teaching experience and are gradu-
ates of the State Normal school at