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Show I BoyVonders in College This Year Far Fror i Here Book Tvo.rnis I San t c e , 1 1 a r ;i r 1 1 Youngest, Wins Distinction Dis-tinction in Baseball as Well as in His Studies FfiBDEBICK S A S T B L. Harvard h youngest s'.uilent. promises t' -)une In athletics at well as In the clus--j tooni. for his prowess as baseball player j already has excited wondermert second only s to that occasioned by his genius in academic i attaintnenls Enrolled In this year s trash- 1 man class Just after passing his fourteenth birthday. Frederick must look bach to the days of Cotton Mather to And one who en tered the university so voung. 1 I' reds"ick is the son of Dr. and Mrs. C. L Santee of Wapwallopcn. 1'a. They are Just j as proud of the fact that ic is a regular boy I and ths Lao Bulh of thl baseball players of hie age as they are of his amazing mastery of lanpuages. mathematics, chemlstr-. and other studies. Ills paxenta re of English descent. They attribute Frederick's remarkable remark-able progress In education to knowing how to concentrate and behiK Willing to work Ha plana to become a phyaldan, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. His mother was a teachjr. Likei to Play Most of All. Frederick brg;m to soell when he was 5 years cid. Within a fow weeks he could 1 spell ou: whola sentences, and before he was j i years old he had mustered the multlpllca- Hon table. Besinea Bngll&h. be reads Ave languages fluently Frn h Spanish Latin. Greek and Qerman He has passed analytl cal geometery, haa begun working In cal-culua cal-culua and is well pdvaticcd in chemistry Frederick neither looks nor acta the part of the typical bookworm. HU idea ot a 'j perfect day 1 to play baseball until he is I tired enough lo drop and then rost up by readiug French or Spanish or by worsting out problems In chemistry. He by no means , neglects the sporting pages, however. How H could one who by his own words would II "rather Play all than eat"? The boy Is a l.the. well built and well muscled and if I' normal height for bis Age. Baseball fs the , eniy "Port bo has taken up. Besides bcltiR I; a wonder at the bat. he runs buses like a . streak of lightning and is a pi'i htr of con- aldcrable prowess. Frederick entered the Wdkeharre High School at the age of e'.even and finished two yesrs' work 1n one The family then moeefj tt Philadelphia where Frederick waa grudu- ; a.td from the Central Hlah School when h ' thirteen. Ifo iik second lienors 4n Fren-J and alo .ad ihe distinction of b Ing ! th only one to wear abort trousers among thoee who ca.me up for entrance examinations examina-tions to Han ard Barred by Hi Youth At Harvard he has chosen the l.a tin -scientific course and after graduation will take up the stuo of molklne. Rarred from the dormitory dor-mitory on accour.t of his youth. Frederick i found another vouihful prodigy, also from Pennsylvania as a running mate, and ib lh i FREDERICK SAN TEE YOUNGEST HARVARD STUDENT i wo found quarters In a Cambridge apart- I ment. His chum is Herbert B. fWflert of Phlla- dclphla. who wits not ar behind In enrolling as a Harvard student at the age of fifteen. Charles J. Brasefleld. s-.-n of Prof. Stan- fl I JULIAN K STEVENS . wEsleyan'S VDUNGCS r STuOENT. ley E. Brasefleld of Rutgers College. Is 'he youngest freshman tn the present class at l'Jl'4 at Rutgers College. He passed I he sixteen year mark on August 24. a oupk- of weeks before college opened. The "acuity refuses to accept students under th it :izr txt epl hy special permission. Toung Brasenerd is a graduate of New Brunswick N. J.I High School, and was v.iledletortan and high honor man in that r.stitntlon last sprint? He la nlso Interested In debating and w.ih an editor on his high hoot paper, and he Is a baseball playe-f playe-f considerable promise. During his course In the local high acbosl be was one of themost popular men In all '?udeiit activities as well as being a lander STANLEY J . LOUSDALE DARTMOUTH'S TOUNC3EST STUDENT In hie scholastic work, and he bids fair tr Mi a similar record at Rutgers. Prof Br-nsefield Is attached to the mathc-ma1 mathc-ma1 oa department of the college IneUlt . 76iing Brasefleld was nearly nosed out for the age honors by Amour Liter of 61 Hamilton pluce. New York city. 15 years old. who entered Rutgers, hut who switched to Columbia when arranKements were made by the iwo Institutions for a joint course In agriculture. Liber !s a graduate- of Town-s. Town-s. n.l Harris Hl'h School. Enters Weilcyan at 15. Dean Frank W. Xlcolson of Wesleyan has announced that the youngest member of the freshman class this vcar is Julian Klngsley U N J 'i i HAROLD JAMES FOX FENN'S YOUNGEST FRESHMAN Stevens, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Stevens. Of 1 03S Farmlnyton avenue. West Hirtford Stevens was 15 years old January -'5 last, llo prepared for Wesleyan at th" Wet Hari-lor-1 High School, where his rank for the four years' course was fifth In a elas of Fox in U. of P. at Age V of 14, Active on Diamond Dia-mond and Gridiron, Too Others of Varied Interests forty-iw-o members. Tho first fou remembers t the glass were girls, Stecns leading all the H At high s hr,ol Stevens took an Interest In dramatics. In c.lleKc he expects to ape- HH i.ilizp In work leading up to an education In mmmW business methods. His father Is a salesman H fT Parker & Pollard of Boston. Youngejt at U. of P. Out of a total freshmsn enrolment or mmmM more Z.SOO at the University of Penn- sylanla the honor of being the youngest . - StUdi nt Ro. s to liar. Id J..r. K.. V II e-irs old. e- BsrVP Fox's home Is at Swatara street. H ir- HHi rleburg and before coming to the unPersi'.T kfl he was a student at Harrlsburg Central High H School from which he was graduated la't V 19.05. Hie J father. David Fox, died .-omr. Hla L? n.olher. Mrs. .Nellie Fox. still" resides in the BBfl -ap!tal city. During the last summer to help raise funds to take him to college young Fox H worked In a bote at a little town.' Sheldrak'. N V. near Ithaca. In other summers hs H aorkfd for the Harnsbur Trfefrop. H Although Fox applied himself' -lo?eh to his books in high Kehool he also found time H o play football, and baseball, but did not H make the (Irst teams. Fox weighs 140 pounds and Is Inches H Fox is enrolled in the Wharton School at H lylvanja and axpsi get his college) H diploma when he is IS years old. Ot the i2Z frehtijen entering Dartmouth H ColiegarthlS fall Star ley I, l.oudale of New 9 Hochelie. N. V.. is recorded as the youngest. Bf He Is. however, no great exception as he will H Celebrate his etetssnth birthday the latle- part of next month. Lousdale was horn In H mmm He a i graduated from Xew Rochslle Hie h H School last June, where his popularity and ' I ability as a tennla player made him star k out prominently In his class He also was ac-In ac-In dramatic . |