Show PRESIDENT HAD HIS HOBBIES john a stickler for regular hours known as a student of 01 astronomy john quincy adams was a stickler for regular hours tit at the ahl white e promptly at ten every night all lights had bad to ile be blown out he believed in going to bed early and getting up early during the summer months he arose at four and neco accompanied by his 1 Is son john who who was his secretary would hustle down to the potomac and indulge in a good swim for or an hour or two while mrs adams was mas overseeing the preparation of a good breakfast for them when it became too cold for swimming lie remained in bed until six and would then take a brisk walk up to the capitol and back before breakfast adams was a great student of astronomy tr and had a telescope on the root roof of the hie white house so that hat he could study the heavens li eavens at night lie he planted many trees in the white house grounds and urged members ot of c congress on to collect seeds and send them to their constituents |