Show son of teachers enters high school at age of 9 corvallis ore tiny bespectacled alexander hull jr who never went to grade school but attended college classes has entered high school here at the age of nine alexander was twenty five months old when he knew the A B Cs and four months later he could write his name when he reached the age of four he could and did read everything occasionally knocking off a few minutes to recite the multiplication ti tables through twelve when alexander was six his father who is a member of the general extension system at oregon state college let the boy enroll in his harmony class the youth already had two years practice on the piano and could play mozart D minor fantasia in concert he was further advanced than the undergraduates in the class the boys parents are professional teachers and accomplished musicians his father taught him music and spanish and the mother instructed ted him in elementary subjects they permitted him to collect a library on widely varied subjects he was not permitted to attend grade school as the parents believed a mentally advanced child is held back by the slowness and simplicity of average class instruction his parents said they do not treat him as a prodigy and never permit him to overwork although below average in athletic skill alexander is much like other boys in that he likes to ride a bicycle and attend films especially comedies |