In October, 1896, I entered to be prepared for Radcliffe.

    tle girl, I visited ellesley and surprised my friends by t, quot;Some day I so college--but I so ;  go to ellesley, I replied t t of going to college took root in my  and became an earnest desire, er into competition for a degree rong opposition of many true and   I so Cambridge. t approac to o t of my cion.

    At to tend terpret to me truction given.

    Of course my instructors eac normal pupils, and my only means of conversing udies for t year ure, German, Latin, aritic, Latin composition and occasional til taken a course of study  I  soon became evident to my teac I needed no special instruction in t beyond a critical study of tart in Frencruction in Latin; but German   familiar.

    In spite, ages, to my progress. Miss Sullivan could not spell out in my  t  to extbooks embossed in time to be of use to me, alto en to copy my Latin in braille, so t I could recite ructors soon became sufficiently familiar  speeco ansions readily and correct mistakes. I could not make notes in class or e exercises; but I e all my compositions and translations at ypeer.

    Eac to to my e patience all t teacudy o look up nees and books I did not . tedium of t e, my German teacher, and Mr.

    Gilman, teac to give me instruction. No one realized more fully te e her spelling was.

    Nevert s ructions to me in special lessons to give Miss Sullivan a little rest. But, to  could turn drudgery into pleasure.

    t year I finisic, reviein grammar, and read ters of Caesars quot;Gallic ar.”

    In German I read, partly ly ance, Sc;Lied von der Glockequot; and quot;tauc; ;; Freytags quot;Aus dem Staat Friedric; Rie;Fluc,quot; Lessings quot;Minna von Barn; and Goet;Aus meinem Leben.quot; I took test deligory of Frederick ts magnificent acs and t of Goeto finis;Die ; so full of ticisms and cions of vine-clad reams t sing and ripple in to tradition and legend, ters of a long-vanisive age--descriptions suco ;a feeling, a love and an appetite.”

    Mr. Gilman instructed me part of terature. e read toget;As You Like It,quot; Burkes quot;Speecion ; and Macaulays quot;Life of Samuel Jo; Mr. Gilmans broad views

    of ory and literature and ions made my er t could es mecions given in the classes.

    Burkes speecructive tical subject t I irred irring times, and ters round ending nations centred seemed to move rigerly speecy surges of eloquence,   King George and ers could urned a deaf ear to ory and tion. tered into tails of tion in atesman stood to y and to tatives of t range it  sucrutares of ignorance and corruption.

    In a different ;Life of Samuel Jo; eresting. My   out to te tion in Grub Street, and yet, in t of toil and cruel suffering of body and soul, al my eyes to s, and  t  t t crus in spite of Macaulays brilliancy and y of making turesque, iveness  times, and  sacrifices of truto effect kept me in a questioning attitude very unlike ttitude of reverence in o t Britain.

    At t time in my life, I enjoyed t ed o live, and udies and read aloud t interested us. Some of to speak to me, so t Miss Sullivan did not o repeat tion.

    At Cmas, my mottle sister spent to let Mildred study in ayed . It makes me most o remember t udy and sion together.

    I took my preliminary examinations for Radcliffe from to ts I offered ary and Advanced German, Frencin, Englisory, making nine ;; in German and English.

    Perion of t ions  be amiss here.

    tudent o pass in sixteen welve ary and four advanced.

    o pass five  a time to ed. tion papers  at nine oclock at  to Radcliffe by a special messenger. Eace  by  by a number. I , as I o use a typeer, my identity could not be concealed.

    It  advisable for me to ions in a room by myself, because typeer migurb to me by means of t. A man  to prevent interruption.

    t day I  beside me and read t, tence by sentence, o make sure t I understood ly. t, and I felt very anxious as I e out my ansypeer. Mr. Gilman spelled to me en, and I made suc necessary, and ed to say  I  age since in any of my examinations. At Radcliffe no one reads to me after

    tten, and I unity to correct errors unless I finisime is up. In t case I correct only sucakes as I can recall in tes alloes of tions at t in two reasons.

    In to me, and in ts  tions in Englisory, French and German, which Mr. Gilman gave me from previous harvard papers.

    Mr. Gilman sent my ten o tificate t I, candidate No. 233, ten the papers.

    All tions ed in t as t. I remember t tin paper orily in German. tly, and I sped on to t  and a steady hand.