termination to succeed. But during t feed ies. Mr. Gilman  t year I sudy matics principally. I ry, astronomy, Greek and Latin.

    Unfortunately, many of t been embossed in time for me to begin ant apparatus for some of my studies. t eaco give me special instruction. Miss Sullivan o read all to me, and interpret for tructors, and for t time in eleven years it seemed as if  be equal to task.

    It o e algebra and geometry in class and solve problems in p do until eps and processes of my  follorical figures drating a clear idea of to make traig and pointed ends. I o carry in my mind, as Mr. Keit, ttering of truction and tudy s obstacles. Sometimes I lost all courage and betrayed my feelings in a rouble er Miss Sullivan, traigh.

    Little by little, ies began to disappear. tus arrived, and I to try udies t continued to defy my efforts to compreitude for matics; t points  explained to me as fully as I icularly vexing because I could not see tion of t parts to one anot  until Mr. Keitaug I ics.

    I o overcome ties w occurred whing.

    Just before to remonstrate  I oo e of my earnest protestations, ations. At t I sake five years to prepare for college, but at t year tions seac I could  too muc complete my preparation in t first agreed to t  I  I s  like o enter college h my class.

    On teent very  go to sc my indisposition  serious, yet Mr. Gilman, on , declared t I o take my final examinations ed in my moter Mildred and me from the Cambridge school.

    After some delay it  I sinue my studies under a tutor, Mr. Merton S. Keit t of ter y-five miles from Boston.

    From February to July, 1898, Mr. Keit to rentaugry, Greek and Latin. Miss Sullivan interpreted ruction.

    In October, 1898, urned to Boston. For eigimes a  an ime  understand in took ten during typeer, corrected turned to me.

    In tion for college  on  interruption. I found it mucer to be taugo receive instruction in class. tutor y of time to explain  understand, so I got on faster and did better ill found more difficulty in mastering problems in matics tudies. I ure. But even matics Mr. Keiteresting; tling problems small enougo get t my mind alert and eager, and trained it to reason clearly, and to seek conclusions calmly and logically, instead of jumping o space and arriving noter  be, and believe me, my stupidity en ed tience of Job.

    On took my final examinations for Radcliffe College. t day I ary Greek and Advanced Latin, and try, Algebra and Advanced Greek.

    ties did not alloo read tion papers to me; so Mr. Eugene C.

    Vining, one of tructors at titution for to copy tranger to me, and could not communicate  by ing braille. tor ranger, and did not attempt to communicate h me in any way.

    t o geometry and algebra, difficulties arose.

    I  discouraged ing mucime, especially in algebra. It is true t I erary braille in common use in try--Englis; but try and algebra in tems are very different, and I he English braille in my algebra.

    tions, Mr. Vining sent me a braille copy of one of to my dismay I found t it ation. I sat doely and e to Mr.

    Vining, asking o explain table of signs by return mail, and I set to o learn tation. But on t before tion, ed examples, I could not tell tions of bracket, brace and radical. Both Mr.

    Keitressed and full of forebodings for t  over to ttle before tion began, and he American symbols.

    In geometry my cy  I omed to read tions in line print, or to o my ions  ill. tely learned, and w I knew, perplexed me.

    Besides, I could not see e on my typeer. I had always done my work in braille or in my head.

    Mr. Keitoo mucy to solve problems mentally, and  trained me to e examination papers. Consequently my  I o do. Indeed, I am not sure no I read all tly. I found it very o keep my s about me.

    But I do not blame any one. trative board of Radcliffe did not realize  tions, nor did tand ties I o surmount. But if tentionally placed obstacles in my  I overcame them all.