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.