In October, 1896, I eo be prepared for Radcliffe.
tle girl, I visited ellesley and surprised my friends by t, "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 ear desire, er into petition for a degree rong opposition of many true and I so Cambridge. t approac to o t of my .
At to tend terpret to me tru given.
Of course my instructors eaal pupils, and my only means of versing udies for t year ure, German, Latin, aritic, Latin position and occasional til taken a course of study I soon became evident to my teaeeded no special instru in t beyond a critical study of tart in Frencru 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 y Latin in braille, so t I could recite ructors soon became suffitly familiar speesions readily and correct mistakes. I could not make notes in class or e exercises; but I e all my positions 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.
Gilmao give me instru. No one realized more fully te e her spelling was.
s rus 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, aers of Caesars "Gallic ar.”
In German I read, partly ly ance, Sc;Lied von der Glocke" and "tauc; ;; Freytags "Aus dem Staat Friedric; Rie;Fluc," Lessings "Minna von Barn; and Goet;Aus meinem Leben." I took test deligory of Frederick ts magnifit ad t of Goeto finis;Die ; so full of ticisms and s 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," Burkes "Spee ; and Macaulays "Life of Samuel Jilmans broad views
of ory and literature and ions made my er t could es mes given in the classes.
Burkes speecructive tical subject t I irred irring times, and ters round ending natiored seemed to merly speecy surges of eloquence, King Gee 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 ra sucrutares of ignorand corruption.
In a different ;Life of Samuel Jo; eresting. My out to te tion in Grub Street, a, 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 brilliand y of making turesque, iveness times, and sacrifices of truto effect kept me in a questioning attitude very uitude of reveren o t Britain.
At t time in my life, I e ed o live, and udies and read aloud t ied 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, Fren, 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 tp://?99lib?rougo Radcliffe by a special messenger. Eace by by a number. I , as I o use a typeer, my identity could not be cealed.
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 a, tence by sentenake sure t I uood ly. t, and I felt very anxious as I e out my ansypeer. Mr. Gilman spelled to me en, and I made suecessary, ao say I age sin 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 correly sucakes as I recall in tes alloes of tions at t in two reasons.
In to me, and in ts tions in Englisory, Frend German, which Mr. Gilman gave me from previous harvard papers.
Mr. Gilma my ten o tificate t I, didate 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.
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