The morning call., 1890-07-01
FAIR HARVARD.

Tho Annex Girl Who Was the First to
Win nm Honor at Cambridge.
Following the pleasant news of the sue
cess of Miss Belasco in Paris and Miss
Fawcett in England. both of whom greatly
distinguished themselves in university ex-
aminations, comes the announcement that
the Sargent prize at Harvard University
has been won by an "AnneX GIRL" and the
statement is especially noteworthy from
the fact that it is the first time one of Har-
wards hoDors has been bestowed upon any
female student.
The Sargent prize of 500, which has just
been awarded to Miss Helen Leah Reed
for the best translation of the Goth ode of
the Third Book of Horace, is the only prize
open to competition from both men ana
women. 1t appears in the body of the
catalogue an offer to Harvard students
and to students of the Society for the Col
legiate Instruction of Women, which, being
translated. means the annex girls"
Miss Reed, who is the daughter Of DR..
Guilford S. Reed of Hotel Huntington,
may fairly be claimed as Boston girl,
though she was born in St. John, n. b.
The family removed to Boston when Miss
Reed was very young and have since re-
sided in Cambridge and Boston, where Miss
Reed has many interests, being a member
of the Browning Club and other literary
societies. She is also much interested
in local charities. She is graduate
of the Cambridge High School, and during
the interval between her graduation AID
entering the annex she studied at home.
She entered the annex as a special student,
not caring to give all her time to study, but
later took all OF the examinations, and has
this year done full work and finished the
studies leading to a bachelors certificate.
1t is interesting to observe that in
her family there is much literary and
artistic taste. Of her mothers family
three brothers graduated with hOnors from
In Tt,it of limb nFarh Iar
DR.. John Bergman, who has been mem-
Der Of the New Brunswick Parliament, is
man of marked literary taste and talent.
Miss Reeds sister, Miss Ethel Reed, who
possesses fine dramatic talents, is member
OF the Boston Art Students Association.
and was the central figure in the festival Of
''I.alla RoOkh, recently given By the aSso-
citation.
Miss Helen Reed, when she graduated
from the Cambridge High School, was the
class poet, but she has since, except on
few occasions. sternly suppressed her muse.
She has, however. done considerable liter
airy and journalistic work for the Chicago
Tribune and other papers, and also for
the Sunday Herald, TO which she has con-
trbuted several articles during the past
month. She has complied two books, each
containing one of her poems, and she wrote
the poetical souvenir of the Dickens Car
nival, which the Woman's Educational and
Industrial Union issued several years ago.
Another good piece of work was the compi-
lation of little volume of original coutri-
buttons, entitled THE City and the Sea-"
which was issued for the benefit of the
Cambridge Hospital Fund. Miss Reed will
graduate from the annex next week. She
has no definite plans arranged for the
future, but will engage in literary work,
and it is safe to say she will be further
heard from. She has paid great deal of
attention to original research in American
history under the direction of Professor
Hart and will continue In this line of work
for the present
Miss Reed is tall and of the brunette type,
with large, sparkling, dark eyes, and her
low, distinct voice, while full of sweetness,
shows III her manner of speaking the earn
estness and force of her character.-Boston
Herald.