Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-07
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me Annex Girl Who Was the First
woman to win an Honor ut Cambridge

me Annex Girl who Was the First
| woman to win an Honor ut Cambridge
! Following rhe pleasant news Of the
yuccess Of Hiss Belasco in Paris and
Miss Fawcett In England, both Of whom
greatly Distinguished themselves In uni
versity examinations, comes the an
nouncement that the Sargent prize at
Harvard university has been won by an
aAnnex girl ard the statement is espe-
cialIy noteworthy from the fact that it
| Il the frst time one Of Harvard's honors
Has been bestowednpon any female stu
Dent
The Sargent prize Of 800. which has
been awarded to Miss Helen Leah Reed
for the best TRANSLATION Of the twenty
ninth ode Of the third book OF Horace,
il the only prize open TO competition
for both men and women 1t appears
In the body Of the catalogue al an offer
10 Harvard students and to students Of
the Society for the Collegiate Instruction
for Women, which, being translated,
means the Annex girls Miss Reed
sent, in competition, two TRANSACTIONS,
one in blank verse. the other rnymed. In
ten syllable lines. In tvanslating she
adhered closely 10 the Latin, and her ode
has the same number OF Iines-sixty-
f0ur--as the original.
Miss Reed, who IL the daughter Of DIR.
Guilford y. Reed. Of Hotel Huntington,
may fairly be claimed AZ o Boston girl,
though she was born in st. JoEn, N. y.
The family removed 70 Boston when
Miss Reed was very young, and have
since resided in Cambridge and Boston.
where Miss Reed has many interests, be-
ing member Of the Browning club and
ether literary societies, She Is also
much interested In local charities. She
Ia d graduate Of the Cambridge high
school, and dnring tho interval between
her graduation and entering the Annex
she studied at home. She entered the
Annex as special student, not caring TO
give all her time to study, bnt later took
oil Of tho examinations, and has done
full work and finished the studies lead
Ing 10 bachelors certificate. 1t IL In
teresting 10 observe that in her family
there is much literary and artistic taste.
OF her mothers family three brothers
graduated with hoHors from the Univer-
sity Of Edinburgh. Her uncle, DIR. John
Bergman, who has been member Of
the New Brunswick parliament, is o
man OF marked literary taste and talent.
Miss Reeds sister, Miss Ethel Reed, who
possesses fine dramatic talents, is mem
Der Of the Boston Art Students associa-
ton, and was the central figure In the
festival Of "Lalla Rookh, !" recently given
| by the association.
| Miss Helen Reed, when she graduated
| from the Cambridge high school, was
tho class poet, but she has since, except
on few occasions. sternly suppressed
her muse. She has, however, done con-
siderable literary and journalistic work.
She has complied two books, each con-
tanning 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 compilation Of little volume Of
original contributions, entitled 1.-THE
City and the Sea-" which was issued for
the benefit Of the Cambridge hospital
fund. She has no definite plans arranged
for the future, but will engagein literary
work. She has paid great deal OF at
tention 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 ia tall and OF the brunette
type, with large. speaking dark eyes, and