New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-08

graduate" without the degree). this youthful ma.
thematc.an who has beaten ali zoe men; az , -,
sits h!gh up IN her ute room :" fp5n i an exc.tias
game OF her favorte pastme tennis. From u.
Newnham comes the warbe Of a Dla k5iri; tho
air Is sweet with the scent OF many tDsts 81 NJ
Johnson sits. lingering her congrai ulat)ry Iel.elS
and kilograms. \ bow OF magnificent VIl..4'At
:, Tfhair ,lrv fairy cousns-a vase fun II Leland
PEOPLES dainty and delicate % deep orange ana Ia.e
lemon tnts and OF sl.very wai,e. Perhaps a.! Nl.
student. are the letters ana me trt-i. aus ,
cheerfuy, ami sa SIS here o-i pi ,b 'rt
blushlng again. there IS abso.nie.y E1'"4.s 'n3a1
derous and Formidable scholar, vision Of ~hlin
may appear to the inward eye OF the ou,s.'
beaten all the mem ana % s IG one
n1f s WORK as we'll as man ana yet remain un-
tainted by the particular FAINT OF the Sn'eN'''s
she Is dTssssd IN ARK % 6q bring 5Fs 6u aPs %
perfection the dewy freshness Of her young lace:
on the little bed in the corner les thr |A.,e ~
hat ami the racquet IS in r. p.2c. near me ir
and they all have q weli-hn-ered loon. IL -
20 s5aevhaj hy.y. and eances rousisaly round
the room "Everyboly goes down tomorrow ana
We are a! getting Teaidy to 20. You mustn't ''0A
She is eager enough TO talk about her hal, her
college, and abou; the generous way In which Asr
fe.l)w-stuienis have shared WIKI her the Jgy a.
her success Indeed they had dance on the ucs-
dav evening In honor of the CIR. who beat a.. ne
men" But when IL comes to taking about her,
SELF. then Miss Johnson has ony SmiIlhsly, ana @
with tn prettiest. becaYse unconscious oasni!. -
ness. 10 confess that there Is no'hing a. A.4 %
say"
But there IS after all: and what there IS to say
is we'll worth knowing We're 1t Only Tor the sake
OF encouraging other struggling gr.s who nave no
special educational advantages 20 70 on Viz" -
For this fair wrang.er mas MAJ hon1 o.,h S.e
special advantage by means OF men min,
parents have sometimes succrelcI III ur''sn n
about certain amount Of. success 70 1he.r soas
and daughters There has been no crlmnins ,od No
sound elementary education. There are no boara
Schools AZ Cambria se. but ther eqGNArn,si .e ~.
ca.ed Higher Grade Scho'.S. ars 1"er anu rbrSor
Of these. in Park-st.. Cambridge, Miss Johnson
laid the fogndation Of hrr pres.n, ana af,er
child she was foni ~ mathemasrC', anu ,Sy
she left schoo. she continued her faVorI,r stuly,
mostly alone but no %noq! S9m has been az
Newman. ana last year she took ne nrst part 81
the Mathematical Trlpos. staining N RANK O''"'''
Thus mathematics have never had any terror lSr
Miss Johnson-n fact she has hani.el n.r ttioS
as a member OF the Newman Tennis club, sns.
handles her racquet But tAis year 1 s.ls ,,, -
the examina tons. For when the great day arrivedit
happened that Miss Johnson uGufn g .h,rS s5snt
luie.y nothing OF the pae am n"sG"tt IN ny
about her was not in her usaa. good he 5er be e'
Hence she awaited the LIST with nothing but the
most modest expectations. And then on me iuss;
in the evening the elrs dancedxthe iar III
tlcan and al. the rest-danced for JOY that one ol
them, and one OF the most g!r.iSh ones 70 ~,
had fought so successfully. NOW play-ume hds
come; to-day all the big boxes ana trunks llat
lined the long corridors Of the ha..s yesteruts
afternoon have gone off In all directions Newman
is hoiiiayng, and Miss Johnson among me res1
Is thinking Of pleasures on.y for the present iTn-
mis- AMI waking are the forms OF pay IN Whlch
she delights and now she has actuay come 20
think OF cycling such IS the .atter-day iaay
wrang,er. revealing IN games. young S9lrl'eI slJM
ing with strong health. and not afraid 9t problems,
he they connected with Euclid or with what INC
French call cyclisme ,,, ..,
As You sit ana chat with this youthful record
breaker and she loses her pretty blushing shyness'
after a while roguish look comes into her race.
She can't be interviewed. she says-she mas nohlhS
10 be interviewed about; she worked, ana Work
was pleasure. AMI she succeeded. Not much circuit
I'm that she thinks since work was oy no means
disaCreeab.e; and then she confesses her eyes
dancing with the fun Of IL. that you are not nat
as bad as the interviewer who came this morning
and asked me 10 give advice 70 young gr.s' ~,
Thrice noble interviewer what an inspirations
To ask this rosy girl, this unsophistcated chld'
for advice 10 girs You might as we'll ask the nam
ing oriental peoples on her book shelves 10 give YOU
advice for growing cheeks as red as their peta.s
with the graceful courtesy which the Ch.Ne!
sltv women" have caught 50 wei from theH ma
colleagues and which has a subtle charm o. -
own by which you recognize college peope 10
their lives and all the word over, MISS Johnson
leads you back through the abyrnthine corrluois
of Ola Hail. and flies back to her room her rosS~
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