The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-26
HELEN KELLER
A COLLEGE GIRL
A PASSED ALL
HEARNG-DEAN BRIGGS OF
PRESIDENT woMAN's COLLEGE,

her pupils hand every word that. was
said. 1t was impossible, of course, fer
either of them TO take notes and 1t has
often been difficult for the student to
follow the discussions which came up
in question and-answer form, while
recitations have been quite out OF the
question for Miss Keller in the condi-
lions of classroom work, that part OF
her work being done in conferences with
her instructors during rev moments
at the end of class hour.
Latin and English literature, history
and economies have been Miss Keller's
leading subjects since she completed
the required work of the freshmen
year. Most of her text books were to
be had in "braille," the raised type
system most commonly used for blind
readers in this part of the country.
But a good deal of the collateral read
ing which forms such an important
part OF modern collegiate instruction
was not available in this shape 1t was
too lengthy to be specially written out.
and Miss Sullivan has had little time
to synopsise such supplementary work.
Nevertheless, Miss Killer has shown
quite uncommon facility in writing her
examination papers.
Although her instructors have natur-
ally taken a special kind of interest
In their blind pupil, the Radcliffe au-
shorities have made sure that her work
would be judged by precisely the same
standard as that of other girls. The
regular examination papers for the
whole class have been reproduced for
her benefit in "braille' on the morning
of the test by Miss Spooner, formerly
of the Perkins Institution, who was Sc
lected for the work by the college au-
thorities, and Miss Keller has written
her answers just as any other student
would, using her own special type
writer.
Although the tremendous difficulties
of her college work have kept her busy,
Miss Keller has found time to enter
| largely into the social life of Radcliffe,
| which has many of the pleasant char
| acteristics of university life as distin-
| guished from that of the usual girls
college. She has been frequently seen
at the gathering of the Idler, the stu
dents. club to which practically all
Radcliffe girls belong, and that she is
one of the popular girls of her class is
shown by her election as Lawyer" for
the class day exercises this week, after
| having served as vice-president of her
class In it's freshman and senior years
Among Miss Kellers classmates a
| large proportion come from nearby
| Cambridge, for the college has devel-
| oped itself to university standards
quietly and has assumed its present
important position unobtrusively. New
! ertheless thirty-two States and two
| foreign countries-China and Prussia
are represented among the Radcliffe
girls this year.
Entrance examinations for Radcliffe
| are now held wherever examinations
| for Harvard University are given, all
over the world, Last year there were
| candidates, for example, at Bonn, Ger
many, and Osaka, Japan, but many OF
the applicants heretofore have taken
advantage of the provision by which
| Radcliffe issues certificates. counter
signed by the President of Harvard, OF
the successful accomplishment of the
| requirements for entering, and a con-
| siderable number of those examined
have not become active students after
wards. The expansion has been such
however, that the need for increased
facilities has begun to press hard. and
EFFORTS looking to the construction OF
! additional dormitories, of a new library
building and of lecture and laboratory
halls, in addition to the creation of =
] satisfactory endowment fund are beinu
energetically pushed.