Chapter XVIII
In October, 1896, I entered to be prepared for Radcliffe.
tle girl, I visited ellesley and surprised my friends by t, quot;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 earnest desire, er into competition for a degree rong opposition of many true and I so Cambridge. t approac to o t of my cion.
At to tend terpret to me truction given.
Of course my instructors eac normal pupils, and my only means of conversing udies for t year ure, German, Latin, aritic, Latin composition and occasional til taken a course of study I soon became evident to my teac I needed no special instruction in t beyond a critical study of tart in Frencruction 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 copy my Latin in braille, so t I could recite ructors soon became sufficiently familiar speeco ansions readily and correct mistakes. I could not make notes in class or e exercises; but I e all my compositions 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.
Gilman, teac to give me instruction. No one realized more fully te e her spelling was.
Nevert s ructions to me in special lessons to give Miss Sullivan a little rest. But, to could turn drudgery into pleasure.