persformeinAmeribraille.Mr.Viningwasastraome,andcouldnotunicatewithme,exceptbywritingbraille.Theproctorwasalser,anddidnotattempttounicatewithmeinanyway.

    Thebrailleworkedwellenoughinthelanguages,butwhenitcametogeometryandalgebra,difficultiesarose.

    Iwassorelyperplexed,adiscedwastingmuchprecioustime,especiallyinalgebra.ItistruethatIwasfamiliarwithallliterarybrailleinohistry--English,Ameri,andNewYorkPoint;butthevarioussignsandsymbolsiryandalgebraihreesystemsareverydifferent,andIhadusedonlytheEnglishbrailleinmyalgebra.

    Twodaysbeforetheexaminations,Mr.VinimeabraillecopyofoheoldHarvardpapersinalgebra.TomydismayIfoundthatitwasintheAmeriotation.IsatdowelyandwrotetoMr.

    Vining,askinghimtoexplainthesigns.Ireceivedanotherpaperandatableofsignsbyreturnmail,aoworktolearation.Butonthenightbeforethealgebraexamination,whileIwasstrugglingoversomeveryplicatedexamples,Icouldhebinationsofbracket,bradradical.BothMr.

    KeithandIweredistressedandfullofforebodingsforthemorrow;butwewehecollegealittlebeforetheexaminationbegan,andhadMr.ViningexplainmorefullytheAmerisymbols.

    IrymychiefdifficultywasthatIhadalwaysbeenacedtoreadthepropositionsinlineprint,ortohavethemspelledintomyhand;andsomehow,althoughthepropositionswererightbeforeme,Ifoundthebraillefusing,andcouldnotfixclearlyinmymindwhatIwasreading.ButwhenItookupalgebraIhadahardertimestill.Thesigns,whichIhadsolatelylearned,andwhichIthoughtIknew,perplexedme.

    Besides,IcouldnotseewhatIwroteonmytypewriter.Ihadalwa