A COLLEGE FOR BLIND GIRLS.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 September 1920, Page 2

A COLLEGE FOR BLIND GIRLS.

Sir,—Will you allow me to make known through the medium of your Influential columns the establishment of a collegiato institution unlike any other in the world? It is the College for the Higher Education of Blind Girls, situated at Chorley Wood, Herts, about twenty miles from London, England. The equipment of the College is nearing completion, and it will be ready to receive scholars .in January next. The very fine building, with its spacious grounds of more than forty acres, has for some time past been in process of adaptation for the purposes of the College. It occupies a high and quite ideal situation in the midst of beautiful surroundings, and no pains have been spared to equip it in a tmanner which will bear comparison with the best secondary schools for sighted girls. Miss Phyllis Monk, a lady of high scholastic attainments,. and considerable experience, has been appointed principal, and has gathered round her a competent staff. This school will receive pupils from the age of seven years, and will be divided into sections according to the age of the scholars. The standard of education and of comfort will be of the first order, The fees have been placed at the moderate figure of £lO5 per annum. The Council of the National Institute for the Blind have felt for some time past that there should be a sister institution to the Worcester College for the Higher Education of Blind Boys, for which they have recently made themselves responsible, and of which I have the honor to be chairman. The Chorley Wood College will give the parents and guardians of blind girls an opportunity of securing for them a first-class and specialised education suited to their needs and requirements, an opportunity which hitherto has not existed. We now wish to hear from the parents or guardians of blind girls who would like to inquiro further into this matter. Any who are interested please communicate witli Miss Monk at the offices of the National Institute for the Blind, 224 Great Portland Street, London, W. 1., England—l am, etc., ARTHUR PEARSON, President, National Institute for the Blind.