THE FIRST SEVENTY YEARS WORCESTER COLLEGE FOR THE BLIND By
Mary G. Thomas
Miss Thomas's very interesting little book (National Institute for the Blind, 2s. 6d.) shows that the public school founded for blind boys in 1866 by the Rev. R. H. Blair has been a most successful experiment. It was established in the mediaeval Commandery at Worcester, and has gradually been enlarged and fully equipped. A hundred old students have done well at the universities and the college eight has performed creditably at Henley. Lord Cobham, the chairman of the Governors, says in his preface that the college opened its doors to blind boys nearly thirty years before even elementary education for the blind became compulsory. Private beneficence has tided it over many anxious moments, and its future as a recognised public school is now assured .by an agreement with the National Institute for the Blind.
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