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90, UNFOLDING YEARS The whole matter was discussed at the Convention of the A.A. W.B., held in Richmond, Va., in June 1933, and which I was able to attend. Another committee was appointed. It consisted of five members representing the American Association of Workers for the Blind,, the American Association of Instructors for the Blind, and the American Foundation for the Blind. I was one of the appointees and I gave considerable time and thought to the work. In March of 1934 I went to New York City to meet with the committee and again in June to St. Louis, Mo., for the same purpose. We drafted workable rules for Standard English Braille, Grade Two, and later I prepared a Manual based on these rules for the use of our transcribers. All this required a vast amount of time and hard work; and alas! -- even today, years later -- we are still far from having on uniform point system in this country ! In 1935 the Library of Congress sent me to Louisville, Ky., as its representative to the National Convention of the A.A.W.B. There I read a a paper on the establishment of a Students' Library a matter which was very near to my heart. In 1936 Emma and I attended the National Convention of the American Red Cross which met in Chicago at the Hotel Stevens. At the close of the meeting we spent a few days visiting our niece Nettie. It was at this Convention that the Red Cross adopted a system of retirement to be effective at the age of sixty five. I was already past this age, but as I was not yet eligible to retire from the Library I offered my services as a volunteer to the Red Cross until such time as I should retire from the Library. My offer was accepted and I was given the title of Director of Braille. One of my assistants, Miss Catherine L. Grady, was obliged to leave at once as she had already reached the retirement age. This gave me an opportunity to select someone to fill her place, someone who later could take my position. I chose Miss Alice Rohrback of Braddock Heights, Md. Miss Rohrback, a graduate of Pittsburgh School for the Blind, and Hood College, Frederick, Md., had also taken the Harvard Course at Perkins Institution. She had
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90, UNFOLDING YEARS The whole matter was discussed at the Convention of the A.A. W.B., held in Richmond, Va., in June 1933, and which I was able to attend. Another committee was appointed. It consisted of five members representing the American Association of Workers for the Blind,, the American Association of Instructors for the Blind, and the American Foundation for the Blind. I was one of the appointees and I gave considerable time and thought to the work. In March of 1934 I went to New York City to meet with the committee and again in June to St. Louis, Mo., for the same purpose. We drafted workable rules for Standard English Braille, Grade Two, and later I prepared a Manual based on these rules for the use of our transcribers. All this required a vast amount of time and hard work; and alas! -- even today, years later -- we are still far from having on uniform point system in this country ! In 1935 the Library of Congress sent me to Louisville, Ky., as its representative to the National Convention of the A.A.W.B. There I read a a paper on the establishment of a Students' Library a matter which was very near to my heart. In 1936 Emma and I attended the National Convention of the American Red Cross which met in Chicago at the Hotel Stevens. At the close of the meeting we spent a few days visiting our niece Nettie. It was at this Convention that the Red Cross adopted a system of retirement to be effective at the age of sixty five. I was already past this age, but as I was not yet eligible to retire from the Library I offered my services as a volunteer to the Red Cross until such time as I should retire from the Library. My offer was accepted and I was given the title of Director of Braille. One of my assistants, Miss Catherine L. Grady, was obliged to leave at once as she had already reached the retirement age. This gave me an opportunity to select someone to fill her place, someone who later could take my position. I chose Miss Alice Rohrback of Braddock Heights, Md. Miss Rohrback, a graduate of Pittsburgh School for the Blind, and Hood College, Frederick, Md., had also taken the Harvard Course at Perkins Institution. She had
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