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Show Earn Degrees Despite Blindness k" ' 4 S I Mi ' (i If : u - " v " 1 m - y ' ' A I ' , ' ' ' v J - i i J f t ' ' I ' ' i f ? - i h i;- nr ;'; - " f 1 ' ' it'll it-'ll '' ' I !' i When the University of Illinois conft.-rred Its nineteen hundred e!d d 'green, two of them were awarded to students who have been blind since childhood. E. T. Leonurd, of Lake Villa, III. (rlj.;ht), received the graduate degree of master of arts, and C. A. Innls of B.-liflower, 111. (left), received the'degnu of bachelor of arts. During the past year Mr. Leonard has been tak!ni: p t graduate work In political science and made what Is known as a "straight A average, the highest passible grading under the university's system. |