The graduates of Hebrew University who will receive diplomas at commencement exercises during the coming Chanukah holidays, will include Ephriam Duvshani and his son, aged 43 and 23 respectively.
They have been classmates in courses dealing with Hebrew literature and philosophy. Both are candidates for Master of Arts degrees. Mr. Duvshani senior emigrated from Poland in 1906 and is a school teacher in Jerusalem. His son is a native Palestinian.
According to the American Friends of Hebrew University announcement, another of the graduates to receive a degree is a blind man who has been a resident at the Institute of the Jewish Blind in the capital since 1914. He is a basket-weaver, and a specialist in Hebrew literature.
The sightless student reads Latin and Hebrew in braille. His classmates assist in his studies by reading examination papers to him and taking dictation. He uses the Hebrew typewriter and is an expert linguist.
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