Miss May Sebaston Walker (a 24-year-old blind London girl ) has gained the Rutson Memorial Prize for sopranos awarded by the Royal Academy of Music - previously Miss Walker had gained the highest award of the Academy for pianoforte aural training and harmony - she is also a composer having written a large number of songs together with a violin sonata and several pianoforte works - Miss Walker has been blind from birth but curiously enough she says she finds no difficulty in being unable to see the conductor's baton - photo shows Miss May Sabeston Walker at work on a new composition at her Bexley Heath home November 26th 1934