Newspaper item mentioning Alma: 9/28/1923
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An item about one of Alma's non-botanical duties at Mount Holyoke in the Holyoke (Massachusetts) Transcript-Telegram
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What a lovely word "bonbon" is.
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PRIZE BOX OF BONBONS
Offered by President Woolley for Best Poster on Fire Prevention Day
A prize of a box of bonbons has been offered by President Mary E. Woolley of Mount Holyoke College to the student who shall draw the best poster arousing interest in Fire Prevention Day, Tuesday, Oct. 9. A second prize will be decided upon by the members of the Fire Committee, of which Prof. Alma G. Stokey of the botany department is chairman, and all the posters will be judged by that committee. To qualify in the contest, posters must be given to Prof. Stokey before Monday, Oct. 8.
The announcement of the poster contest at the chapel services this morning inaugurates a campaign for fire prevention which will be carried on at Mount Holyoke during the coming week. This afternoon, a demonstration of fire extinguishers and fire hose will be made on South Campus, by members of the Fire Committee, to instruct students in the correct way to use the college fire apparatus.
Offered by President Woolley for Best Poster on Fire Prevention Day
A prize of a box of bonbons has been offered by President Mary E. Woolley of Mount Holyoke College to the student who shall draw the best poster arousing interest in Fire Prevention Day, Tuesday, Oct. 9. A second prize will be decided upon by the members of the Fire Committee, of which Prof. Alma G. Stokey of the botany department is chairman, and all the posters will be judged by that committee. To qualify in the contest, posters must be given to Prof. Stokey before Monday, Oct. 8.
The announcement of the poster contest at the chapel services this morning inaugurates a campaign for fire prevention which will be carried on at Mount Holyoke during the coming week. This afternoon, a demonstration of fire extinguishers and fire hose will be made on South Campus, by members of the Fire Committee, to instruct students in the correct way to use the college fire apparatus.
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Fire was a serious issue at Mount Holyoke. In December 1922 - just the previous winter - Rockefeller Hall at Mount Holyoke had been destroyed by fire, and before that, in 1917, Williston Hall was destroyed. See the Mount Holyoke page about the history of fire there: It has a picture of students practicing carrying a fire hose during a 1920 fire drill. There is no picture of Alma demonstrating fire apparatus in 1923, but I can still enjoy imagining it.
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