Newspaper item mentioning Alma: 9/18/1935
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The Holyoke (Massachusetts) Transcript-Telegram reports that Alma has returned from a trip to Europe
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Mt. Holyoke Teachers Home From Europe
Miss Alma Stokey, chairman of the department of botany, and Miss Charlotte D'Evelyn of the department of English literature at Mt. Holyoke college, arrived in New York from Europe late yesterday aboard the S. S. Berengaria of the Cunard White Star line. Miss Stokey was expected to return to South Hadley about noon today, but Miss D'Evelyn is not expected to arrive before tomorrow morning.
Both members of the college faculty were studying abroad. Miss D'Evelyn spent the greater part of her time doing literary research work in England. Miss stokey attended the international botannical congress in Holland.
Miss Alma Stokey, chairman of the department of botany, and Miss Charlotte D'Evelyn of the department of English literature at Mt. Holyoke college, arrived in New York from Europe late yesterday aboard the S. S. Berengaria of the Cunard White Star line. Miss Stokey was expected to return to South Hadley about noon today, but Miss D'Evelyn is not expected to arrive before tomorrow morning.
Both members of the college faculty were studying abroad. Miss D'Evelyn spent the greater part of her time doing literary research work in England. Miss stokey attended the international botannical congress in Holland.
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Miss Alma Stokey, chairman of the department of botany, and Miss Charlotte D'Evelyn of the department of English literature at Mt. Holyoke college, arrived in New York from Europe late yesterday aboard the S. S. Berengaria of the Cunard White Star line.
This item is the first I've heard of Alma going to Europe in 1935. I figure she probably went over in June and spent the summer there, but I have nothing to confirm that.
I found Charlotte D'Evelyn in Find-A-Grave. Her dates are 1889-1977. The memorial says:
Charlotte was a professor at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. D'Evelyn devoted her research to the preservation and analysis of medieval English texts. She was a member of the Baha'i Faith and received a tablet from 'Abdu'l-Baha in 1919 which reads: "Thou hast written about the school for women; I supplicate and entreat to the Kingdom of God and beg for that school limitless confirmations, so that it may be born anew, may become the manifestation of the bounties of the generous Lord, the lights of Supreme Guidance may shine upon it and may illumine it, and may become the center of merciful susceptibilities."
About the Berengaria, Wikipidia says:
SS Imperator (known as RMS Berengaria for most of her career) was a German ocean liner built for the Hamburg America Line, launched in 1912. At the time of her completion in June 1913, she was the largest passenger ship in the world, surpassing the new White Star liner Olympic.
and:
Imperator served for 14 months on HAPAG's transatlantic route, until the outbreak of World War I, after which she remained in port in Hamburg. After the war, she was briefly commissioned into the United States Navy as USS Imperator (ID-4080) and employed as a transport, returning American troops from Europe. Following her service with the U.S. Navy, Imperator was purchased jointly by Britain's Cunard Line and White Star Line as part of war reparations, due to the loss of the RMS Lusitania, where she sailed as the flagship RMS Berengaria for the last 20 years of her career.
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Miss stokey attended the international botannical congress in Holland.
Wikipedia says:
International Botanical Congress (IBC) is an international meeting of botanists in all scientific fields, authorized by the International Association of Botanical and Mycological Societies (IABMS) and held every six years, with the location rotating between different continents.
Also:
The IBC has the power to alter the ICN (International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants), which was renamed from the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) at the XVIII IBC.
Wikipedia says a congress is held every several years. The three congresses before this one were:
3.
Eva visited South Hadley while Alma was gone, and quite possibly used Alma's car, the Beagle, for her short road trip to New Hampshire with friends:
Miss Alma Stokey, chairman of the department of botany, and Miss Charlotte D'Evelyn of the department of English literature at Mt. Holyoke college, arrived in New York from Europe late yesterday aboard the S. S. Berengaria of the Cunard White Star line.
This item is the first I've heard of Alma going to Europe in 1935. I figure she probably went over in June and spent the summer there, but I have nothing to confirm that.
I found Charlotte D'Evelyn in Find-A-Grave. Her dates are 1889-1977. The memorial says:
Charlotte was a professor at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. D'Evelyn devoted her research to the preservation and analysis of medieval English texts. She was a member of the Baha'i Faith and received a tablet from 'Abdu'l-Baha in 1919 which reads: "Thou hast written about the school for women; I supplicate and entreat to the Kingdom of God and beg for that school limitless confirmations, so that it may be born anew, may become the manifestation of the bounties of the generous Lord, the lights of Supreme Guidance may shine upon it and may illumine it, and may become the center of merciful susceptibilities."
About the Berengaria, Wikipidia says:
SS Imperator (known as RMS Berengaria for most of her career) was a German ocean liner built for the Hamburg America Line, launched in 1912. At the time of her completion in June 1913, she was the largest passenger ship in the world, surpassing the new White Star liner Olympic.
and:
Imperator served for 14 months on HAPAG's transatlantic route, until the outbreak of World War I, after which she remained in port in Hamburg. After the war, she was briefly commissioned into the United States Navy as USS Imperator (ID-4080) and employed as a transport, returning American troops from Europe. Following her service with the U.S. Navy, Imperator was purchased jointly by Britain's Cunard Line and White Star Line as part of war reparations, due to the loss of the RMS Lusitania, where she sailed as the flagship RMS Berengaria for the last 20 years of her career.
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Miss stokey attended the international botannical congress in Holland.
Wikipedia says:
International Botanical Congress (IBC) is an international meeting of botanists in all scientific fields, authorized by the International Association of Botanical and Mycological Societies (IABMS) and held every six years, with the location rotating between different continents.
Also:
The IBC has the power to alter the ICN (International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants), which was renamed from the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) at the XVIII IBC.
Wikipedia says a congress is held every several years. The three congresses before this one were:
- 1910 in Brussels, Belgium. If it was held in September like this one, then Alma would have been attending a conference in England at the time.
- 1926 in Ithaca NY. Alma went to Europe with Eva that summer.
- 1930 in Cambridge, England. Alma was in India.
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Eva visited South Hadley while Alma was gone, and quite possibly used Alma's car, the Beagle, for her short road trip to New Hampshire with friends:
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