BRIMHALL ESSAY CONTEST WINNERSAs part of the annual George H. Brimhall Memorial Essay Contest, Homecoming 2006 honored six students for their essays about early BYU
educator Alice Louise Reynolds and the
Homecoming theme, Lighter of Lamps.First Place
Light of the Campus by Alison Stone Roberg (’07)“As a child, one of my dreams was to live in a library. Now that I’m a college student, I sometimes think I do.”
Second PlaceConversations with Alice by Julie E. DeLong (’07)A student imagines a conversation with Alice Louise Reynolds, someone she only knows from journals and biographies.
Third PlaceLight as Literature, Literature as Light by Julie Towne Espinosa (’07)
In the pages of a time-worn novel, a student finds light.
Honorable MentionReading by Lamplight by C. Michael Judd (’07)A student discovers how books can set a life in motion.
Honorable MentionA Lasting Light by Elise Andelin Roberts (’07)We all have a light inside that can push back a bit of the world’s darkness.
Honorable MentionLike a Lamp on Pacaya by Melissa Waite (’07)
Alice Louise Reynolds illuminated her students’ minds and led them to greater intellectual heights. 
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