Adams County NeArchives History - Schools .....Governor Sheldon Given A Degree From Hastings College 1908 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Debra Crosby http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002467 April 11, 2018, 7:02 pm The Lincoln Star Thur Jun 11, 1908 page 6 A Degree for Sheldon Hastings Tribune: For the first time in it's history, Hastings college this morning had a governor among its candidates for degrees. In recognition of his well directed efforts as citizen and statesman, Governor Sheldon was invested with the degree of doctor of laws -- the highest academic honor that can be conferred by the institution. Governor Hoch was to have been similarly honored but the ceremony was necessarily deferred because of his inability to reach Hastings at the appointed time. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/adams/history/schools/governor2ms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/nefiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb