Markers tagged "Hastings College": 2
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Hastings College Campus Historic District
In 1944, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Servicemen’s
Readjustment Act, known as the G.I. Bill of Rights. This ushered in
sweeping changes to America’s colleges and universities by paying
for the tuition of World War II veterans…
McCormick Hall
McCormick Hall opened in 1884. It is named for Cyrus McCormick,
inventor of the mechanical reaper, who donated $5,000 to help finance
construction of the building. The first building on the Hastings College
campus, it was the intellectual,…