Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1917 — ALEY PAYS FOR A. B. DEGREE [ARTICLE]

ALEY PAYS FOR A. B. DEGREE

University President Unable to Get Diploma Thirty-five Years Ago. Valparaiso, Indiana.—Henry Kinsey Brown, president of Valparaiso university, has just forwarded to Robert J. Aley, president of the University of Maine and formerly state superintendent of public instruction in »Indiana, his diploma for his degree of bachelor of arts from the university here. .. . . When Mr. Aley graduated from Valparaiso university, nearly thirtyfive years ago, after working his way through school, he was unable to pay his diploma fee of >3. He refused the university’s offer of the diploma, saying he would wait until he could pay the fee. President Brown received Mr. Aley’s check for >3 this week. Mr. Aley came to Valparaiso university with, just enough money to pay his tuition for the first year, and he earned money for the remainder of his course here by doing any work he could get.