Winona Technical Institute 1912

Description:	Front: Script at top center reads, Winona Technical Institute, Indianapolis, Ind.Back: Dated, Sept 18 1912. Body of message reads, Dear sister and family, We got here all right [...] was their to meat [...] and we all went to show on the eveng it was fine tell the rest when I see we leave tomorrow morning for EW we going over the sitty today. Mary. Addressed to, Mrs. F. Yaser, Shhelby O., R.D. No 6 Springfield Township. The Winona Assembly and Summer School Association was having its own financial troubles at this time and it was unable to give much financial help to the struggling WTI.The Winona Technical Institute was formed with a Board of Directors made up of 47 members, many of which were also on the Board of the Winona Assembly and Summer School Association. The new school purchased the former 76 acre United States Army arsenal, located at 1500 E. Michigan in Indianapolis, at auction in 1903. Over 4,000 donors made the purchase possible. Sol Dickey, the head of the Winona Assembly, was the head of WTI. The venture was short lived. It admitted students in 1904 and was insolvent by 1910 and was finally given over to creditors in 1916. It had programs in pharmacy, library, chemistry, electrical, lithography, house and sign painting, carpentry, tile setting, bricklaying, machinery, applied science and foundry operation. The pharmacy program went to Butler University and the library program went to Indiana University. The WTI buildings and some of its programs became Arsenal Technical High School, which still exist today.
Origin:	1912-09-18
Created By:	Hoover-Watson Printing Co., Indianapolis
Source:	http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15705coll8/id/950
Collection:	Grace College - Winona Lake Postcards
Copyright:	Contact Morgan Library, Winona Lake, IN for copy and usage permissions
Geography:	Winona Lake (Ind.)
Subjects:	Winona Technical Institute

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