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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1908
Page
10
A midcentury promotional piece touts Toland School success with 5,728 graduates employed earning nearly 6 million dollars annually. It cites high placement, short payback periods, and post graduation advancement, claiming 90 percent of graduates succeed and that the school places more graduates than any similar Northwest institution.
The Toland School markets its business education as a foundation for success with over 1,200 graduates earning 1,000 to 9,000 annually. It highlights alumni like Roscoe Higbee and Edgar Semsch and notes international placements, foreign students, and a debt-free banking department with $50,000 in college currency and no suspense entries.
A class of 1200 reports earnings from 1500 to 9000 dollars annually as top notchers attribute their success to credit from employers. Listed are individuals and executives from Gund Brewing Co., Security Savings Bank, Met Life, Southern Ry C, Pacific Nat. Lumber, Great Northern Land & Stock, and others across Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and beyond.
Readable list shows multiple students placed in various La Crosse area firms and other Wisconsin employers over ten days. Names include Dora Schwartz Maud Rasmussen Ingeborg Bergh Clara Eberle and Edna Torson with positions at Pure Food Co U S Express Co Cargill Co and more. The note emphasizes graduates succeed daily with no luck or chance.
A compilation of endorsements featuring Senator La Follette Wisconsin Gov. Johnson Minnesota Congressman Esch ex Gov. Van Sant Minnesota Congressman Tawney Bishop Schwebach La Crosse Diocese Simeon P. Shope ex Chief Justice Illinois Cyrus Northrup University of Minnesota Elbert Hubbard Philistine Rev. E R Miller Grand Forks Milo B. Price Pillsbury Academy Edward E. Hale Grover Cleveland John Wanamaker Chauncey M. Depew Susan B. Anthony John H. Vincent Wykoff Seamens & Benedict David S. Jordan First National Bank Winona Security Savings Bank La Crosse State Bank La Crosse First National Bank La Crosse Trades and Labor Council Winona.
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