The Star Press of Muncie, IN featured an interesting article on March 20, 2015 focusing on Michael D. Kelly. Kelly was president of Muncie Normal Institute in addition to later, Muncie National Institute, 2 of several attempts to render higher didactics inwards the metropolis inwards the slowly 1800's in addition to early on 1900's. The belongings sat idle for a fourth dimension in addition to was ultimately acquired past times the Ball family, who donated it to the State of Indiana inwards 1918. It served equally the foundation on which the electrical flow Ball State University was built.
The article past times Seth Slabaugh, is business office of a larger projection alongside many historical photographs honoring Muncie's sesquicentennial.