Oklahoma College for Women - Chickasha, OK
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N 35° 02.005 W 097° 57.277
14S E 595355 N 3877248
Now known as the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, this school has been a thriving center of higher education since 1908.
Waymark Code: WMKYXX
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/17/2014
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The Oklahoma college for Woman, at the southwestern edge of Chickasha (S.W. 17th St.), is one of the few state-supported women's colleges in the United States. Founded in 1908 by an act of the first Oklahoma State Legislature, the college grants degrees in liberal arts, fine arts, and science. Courses are also given leading to teacher's certificates, and preprofessional courses are offered in medicine, law, nursing, and journalism. A teaching and executive staff of seventy-eight is required for the 959 students enrolled (1941).Spread over a tree-shaded campus of seventy-five acres on top of a low ridge, the college plant consists of seventeen modern buildings, including the big Administration Hall, 220 by 214 feet; Fine Arts, Austin, and Physical Education Halls, and eight resident halls. Physical Education Hall contains a swimming pool, and close by are six concrete-surfaced tennis courts, two playing fields for outdoor games, and golf practice putting greens. On the college's 140-acre farm an experiment station is maintained by the Department of Biology. (Page 267 - Oklahoma: A Guide to the Sooner State, 1941)
This school has held the following names:
Oklahoma Industrial Institute and College for Girls - 1908
Oklahoma College for Women - 1916
Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts - 1965
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma - 1974
Today, the school offers a full science and arts program, including thirty-four majors.
This campus was listed as an Historic District on the National Register of Historical Places in 2001.