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It was one of the six newly created state funded normal schools that were designed to provide four years of "preparatory" (or high school) study, followed by two years of college work towards teacher certification.
In 1919, the normal schools were authorized by the Oklahoma Legislature to offer four years of teacher education, to offer bachelor’s degrees and were designated teachers colleges. Expanding beyond education degrees, in 1939 the school became East Central State College.
The pride of 19th century Columbus’s schools, Central High School, began in 1847 in a few rooms, and the high school’s growth necessitated a separate building. High school was free to all under 21 who resided in the school district and could pass an entrance exam.
East Central University (ECU) was founded in 1909 as East Central Normal State School, a teacher training college in Ada, Oklahoma. The establishment of the school came two years after Oklahoma became the 46th U.S. state and was one of six state-funded normal schools designed to provide four years of preparatory study, followed by two years of ...
Schools in Columbus, Ohio. This is a list of public school buildings in Columbus, Ohio, of historical or architectural importance to the Columbus Public School District.
East Central University was one of three normal schools established in eastern Oklahoma in 1909. Three similar institutions had been established earlier in the western half of the new state and each provided preparatory education including two years of college leading to teacher certification.
First building on the campus of what was then East Central State Normal School. Built by Texas Building Company for $94,700. Both offices and classrooms were housed in the building and the library occupied a single classroom at the southeast corner of the second floor.
