Oklahoma Christian University, Enid
Above is a postcard picture of Oklahoma Christian University in Enid. Also known as Phillips University, it is now home to Northern Oklahoma College - Enid. Phillips University went into bankruptcy and closed it's doors in 1998.On October 9, 1906, Dr. Ely Vaughn Zolars arranged for the founding charter of a college originally named Oklahoma Christian University. Enid businessmen promised money and a forty-acre campus east of Enid. T. W. Phillips of Butler, Pennsylvania, backed the plan and with the donations of Disciples of Christ Churches of Oklahoma, the school held its first classes September 17, 1907. In 1912, following Phillips's death, the University was renamed in his honor.


















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