Hardin Simmons University - Bronco Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

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,aa Anna Hall was the only girls' dormi- I tory in Simmons for many years. The above is a picture of the girls who stayed there in 1906. The little girl wearing the tam is none other than a member of our faculty at the present time, Miss Mary Cooper. Carrie Miller, in the back row, ex- . treme right, finished l in 1910. Connie Har- ris is seen second on the left in the middle row. She graduated i in expression in 1909. She is now Mrs. Ollie Wooten and lives in Abilene. There on the front row is Lillie Thomas, a very popular girl. She is now married to Pete Cowden, and lives at Pecos. Where are the ears of yester-year? In the day and generation of this Anna Hall Tennis Club they were very much in style, but the present race has eliminated these organs by the process of evolution, or else has grown a Huff of bobbed hair over them. And the long skirts, the seven-gore skirts, ' Where are they? They are gone with the years that have passed awayg And in their place is the knee-length skirt Worn by the maidens of today. Page 11 ii at a

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P I -W This is the Val- halla. v Perhaps you've never heard of it, but 1 there was, and still is , under a different ' name, a Valhalla. l After the boys' board- ing hall, standing near where Anna Hall now is, was burned, an- other was built which was promptly named Valhalla by the boys. It remained a boys' hall until the session of 1896-97 when the President had it moved to the present site of the Fine Arts Building. A wooden structure previously used by the girls as a kitchen and dining room was joined to the Valhalla which now became the Girls' Home. The old Valhalla once more became a boys' hall in 1903, when Anna Hall was built. It remained so until the construction of Cowden Hall in 1907. Then it became the Bursar's office and ,Fine Arts Building. It was joined to the residence as shown in the picture, of Daddy Paxton, who was then Bursar. After the erection of Mary Frances Hall, the Hall was purchased by Dr. Tolman, then head of the department of Latin and Greek of Simmons, and moved to Hickory Street just north of Scott Hall. It was named Toly Hall. During the session last year, Dr. Fry purchased the Hall and had it moved to its present location on Ambler Avenue, where it is still used as a boarding hall for boys. The back room in the second story is now occupied by Horace Tatum, President of the Student's Association. This picture shows a row of bachelor shacks which were used by the boys of Simmons in the early days before a boys' hall had been built. They were made of brick, and were located on the north part of the campus extending from where the east ball , V ,, ,M , ,-, ggi' 4 4 ,A park fence now is to - W wheretheScience Hall . stands. The Admin- . - istration Building is ,kbp J-A A-A ' l on the spot where B one or two of them stood. The fellows who lived in them were cooks and cham- bermaids as Well as residents of them. Page 10

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Society spirit was l i strong in Simmons in its earlierdays. These l . pictures show t h e Philos and Clios in 1906. Then, part of the intense interest We now have in athletics went to the society. Enthusiasm, loyalty, friendly but close ri- valry characterized each group. These men who were such loyal work- ers for their societies have become workers in other fields with the same enthusiasm and have won suc- cess. ln the Philo picture, L. E. Adams f6th from left in back rowj, is superin- tendent of the South San Francisco schools. A. L. Maddox Cleft front rowj, is state missionary of New Mexico. john Bates C3rd from left, 2nd rowj, is pastor of Kentucky Avenue Church, Fort Worth. He will make the commencement address this year. john Buntling f2nd from right, 2nd rowj, is a prominent business man of El Paso. Thomas Compere Clst left, 2nd rowj, is a successful physician in Houston. W. A. Mancill f2nd row, right endj, is a representative of the McCormick Harvester Company for the kingdom of Belgium. In the Clio picture is seen VV. C. Reeves fextreme left, top rowj, one of the most prominent men ever finishing here. He is now pastor in Clarksville, Tennes- see. J. W. Goode 14th from right, bottom rowj, is a successful physician in San Antonio. Dr. Stewart Cooper f5th from right, bottom rowj, the son of Dr. O. H. Cooper of Sim- f V rnons College, is a V. 3 W H i 1 Q T T is physician in Abilene. rg. v4 .. He made the best war rt . 4 1 record probably of ,H s- .Q , , p any one in Abilene. He was the first mem- ber of the Medical Reserve Corps to be sent to France. He was a surgeon of the 17th Ammunition Train, and also of the 69th Infantry, both of the famous Rain- bowdivision. Hewas commissioned Major. , .,. . .I ' Page 12