The Bronco, Yearbook of Simmons College, 1922 Page: 10
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This is the Valhalla.
Perhaps you've
never heard of it, but
?l:il i .t1 there was, and still is
under a different
name, a Valhalla.
After the boys' boarding
hal, standing near
where Anna Hall now
is, was burned, another
was built which
was promptly named
Valhalla by the boys.
It remained a
boys' hall until the
session of 1896-97
whAen 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
park fence now is to
where the Science Hall
stands. The Administration
Building is
on the spot where
one or two of them
stood. The fellows
who lived in them
were cooks and chambermaids
as well as
residents of them.Page 10
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Simmons College (Abilene, Tex.). The Bronco, Yearbook of Simmons College, 1922, yearbook, 1922; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38644/m1/15/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.