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Simmons University
Location
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Simmons University is located at Abilene, Texas, a growing
city of eighteen thousand population, near the geographical center
of the State. The altitude is about eighteen hundred feet above
sea level. The latitude is about 32 degrees N., and the climate
is one of the most healthful, not only in Texas, but in the United
States.
Abilene is situated at the juncture of the Texas & Pacific,
Wichita Valley and Abilene & Southern Railways, and is surrounded
by a fertile and rapidly developing country, of which
it is the commercial center. It has an electrical light plant, natural
gas, water works, sewerage system, long distance telephones,
ice factory, cotton seed oil mill, cotton compress, steam laundries,
and electrical street railway. Both State and the United States
have important buildings here, erected at a cost of more than a
half million dollars. The city water supply comes from Lake
Abilene which contains about five billion gallons of excellent
water. One daily and one semi-weekly paper are published in
Abilene. Abilene is well supplied with public schools and is also
the location of the Abilene Christian College, McMurry College,
and St. Joseph's Academy. It has Baptist, Catholic, Christian,
Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Lutheran churches. It
has a high moral and religious tone and is justly noted for the
refinement and character of its people.
The social and religious sentiment of the people is in itself
an influence for good that cannot be overestimated. To the
parent whose children must leave the restraining influence of
home to obtain an education these are considerations of deep
importance.20
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Simmons University (Abilene, Tex.). Simmons University, Courses of Instruction 1925-1926, book, June 1925; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46545/m1/22/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.