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INTRODUCING HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY 7
1. INTRODUCING
HARDIN-SIMMONS
UNIVERSITY
Hardin-Simmons University provides the
opportunity for a quality education in a
Christian environment for all qualified men
and women.
Hardin-Simmons, a comprehensive university
with a College of Arts and Sciences,
Schools of Business, Education,
Music, Nursing, and Theology, and a Graduate
School, is fully accredited and holds
membership in good standing in the appropriate
agencies as listed in this Bulletin.
Graduates have been singularly successful
in being admitted to graduate and
professional schools and have been readily
employed in business, education, and
professional fields.
Located in Abilene, Texas, HardinSimmons
has contributed to the development
of the West and helped establish a
city and area where cultural, educational,
and spiritual values are highly regarded.
Two other church-related colleges in the
city share with the University an interchange
of courses, library facilities, and
extracurricular activities. A city civic center,
a library, a symphony orchestra, a
community theatre, a county coliseum, a
modern airport, and progressive leadership
afford a most desirable environment
in a metropolitan population of 133,000.
The climate and location make for generally
ideal weather conditions. The city is
situated on U.S. Interstate Highway 20,
midway between Dallas and New Mexico.
Founded in 1891 as Abilene Baptist
College, renamed Simmons College in
honor of the first major donor, Dr. James
B. Simmons, a Baptist minister of New
York City, and later named Hardin-Simmons
University in recognition of gifts by Mr.
and Mrs. John G. Hardin of Burkburnett,
Texas, the University has become well
established with a growing endowment
and modern facilities.
The compact and beautiful campus is
known as "The Forty Acres." The modern
Mabee Hall (Military Science), the Richardson
Observatory, the Lou Morton EllisAlumni and Development Center, the Cowboy
Band Hall, the Woodward-Dellis Recital
Hall, the Rupert and Pauline Richardson
Library, the Streich Tennis Center, the Brand
Swimming Pool, the J.E. & L.E. Mabee
Physical Education-Health-Athletic Complex,
the Frost Center for the Visual Arts,
the Logsdon School of Theology Building
and Chapel, and the Johnson Building for
the School of Business are among the
latest additions to the campus.
Originally founded by the Sweetwater
Baptist Association, the University has been
affiliated with the Baptist General Convention
of Texas since 1941.
Throughout its history Hardin-Simmons
University has emphasized religious training
and spiritual values; hundreds of
preachers, missionaries, and directors of
religious education and music are among
the alumni. The foundation agreement
reads in part that the school's purpose
shall be "To bring young men and women
to Christ; to teach them of Christ; to
train them for Christ."
Presidents
The Rev. W. C. Friley ................1892-1894
Dr. George 0. Thatcher ............1894-1898
Dr. O. C. Pope ............................1898-1901
The Rev. C. R. Hairfield ............1901-1902
Dr. Oscar H. Cooper ................1902-1909
Dr. Jefferson Davis Sandefer 1909-1940
Dr. Lucian Q. Campbell,
acting President ....................1940Dr.
William R. White ..................1940-1943
Dr. Rupert N. Richardson ........1943-1953
Dr. Evan Allard Reiff ..................1953-1962
Dr. George L. Graham,
interim ......................................1962-1963
Dr. James H. Landes ................1963-1966
Dr. Elwin L. Skiles ......................1966-1977
Dr. Jesse C. Fletcher ................1977-1991
Dr. Lanny Hall ............................1991
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