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The Honorable William !?. Winici com hides lii^ address. Also pictured arc (from lelt) Ole Miss Chancellor It. (ieiald I timer, Lionel I ll.ixicr, Bishop William K . Houck oI J ac kson, .1 ml |oh 11 Patrick Baxter.
011 tlic third floor of tlic Old ?V Building, I recognized in this special man 1 lit- qualities that marked him as ,1 natural leader.
?I le did not think of himself as stifh. Modest to the point ol reticence, hanl-working to the point of near exhaustion, selfless to the point ol advancing others ahead o| himself, I lermann Baxter would be dci idcillv uncomfortable at the thought of a building 011 this campus bein'' dedicated to him.
'?>? ?l ie was that kind ol man. Possessed ol poise, confidence, personality anil intellect, lie was content lo lei his accomplishments speak for themselves. I le was an honor $T<>, * Student in the classroom, an KO IV cadet leader, the school?s finest oratoi, its student both president, a " member of its I lall ol l ame, all the while working at a full-time job as a desk clerk at an ( Klord hotel. A child of the great depression, he ncvei thought ol himself as over-worked onlv greatlv privileged to ' have the opportunity to work and al the same time to get an education.
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?Mis years at Ole Mi-.^ happened 1 the beginning of YVoild W?ai II \s .m ROIC f1?' graduate, he was destined Im- limn line combat dutv p,^'.i.as an infantry lieutenant, \lici lim-hmg first 111 his class at the infantry school at Imi licnning, Georgia, sjjipifcfi&Vas assigned to an inlamrv i;l"''*?jbrtly after D-Day.
The bust of Hermann M. Baxter sculpted by Dr. Robert A. Mayer of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is loeated in the entrance foyer.
October 16, 1944, this brave and huHiaut voting officer was killed in action
jQiBQj*___C attempting to rescue one of hi' men. I lermann Baxter remained true to his
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?today wc come back to this campus that he loved and served so well to cdicatc a building in his memorv. .V I said, I lermann would be embarrassed by ccrcmony, but at the same time lie would be immensely proud of his mtification with bis alma mater and its continuing heritage of scrvicc to the pic of this state and this region.
[he were here todav he would, I think, remind us of the obligations that arc Sreasingly ours to defend anil sustain our free institutions including this NKgreat University. He would remind us that life in a free socicty requires us to
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Patriotism is more than waving the flag and plaving martial music.
I )efense of our countrv involves a ' defense of our ? liberties as individuals. It is a icspeit for the ilignitv of ever}' (	'
citi/en and the right of every citizen to express Ins or her own ideas. It is a ci Miccrn lor those les-. fortunate than ourselves and a	,gj
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The plaque commemorating I lermann Mvrtillc Baxter, wiih quote bv President Franklin 1). Roosevelt, is located in ihe entrance lover of Baxter 1 lall.
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and 1 used to talk about things like that and how he hoped to be able to contribute to the building of a better state and a better country and a better >jj. world. l ie did his part, and it remains our responsibility to do ours. This is no.^'1 time for us to be lamenting how difficult things arc. It is past time for us to use our energies and talents to the improving of the socicty of which we are a'*i part and for which Hermann Baxter gave his life. In rededicating this buildings today and commissioning it for many more years of useful service, I would conclude these remarks by reading a few lines from the same poem which I '!5 quoted from in the first dedication of Baxter Hall in the fall of 1949. The words are from The Character of the Happy Warrior, which was I lermann?s favorite poem and which I think is descriptive of his own noble character.?Th^ last time 1 heard him speak?it was to a student body assembly in Fulton ' Chapel?he recited from memory these lines:
'Who is the happy Warrior? Who is he That every man in arms should wish to be?
'Tis, finally, the man who lifted high.