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Warren I .arroux of Oxford, Mississippi; Mr. Chester Braune of Hirmindium, Alabama; anil i\ I r. .mil AI rs. McMurrv Grilfith, also of Birmingham.
?Though not a member of the Baxter familv, our next guest is a vital part of this rededication program. Dr. Robert A. Mayer of Winston-
The Honorable Governor William F. Winter and Dr. Roly. A.	Sal N(mh Carolina,
..?Mayer or Winston-Salem, North Carolina, sculptor of the bust ol
Hermann M. Baxter located in the entrance foyer. (lovernm Winter	who	Sculpted the
gave both tlic original dedicatory spccch for Baxter 11.ill in 1949, and	bust	of	Hermann
the address for the rededication of the btnldinj; in 1991.	u
...	h	Baxter,	is an artist in
jStilbanothcr medium. l ie is founder and conductor of the Sawtooth Swing IgS^Band, a 20-piece ?big band? dance orchestra and satellite of the Wahovia I^Little Symphony in Winston-Salem. Please join me in welcoming Dr. ibert A. Mayer and Mrs. Mayer.
ftQther special guest todav is the Most Reverend Joseph B. Brunini, retired Jsnop of the Catholic Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi. Representing AT&T are '^MKjKen Johnston, Mr. Allan Michaels, and Ms. Babs Summerhill of Jackson, who r^havejjecn most helpful to the I hmersitv in planning and implementing our ^^telecommunications system. I he architect lor the renovation of Baxter Hall was ?5%;Ely Associates ofjackson. Re presenting the firm is Mr. |im Fly. The general contractor for the re nova I i< >n was |.() I looker d\ Sons, Inc., of I h ax toil, ^^Mississippi. Please join me in weKommg Mr. (ir.ulen I looker. We are also pleased to have with us one of the membeis <>t the planning i ommittee for the original jg-tv Baxter Hall dedication, Dr. George Street, I )ueetor Lmcntus of University pj?' Relations, who in 1949 was supervism ol housing at Ole Miss. George, would you please stand? George has been ver\ helpful to us m preparing for our rededication , '? V' ceremony today.?
k! HISTORY or BAXTER IT All
..The erection ol Baxter I I all?along with Sam, (Icrard, and Lester?as residences
c?for men was made essential bv the reiurnmg veterans from World War 11. These TSfc'-w.	_
Veterans began to return m the fall ol 19-15. By 1946, the trickle had become a
^Stream which was to grow ever larger through 1948 and 1949. In an attempt to
|* accommodate this tide of students, the University received enough money to erect
^one^residence hall. By using blueprints from Navy barracks, which were relatively
IS??'inexpensive to construct, the University was able to fund the construction of four
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appropriated for one residence hall. Constructed between January 1946 and l-'ebruarv 1948, the four residence halls were designed to house 468 men and were originally dedicated as a group in November 1949. They were used until 1972 as men?s residence halls. Literally thousands of students experienced life in Baxter
11	all over that period of time.
In 1962 when the first black student, James Meredith, was admitted to T he University of Mississippi amid great turmoil, Baxter I Fall was selected as the residence hall in which he and the secret servicemen guarding him would live. A plaque has been placed in the lobby of the building, signifying that James Meredith'^ was housed in Baxter 11 all in 1962.	??
chancellor Turner?s introduct ion oi William Winter^J^
?Those of you who were here for the original dedication may recall that the ceremony took place in the courtyard between the dormitories. Dean R. Malcolm; Guess chaired the planning committee. F.ach ot the dorms was named for a favorite^ son who had been lost to the Ole Miss family: Diane Lester, a Rhodes Scholar, .,_v. who was killed in an automobile accident in 1941, and three young Mississippian who succeeded each other as student hodv president anil were killed in action in 1944: Gus Gerard of Grenada, Billy Sam of Vicksburg, and I lermann Baxter of Bay St. Louis.
?Four Mississippi attorneys spoke at the original dedication ceremony: Senator John W. Kyle, about Drane Lester; Representative N. S. Sweat, Jr., on behalf of Gus Gerard; Arthur B. Clark about Billy Sam; and Representative William Winter, himself a student, on behalf of Hermann Baxter.
We are honored to have the individual
who gave the original dedicatory remarks
about 1 lermann Baxter with us for the
rededication ceremony. Ladies and
gentlemen, please join me in welcoming
an 01c Miss and Mississippi favorite son, Y
an educator, historian and author, a	..'ja
. . .	:*ft
successful attorney, a visionary
statesman?who has served in practically
even' major role in state government, ,Kt
including the office of governor (1980-
84)?the I lonorablc William F. Winters*?*?
Governor Winter."	.
William Winter?s address:	-
?Fifty years is a long time. T hat is how long it has been since I first met here on I he I lonorablc William k Winter, former tliis campus a fellow student named Governor of Mississippi and classmate of	r	,	.	?	.	.	,	?
?	.	.. .	I	lermann	Baxter, rrom that initial chanc
I lermann M. Baxter, makes Ins dedicatory