Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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,,-fl' ' 4,....r Baldwin Hall Then Ground was broken for the old Baldwin Hall on May 17, 1871, with special services. With the laying of the cornerstone on September 6 more elaborate exercises were held. Students, faculty, bands, and townspeople marched in a parade to the site of the new building. Among those giving addresses were Presi- dent Baldwin, State Superintendent Monteith, and Colonel Nor- man 1. Coleman. Cn the memorable day of lanuary 15, 1873, the entire school marched from the old Cumberland Academy in the northern sec- tion of Kirksville to occupy the new building on the present site of the campus. Dedicatory services were held in the chapel on February 13, 1873, with Dr. B. D. Shannon as representative of Governor Woodson, giving the principal address. During the exercises President Baldwin reminded the people of Kirksville that in his first address in Kirksville six years before he had asserted that with proper encouragement his school would be- come a credit to the state. This building, named in honor of loseph Baldwin, was the only building of the school until 1901 when the first annex was built on the northeast side. It was a two story brick building of the French-Normal style of architecture with a tower one hun- dred and twenty-six feet high visible for many miles around. 4. 1 4631 p , , . . f Q . 4 Mix ' if M.: 3 wg. -5-V +A- z f ' , V., ., .,..,. 'K 14 . 'A S 1

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1- s ,0,,L,, 75 u-lf ' ' -mm May 19, l938, was a great day on the campus with the lay- ing of the cornerstone of the new Baldwin Hall, as well as the inauguration of the seventh president, Walter H. Ryle. The inaugural ceremony was held in Kirk Auditorium after which the cornerstone was laid on the northeast corner of the new building. At noon there was a reunion of the class of 1916 of which President Ryle was a member. Governor Lloyd C. Stark gave the main address at the lay- ing of the cornerstone with State Superintendent of Schools Lloyd W. King presiding. The service was conducted by the Grand Lodge ot Masons. Echos, bulletins, manuscripts ot ad- dresses, and historical documents were placed in a copper box in the cornerstone. Members of the cornerstone committee were Dr. P. O. Selby, Dr. W. I. Bray, Mr. I. W. I-leyd, and Mr. W. S. Pemberton. Later in February, 1939, with the completion ot the building, open-house was he1d. Baidwin Hall houses the administrative offices and the lan- guage, music, and business education departments. 14

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