All Roads Lead to Baxter

Open a new perfume bottle. Spray the atomizer. Sniff the air. Catch the fleeting and wispy scent as you waken your senses to a pleasant effect.

                       Open your mind and thoughts to the same essence and the overall aesthetics of your childhood days.....your formative years. The evocative aroma, imagined as it is, is not fleeting in this case if you had a happy childhood and a successful learning experience.

                       This was my experience living at Baxter. My surrounding environment was a huge influence in helping me become a Christian, helping me make the right decisions, and giving me guidance in my future life. Quite naturally, mistakes were made. Sins were committed, I occasioned grief and sorrow. But I grew through the troubles, and praise my parents and teachers for their understanding and forgiveness. I praise the loving protection of the Lord whom I worship and adore.

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                       The spirit of Baxter Seminary manifested itself in the courage, energy, and determination of our Methodist beginnings, and by the Baxter townspeople, and by the love shown us by our teachers and leaders.

                       But this is only part of the story! Of the utmost importance was the unwavering commitment of Harry Lee and Elma Upperman who envisioned the potential of the school and the potential of young people in the area.

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                       Why was our school so different from other small-town, rural secondary schools!?

                       Why were there no major discipline problems?

                       How did we learn respect for others?

                       How did a large percentage of our young people become successful at their chosen professions?

                       No one “landed in jail”  ---while in school, nor afterwards. Why not??

                       While there may be myriad answers to these questions, I offer a few of my own:

·                  Baxter Seminary was a christian co-educational school.

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