It is not short of amazing, the power of a great idea to weld men together. There was in it a peculiar, intense, vital spirit if you will, that I have never felt before in any strike.

It was extremely successful. A dormitory at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is named in honor of Baker but using his pen name David Grayson. A nearby dormitory Baker Hall is named after his brother Hugh Potter Baker who was the president of Massachusetts State College that later became the University of Massachusetts.