Baird grad­u­at­ed from the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Pitts­burgh in 1909, hav­ing been ed­it­or and chief of the stu­dent year­book and au­thor of the lyr­ics to the school song. His works in­clude:

• Rune and Rann (Al­dine Press, 1916)
• The Book of Words of the Pa­geant and Masque of Free­dom (Pitts­burgh Char­ter Cen­ten­ni­al Com­mit­tee, 1916)
• The Sto­ry of Barn­ey May, Pi­o­neer (A­ldine Press, 1917)
• Mirage (Stew­art Kidd Com­pa­ny, 1922)
• The Heart o’ Ma­ry (S. French, Ltd., 1927)

1. Ballad of Wise Men, A