# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S454
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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454 Report of Board for Higher Education ,

2. CONCORDIA COLLEGE

PORTLAND, OREGON
. ; ’ Historical Data ; oo,
The Portland Concordia was founded by the Oregon-Washingto:
District in September, 1905. A year later 5% acres of ground were
purchased on’ the present site by the District

Beginning in 1911, however, Synod paid the S
Professors and continued this until 1923, when Synod accepted ‘title
to-all property and assumed all financial obligations, A gymnasium}
_ Was erected in 1921 by the Lutheran Education Society for about:
$1,200.00. In 1926 two acres of additional ground were purchased.
for about $3,000.00. , ; -
Since 1923 ‘Synod has paid’ somewhat more than $10,000.00 for’
maintenance and improvements. The present appraisal value of Jani :
and buildings, not including professors’ dwellings, since they are:
privately owned, is approximately $22,000.00. '
Land and Buildings Today nos
The campus is a “T” shaped plot of about 7¥% acres, situated near
the outskirts of Portland and in-an attractive se tion of middle-class |
homes. 7 . aM
The buildings of the school are two: the “Main Building” and the .%
“Gymnasium.” The Main Building serves for classrooms, dining hall, :
and dormitory purposes. The basement contains the oil-fired heat:
ing plant, laundry, lavatories, showers, toilets, food storage room, and: ’
chemistry laboratory. The first floor has two classrooms, president's
office, one bedroom’ and study, the kitchen and dining room. On 4
the second floor is an additional classroom, a small reading room, five :
students’ study rooms, and an infirmary room. The entire attic serves «
. aS. one large bedroom for twenty boys. .
This building is clean and orderly. There is plain evidence that a‘ =
_ patient faculty strives hard to make the best use of the facilities which
it offers. At best these are very inadequate. While it might be
imp! i inside and out, it will never offer satis-
factory facilities for really effective conduct of a boys’
school. Most striking is the tinderbox ‘character of the
is entirely of wood construction, and it cannot but cont
a hazard to the safety of the boys who live in it.
The Gymnasium is a frame building, containing a basketball court,
a small stage, with two dressing rooms at one end, a small balcony
over two small storage rooms at the other end.
'. The grounds present an orderly,
appearance. Several large evergreens
drabness ‘in some degree.

building.” , It
inue to present

but not particularly attractive
and some shrubbery relieve th

Faculty

The. faculty consists of three regular professors and one assistant,

All are earnest, conscientious, capable men. ‘The professors hav
_ Served 18, 21, and 37 years respectively, ‘ any