# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S464
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

' tional services were provided. Depreciation and loss of interest on

, College with other existing institutions inevitably raises the problem
of adequate space at the other institutions.

' students primarily from the

464 So Report of Board for Higher Education

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tion building on synodical, campuses, it cannot’be continued for an
length of time. A new administration building costing in excess’

$150,000 is necessary if the institution is to be retained. . ‘s
Table 13.)

Table 13
ST. PAUL’S COLLEGE — ~
CONCORDIA, MISSOURI
‘1932 Horst Report »
Plant and Equipment

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"1932

: Year Built Original Cost Valuation
Real Estate, 105 AcreS.uecon | eeeneeeeeeestaees $ 36,900.00
Lecture Hall (brick) . 1906 $ 29,000.00 , 20,090.00
Old Dormitory 1884-1890 14,500.00 7,600.00 © :
Dining Hall ....... - 1903 = 5,000.00
Kitchen Wing (brick). 000.00
Hospital (frame) ............... 000.00
Biltz Hall Dormitory (brick) 110,000.00
Power House (brick)... 2,500.00
Gymnasium (brick) 35,000.00
Residences (frame) 3,000.00
(frame) . 3,000.00
(frame) 3,000.00 .”
(frame) 8,000.00 :
(brick) . 8,500.00.
5,000.00
3,000.00
11,200.00 ©
24,000.00
' . $290,700.00
NOTE: Acquisition of ca. 10 m

ore acres of land, an additional dwelling
- and other improvements indicate a 1941 valuation of $305,406.

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In addition to a new building, the present equipment for library,
laboratories, and classrooms needs extensive replacements and addi-
tions to bring it to a level in keeping with the present-day demands.

Operating: and,maintenance costs of the school are about $25,00
per year. They‘*would rise appreciably if really satisfactory educa-

‘funds invested in a new building would result in an increase of $9,000
per year over present amounts. Consequently, @ross savings of
$35,000 to $40,000 a year would be effected through consolidation
of this school with others. After allowances for minor additional
costs at the other institutions, the net economies would be about.
$30,000 annually.

The suggestion to amalgamate the human resources of St. Paul’s:

It should be pointed out
that Winfield would most certainly not be called upon to provide fo

more than a small portion of St. Paul’s student body. If the cur:
rent enrollment at St. Paul’s is at all typical, the college draws’ it

vicinity of. St. Louis and Souther;
Illinois—a distance of @ome 200 miles. Almost 40 per cent (31