# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S559
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

;
558 Report of Board for Higher Education

In spite of the many curricula offered at Bronxville, the teachin;
staff was smaller.than at Milwaukee. Teaching salaries. consequentl:
_ were lower by approximately $5,000 at Bronxville. oo

On the other hand, educational administrative costs are. consider.
ably higher in Bronxville, due primarily to the requirements of. thi
general student. This increased the Bronxville ‘administrative ‘costs
by almost $4,000 over those of Milwaukee.

Dormitory Costs

| The cost of dormitory operation: Although the number of reside
students was practically the same, costs are considerably higher ‘at
Bronxville ($13,800-$7,250). Milwaukee maintained one: large
dormitory unit and used a second unit in part. Bronxville maintaine
four separate units, two of them:women’s dormitories, which are mor
expensive to operate per capita than the large men’s dormitories. .

Food Costs

The food costs variea very considerably at the two schools, Bron:
ville $19,675, Milwaukee $12,250: The number of students served i
almost identical for the two schools (175-169). The difference”
total food costs is only in part to be ascribed to the higher general:
cost in the suburban New York area. Undoubtedly a more expensi
type of menu has been provided in Bronxville. Dining hall overhea
also is slightly higher, due primarily to higher salary scales . of
employees. oo

The food cost per meal day was $0.47 at Bronxville, $0.31 at
Milwaukee. Which of the two figures represents a satisfactory food
cost for the prevailing conditions is a matter of personal opinion..-:

. was perhaps possible to provide a nutritively adequate diet at a co
of. $0.31 per day, but it required expert management to have done

Summary of Costs .

It will be of interest to compare the educational costs at our instit
tions with those of other church bodies. Since the method of deriv:
the costs is not altogether comparable, caution must be exercised

the interpretation of the following figures. : \

The group of thirty-four Methodist-Episcopal colleges studied: b
Russell and Reeves in 1930 had a median instructional cost of $335 50
per student (range was $200.64 to $493.09). This compares ;
.Bronxville’s $254.10 per student and Milwaukee’s $218.62.
student. All of the institutions had considerably larger enrolimeni
than our schools. Unit costs in the larger institutions ‘are general}
lower than for small institutions. Allowance must furthermore: }
made for the difference in the cost of living between the two peri
for which the studies were made. In 1929-30 the cost of livin;
index stood at 120, whereas in 1940 it was 100. A further difference
of course, exists in the nature of the two groups of iristitutions: <
maintain preparatory divisions and junior colleges, whereas th