# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S106
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

106 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

ing in Tuckahoe, not far from our campus, containing an attractive
5-room apartment on each floor. This now provides residence for
the families of our bursar and two of our instructors, one of whom
formerly lived in the Bronx and traveled twenty miles each day
to attend classes. The apartments formerly occupied by our bursar
and the other instructor, in our women’s dormitories, are now
providing additional dormitory space for our co-educational stu-
dents, The purchase of this apartment dwelling is being made
possible by local funds, without cost to Synod.

As an adequate fire protection measure, sprinkler systems
were installed some two years ago in our three women’s dormi-
tories, each of which is a large converted dwelling of wood and
clapboard construction located off the campus. This item, cost of
which was considerable, was likewise defrayed by funds made
available locally.

Alterations were also made last summer on the main floor of
our Administration Building to provide a faculty room large enough
for our increased staff, as well as more suitable space and facilities
for the offices of our Dean and Registrar. To compensate for the
classroom in the Administration Building lost through these altera-
tions, it was necessary to convert a portion of the basement of
Sieker Hall, our college dormitory, into two classrooms. These
alterations were also accomplished without financial aid from
Synod.

In addition to the projects already listed, repairs on our build-
ings and replacements for our equipment were made under
authorization of Synod’s Board as necessity demanded.

Personnel of the Board

Last December the Lord summoned to Himself our esteemed
colleague Mr. Fred Overbeck, a manager of our Board for the
past 25 years. His long and faithful service has meant much to
Concordia, and his devotion and zeal for the cause of the Lord as
represented by our school will be a constant inspiration to those
who come after him. At this writing his successor has not yet
been elected. No other changes have occurred in the personnel
of the Board.

Regular Board meetings were held monthly, and numerous
special meetings as the need arose.

God has been particularly good to us in permitting us to have
lay members on our Board who devote themselves unsparingly to

the cause of our school.
Acknowledgments

Grateful acknowledgment must again be made of the generous
support our school has received from many individuals and congre-
gations, through the Building Fund Campaign and otherwise, and