# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S112
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

112 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

The rebuilding of West Dormitory was carried out in the
summer of 1946 according to instruction of Synod, with the
approval of the Board of Directors.

The Commercial Department has continued to function in a
satisfactory manner during the past triennium. The department
is self-supporting financially; it also makes an annual remittance
to Synod for the use of its rooms in the Administration Building,
and it offers instruction in typewriting and shorthand without
cost to pretheological students.

Both high school and junior college have been accredited
for a number of years with the educational authorities of the
State of Kansas. The high school is also a member of the North
Central Association. The relations with these agencies have been
satisfactory and helpful.

Such needs of the institution as painting and decorating, re-
building, and general repairs have been submitted in special
memorials.

The helpful co-operation of Synod’s President, of the Board
of Directors, and of the Board for Higher Education is gratefully

acknowledged. ye Boarp or Controt or St. Jonn’s CoLLrce

W. H. Meyer, Chairman
Frep Kramer, Secretary

REQUEST WITH REGARD TO BADEN HALL, WINFIELD, KANS.
(Memorial 133)

The Board of Control of St. John’s College, Winfield, Kans.,
has caused Baden Hall, the oldest building on the campus of
St. John’s College, to be thoroughly examined by an architect and
a contractor, who reported as follows:

1. The outside shell of the building is in very good condition,
except for some necessary tuckpointing and a few broken stones
which ought to be replaced.

2. The interior construction — wooden joists, floors, studdings,
and lath — make the building a dangerous firetrap.

3. The whole interior construction ought to be torn out and
four floors instead of three constructed, with steel joists, concrete
floors, and fireproof masonry interior walls. ;

4, It should be possible to do this work for about $125,000.

In view of the fact that Synod ought not to endanger the life
and safety of its students, the Board of Control of St. John’s Col-
lege petitions Synod for funds to rebuild Baden Hall and to make

‘it fireproof,