# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S124
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

124 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

tration Building was included in the building grants for colleges
and seminaries,

2. The petition of Portland to be raised to the status of a
junior college was referred to the Board for Higher Education,
in conjunction with the Board of Directors, for close and intensive
study and with power to act.

3. The request for two professorships was referred to the
Board for Higher Education for study in the light of Synod’s
action in the matter of “Ranking of Professors,” with power
to act.

4. The petitions to permit co-education at Concordia Academy
at Portland, Oreg., were referred to the Board for Higher Edu-
cation, .

5. The request for library and science equipment was taken
care of under the general allowance for these purposes, amount-
ing to $242,445, and was referred to the Board for Higher Educa-
tion and/or the Board of Directors, with power to act.

6. The request for a service building was not included in the
building appropriations,

7. Synod took special recognition of the loyal and consecrated
services of Mr. E. F, Balgemann.

8, The request for a new residence will be taken care of under
ithe resolution of a former convention that the Board of Directors
shall have the power to buy or build residences.

California Concordia College, Oakland, Calif.
* (Memorial 112)

Under the gracious direction and blessing of God, the past three
years have been a period of progress and expansion at California
Concordia College. The steady growth of the institution and the
bright future still awaiting it were emphasized at the fortieth
anniversary celebration held last fall.

Board of Control. —- With the retirement of the ‘Rev. Arthur
Brohm, D.D., as President of the California and Nevada District,
and with the election of the Rev. Carl Fickenscher as his successor,
the latter also became chairman of the Board of Control. From
- time to time the first Vice-President of the District, the Rev. Frank

A. Haedicke, presides over the meetings in the absence of the
- President. °

Faculty.— After forty years of faithful service Prof. Herman
Jonas felt constrained to submit his resignation for reasons of
health. The only instructor who has taught at our Concordia since
its founding in 1906, he is known far and wide for his scholarship