# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S139
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 137

4. The amount requested for street paving was included in
the general appropriation of $242,445 for such purposes.

5. It was resolved to refer the purchase of an organ to the
Board for Higher Education, with power to act.

Concordia High School, Christ Church, Porto Alegre

(Unprinted Memorials 10 to 13, from the officers of the Brazil District,
members of the District Mission Board of Brazil, the faculty of Concordia
Seminary, Porto Alegre, and Christ Church, Porto Alegre)

\ These memorials requested Synod to grant some help to Christ
Church, Porto Alegre, to establish a boarding place in connection
with this high school and to permit the construction of an additional
building, the plans for which were submitted. The pastor of the
congregation, Dr. Walter Kunstmann, would like to collect funds
among our congregations, while the Brazil District will raise a

special collection for the same purpose.

The chief reasons for this request were that the high schools
in Brazil are under the control of the Roman Catholic Church.
There is no truly Lutheran high school in Brazil or in all of South
America. It was stated that many of our pastors had returned to
America when their children reached the high school age be-
cause they could give them no advanced education in a Lutheran
high school. The school can serve those who live some distance
away only if such a boarding school is established. Christ Church
will legally obligate itself not to undertake anything in matters
of the school without the approval of the Brazil District. Two
members of the Board of Control of the school will be appointed
by the congregation, the other three by the District,

ACTION
Upon the recommendation of Committee 1 the matter of par-
ticipating in the control, maintenance, and support of the high
school at Porto Alegre was referred to the Board of Directors for
further study in consultation with the Mission Board and other
interested groups, with power to act.
As to the collection, it was resolved to grant permission to
collect funds and that these funds be held by the Board of Directors
until matters are settled.

Colegio Concordia, Crespo, Entre Rios, Argentina
(Memorial 116) .

Under the gracious guidance and blessing of God the past
triennium has been a period of progress and expansion at our
Colegio Concordia in Crespo, Argentina. The enrollment and