# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S141
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 139

boys made in the examination, since it is an exception that such
a group is so well prepared as were ours.

Faculty: During the triennium we also had a change in the
faculty. Prof. Fr. Lange was called to the presidency of Seminario
Concordia, and his chair on the Colegio faculty is now being filled
by Prof. R. A. Ernst, who was called in 1946, and in August of
the same year he was duly installed. Our assistant, Professor Piro,
is consistently doing very excellent work. He is working as one
of our own men, even though he is not of our Church. He is very
punctual and very diligent in his duties. We could not expect him
to do any better. Since we have no man in our circles who is
really in a position to fill the bill that Professor Piro does fill, we
must continue with him for a few years more. After another
triennium one of our own men among the younger graduates
should be so far as to be able to take over the duties of the
assistant. His duties are to instruct especially in the branches of the
State College, as, for instance: geography, national history, and
especially national and Spanish literature and language.

Board of the Students: Due to the fact that our congregations
supported the student kitchen quite liberally and due to the fact
that the treasury of the commissary department had an ample
surplus from past years, it was possible to offer a very low rate
for the monthly board in the past two years. However, due to
a 33 per cent tremendous rise in the cost of living, we were forced
to raise the board for the year 1947.

We are happy to report that the unpleasant affair with the
former treasurer of the Board, Mr. Alexander Schaefer, has come
to a satisfactory conclusion. Mr. Schaefer during the five years
never really complied with the stipulations of the mortgage. We
repeatedly urged him to find a buyer for the mortgage and thus
take it off our hands. Finally a buyer was found, and in Novem-
ber, 1946, the sale of the mortgage was transacted with a slight
loss of about $50. We thank God that this affair has come to such
an end and that we did not have to go to court. We pray God
that such a mishap will never befall us again.

Requests
Already in 1944 we had presented a request for a special grant
to install running water and baths in the dwellings of the pro-
fessors. It took, however, three full years before the running water
system was finally installed in Crespo, and today, of course, the
cost will be very much higher. Since the home of the president
has no arrangement for a bathroom, some changes must be made

- in the house. To put in a bathroom and at the same time a small

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