# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S147
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 145

Of course, our greatest difficulty is that prices of labor and ma-
terials are going up continually. Since June, 1946, constructors
sign contracts only under the condition that any rises in cost over
and above the fixed rate in the contract must be borne by the
proprietor. Even though Synod’s Board of Directors has in-
creased our allowance considerably, and even though we have
eliminated the central heating system and simplified the resi-
dences for professors, making them smaller than originally planned,
we shall nevertheless not be able to complete the buildings with
the sum granted. We hope that we shall not have to ask for
more than a ten percent increase on what has been granted.

According to plans, we are constructing a main building with
a front of 177 feet and a depth of 31 feet, the left wing having an
additional floor space of 20x20 feet and the right wing an ad-
ditional floor space of 45x20 feet. The first floor of the main
building consists of three classrooms, 20x20 feet; chapel, 3520
feet; library, 4520 feet; dining room, 35x20 feet; reading-
living room for the students, 33 x 20 feet; faculty room, 20x 20 feet;
reception room, office for the president, halls, trunkroom, and a
workshop. The study rooms, each with its dormitory, are planned
for two and three students.

The three residences are all built according to the same plan,
having a lower and an upper floor, but no cellar. The measure-
ments are 32X30 feet. A triple garage is being built for the use
of the three professors. It is an absolute necessity, even without
cars, because there are no cellars nor attics,

According to a resolution of Synod’s Board of Directors the
officials of the Argentine District bought a fine large plot of
ground already in September, 1944, covering seven and a half
acres. We were very fortunate in having bought this ground
immediately, since a year later its price had already doubled and
now neighboring lots are selling at more than five times the price
we paid. The cost was approximately $20,000. Plans were also
immediately developed and prepared (1944) and sent to Synod’s

Board of Directors.
Requests of the Board

As yet we have not many requests to make, since we are
still a small group. However, they will involve rather large sums.

1. We ask that Synod empower its Board of Directors to
grant the funds needed for the building project in excess of the
contracted prices on account of the continual rise in costs of
labor and material. Our contracts had left us a fair margin
within the allotted amounts, but we could not foresee the sub-
sequent vertical rise in costs. We hope we shall not need more
than 10 per cent above the funds placed at our disposal. If we

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