# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S18
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18 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

On January 30, 1950, the Lord of the Church in His inscrutable
wisdom called to Himself Dr. Paul Schulz, Springfield, Il.
Dr. Schulz was a member of our Board of Control, 1922—1933. We ;
shall remember with gratitude his services to our Seminary.

The honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred
upon the following men: F. H. Brunn, Rockford, Ill. (1947), Andrew
Daniel, Detroit, Mich. (1947), G. A. Aho, Painesville, Ohio (1947),
Norman Madson, Mankato, Minn. (1949), J. H. Lucht, MacNutt,
Sask. (1949), M..N. Carter, Chicago, Ill. (1949), H. H. Hohen-
stein, St. Louis, Mo. (1949).

The Concordia Seminary Guild continues its very worth-
while efforts in behalf of the Seminary; and the Annual Donation
Day remains a boon for the Seminary commissary.

Buildings

On October 23, 1949, we were privileged to lay the cornerstone

of our gymnasium. The building measures 145 by 105 feet and
will provide ample space for a program of physical education.
We are very grateful to Synod for this field house. The Board of
Directors informed us on April 4, 1950, that funds required for ~
the Administration-Library-Dormitory Building, granted us by -
the convention of 1947, had been allocated to us from the “Building .
for Tomorrow” collection. We were authorized to have plans °
drawn and to take bids, but not to sign the actual contract until .
after the meeting of Synod. This new building will do much >
toward alleviating the congested conditions on our campus, and ;
we pray that nothing will prevent us from starting building <
operations this fall.
Requests ;

As already stated, we are at present operating with three :
assistant instructors. This is definitely a makeshift and is of help 4
only as far as the lower classes are concerned. It can hardly be }
expected that the teaching of theological subjects be placed into |
the hands of assistants. The present large number of students in ;
the department of theology requires sectionalizing of the classes, i
particularly in the courses in Homiletics, Systematic Theology, |
and Exegetics. Tio meet the situation adequately, provision must be 4
made for two additional theological professors. We ask Synod to 3

grant the calling of these two men. Boarp or CONTROL

B. SEtcke, D. D., Secretary