# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S51
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 51

Board to do whatever possible that’still more qualified young men:
this area will be induced to study for the ministry. .
from number of young women wishing to prepare themselves for
school teaching are enrolled ‘at our college and plan: to:
transfer to our River Forest Concordia for ‘completing their
ining. We hope that an increasing number of young women will
enter this program at Bronxville and that Syriod will. encourage
the further development of this program at. our: school.” : o
In general the health of our students as well-as of our r faculty
and employees has been consistently good, fc for’ whieh wé thank Our
gracious heavenly Father. oe <
In this connection’ we wish to call- -attention’ to the’ fat that’
Bohm Hall, our dormitory for high school boys, is still: without
adequate fire protection. Whereas our three off-campus girls’ dor~
mitories are protected by sprinkler systems, arid Sieker Hall, our-
dormitory for college men, is of fireproof construction, Bohm: Hall,
our oldest dormitory, erected in 1910, of wood and brick construc-
tion, is protected only by fire hose, hand extinguishers, and ‘a
warning system. The renewed request for a sprinkler system for
Bohm Hall is included in the -overtures submitted through -the.
Board for Higher Education, and we are ‘confident that Synod will:
give sympathetic consideration to a matter so:vital to the safety” of
our students. .
Property. and Buildings mo
In 1944 we were granted $80,000° by’ the. Saginaw Convention
for a much-needed library, which was-to be one. wing of a’ new:
educational building containing science classrooris and ‘laboratories:
and a large auditorium. Funds for the science wing and auditorium
were to be raised locally. However, despite the fact that the cam-
paign among our constituent congregations was blessed with’ suc~
cess, realizing approximately $230,000, it was found that building
costs had risen to such an extent that the plans had to be modified’
by omitting the erection of the auditorium for the present.’ It: was”
also found that Synod’s appropriation for the library wing was
not sufficient, and, accordingly, this - “was increased “by the’ 1947 -
convention to $125,000. ae
Final building plans were approved by Synod some two 5 years’
ago, and it is with sincere regret that' we must report that actual.
building operations could not be ‘undertaken up to- the present
time. Our school is located in a zone restricted by village law’ to::
one-family residences. This requires us to apply for a variance
each time we wish to erect any building other than a one-family
residence and, in addition, to obtain the written consent ‘of 80 per
cent of the adjacent lot owners before the building plans ‘can “be *
considered by the Village Board.- Under authority of Synod’s ’