# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S53
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 53

tion as well as by the Concordia campus family has reached

ent. Our Board rejoices:in the completion of the first

fulirh pbuilding of this congregation, since the church plays so
vital a part in the spiritual life of our students.

Junior College Degrees

In the spring of this year the Regents of New York State ap-
roved the granting of two new degrees, the A.A. (Associate in
farts) and the A.A.S. (Associate in Applied Science) by its ac-
credited junior colleges. As one of the accredited junior colleges
our Concordia hopes to award the Associate degree to its graduates
as soon as the required technical arrangements have been com-

pleted. Acknowledgments

The generous support of many congregations and individuals,
and especially of the Lutheran Education Society, the Women of
the Lutheran Education Society, the Ladies’ Aid Society of Con-
cordia Collegiate Institute, and the Concordia Women’s Guild of
Long Island, again calls for grateful acknowledgment.

In addition to the projects already mentioned, our school has
been provided with modern addressograph equipment by the
Ladies’ Aid Society of Concordia and with new robes for the
school choir by the Women’s Guild of Long Island.

We are also grateful to report the receipt of two legacies during
the past triennium — a bequest of $55,000 from the Estate of Mrs.
Kate B. Langenbacher, earnings of which are to be used for
scholarships, and a bequest of $15,000 from the Estate of Mrs. Anna
R. Loderhose, earnings of which are to be used for educational
purposes as may be determined.

Personnel of the Board

The following served as members of the Board of Control
during the past triennium: Pres. Herman J. Rippe (ex officio),
Mr. James Kemp, Mr. Charles Nehring, Prof. Louis Rabe, and the
Rev. Louis S. Wagner. During the spring of 1947 Mr. Herbert
Thien was appointed as member of the Board to complete the
unexpired term of our sainted colleague Mr. Fred Overbeck. How-
ever, owing to the newly adopted ruling that no individual may
simultaneously hold two offices in Synod, he was compelled to
withdraw as candidate, since he was already up for re-election as
member of the Board for European Missions. In his stead the con-
vention elected Prof. Louis Rabe of New York University.

Your Board has held monthly meetings throughout the trien-
nium and numerous special meetings as necessity demanded.

The personnel of the Board suffered a severe loss through the