# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S68
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

68 . SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

In 1948 several acres of campus were cleared and supplf
with an underground watering system. This area now serves%
a playground and athletic field. Pond

The city of Austin desired to purchase a strip of land fig
the front of our campus for a right-of-way for an inter-regioij
highway. The strip of land, 125 feet by 1500 feet (ca. four acrey
was sold to the city by the Board for $27,500. (Since no Boaj
of Control may sell synodical property, the city of Austin was pra
vailed upon to enter a friendly condemnation suit against Synod}
The Board was able to acquire an equal strip of land at the re
of the campus for $12,250. The balance of the $27,500 was remitts
to Synod.

Student Body

For the past several years our dormitory has been filled
capacity. In the 1949—50 school year 47 ministerial, 22 no: nie
and 26 general education students were enrolled.

The morale of the student body, thanks be to God, has beg
high in recent years. Under God’s grace this can be attribut™
to an improvement of the meals, the introduction of the hous#
master program, and enlargement of the student activities prograg
the elimination of students who are unwilling to conform theg
selves to the Christian spirit of the school, and a systematic efi
to deepen the spiritual life of the students. a

Support of the Constituency ;

The support of the Texas and Southern District Lutherans
been heartening. Their liberal support of our commissary enablg
us to raise the standards of the meals. Noteworthy has been q
support of our student-employment and campus-beautificatij
programs. Approximately $4,000 a year has been contributed :
this purpose.

Requests 4

The Delegate Synod of 1947 answered our petition for 4
Junior College years with the following resolution:

The petition that Austin be raised to the status of a Jum
College was referred to the Board for Higher Education, in ¢
junction with the Board of Directors, for close and intensive sti
and with power to act.

The faculty and Board of Control have given serious though
the possible early execution of this resolution. However, it is
considered opinion that the addition of the two years of coll
at Austin should be delayed until the erection of the classra
building authorized by the last synodical convention. — 1

The Texas District presents an overture to this conven
petitioning Synod to grant permission for the introduction

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