# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S69
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 69

: tin. This overture is predicated on the assump-

co-education ot on will be financed locally with no cost to Synod.
tion that rative that we receive some kind of commitment from
It is impe order that we may plan intelligently for coeducation.
Syne ature of the Texas District simply asks for permission to
mtroduce coeducation; it does not require synodical help for
the yenture. Georce J. Beto, President

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Seminario Concordia, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Board of Control of Seminario Concordia, Buenos Aires,
Argentina, herewith submits its report for the period of 1947—1950.

Thanks to God on High, the last three years of our Seminary
have been years full of rich blessings from the heavenly Father
in Jesus Christ. During the last months of the year 1947 the fine
plant in greater Buenos Aires could be completed. The Seminary
building proper and the three residences were ready for occu-
pancy at the end of January, 1948. Special thanks we must offer
God that not a single mishap or accident occurred during the time
of construction. The plant meant an outlay of over a half-million
pesos. Synod treated its brethren in Argentina most nobly in
financing this wonderful plant. All your fellow Christians in
Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay say to you: “God bless you
richly for your unselfish help.” February 8, 1949, is a red-letter day
in the calendar of the Argentine Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod. On this day the fine building of Seminario Concordia was
dedicated to the glory and service of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ. The special representative of Dr. J. W. Behnken and
of Synod’s Board of Directors and of Synod’s Board for Home
Missions in North and South America, the Rev. F. C. Streufert,
D.D., delivered the special dedication sermon. What a day of
jubilee and thanksgiving!

The $15,000 granted by Synod in convention in 1947 were
entrusted to the building committee of Seminario Concordia in
order to equip the building with the necessary furnishings. Among
these furnishings we also find a motion picture machine and a loud-
speaker apparatus, a reed organ for the chapel, and many other
useful articles for the proper functioning of a theological seminary.
The library is also well equipped and is rapidly growing in num-
ber of books.

During the triennium the student body and faculty have
enjoyed fine health. No cases of serious sickness arose in the
Seminary. In the past two years one class of five was out in the
field doing supply work. Of the five one could not return to