# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S77
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES . 78

completed, it will offer housing facilities
and renovated nthe housing situation in Porto Alegre has
for two wute particularly during the last few years.
pee the main building the stairways have been reconstructed,
. ed, and fireproofed. In the new building we have a library
reinfore [l-organized laboratory for our science students. The
and a eught gradually to be enlarged. It is still rather incomplete.
" The street in front of our seminary is being paved, and new
idewalks are being laid. This improvement contributes im-
measurably to the fine appearance of our property.

The supply of water for the seminary and for the homes of
our professors is inadequate, especially during the summer season.
The city authorities advise the placement of a larger reserve
reservoir on our grounds in order to take care of our needs
adequately. Our Request

In order to carry on our work efficiently, particularly in view
of our increased enrollment and the increased number of classes,
we plead that two instructors and one assistant professor be added
to our teaching staff for 1951. With the expected increase in the
enrollment of students, it will be necessary for us to provide addi-
tional housing facilities. As a temporary measure, we request
permission to make the necessary provisions for these students in
attic space, which is now available. If need be, we can later add
another permanent story to our dormitory to take care of the

additional enrollment. Tue Boarp or Conrtro

By C.H. Warts

B. MEMORIALS PERTAINING TO SEMINARIES,
TEACHERS’ AND PREPARATORY COLLEGES

(117] The Seminaries

Since it is important that the Church have a considerable
number of theological scholars for its work; and

Since, on the other hand, a surprising number of notable
preachers of the Gospel (as well as statesmen, inventors, and the
like) have had only meager school training, indicating that formal
classes are not the only means of effective education; therefore
be it resolved that Synod lay down the following principles to guide
the Board of Higher Education:

1. That the Seminary in St. Louis aim at high scholarship, but