# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S207
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212 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

its recommendations, to the President of Synod for action at the

triennial convention,”

In accordance with this directive the Board for Higher Edu.
cation is making available its recommendations on the Tequestg
which it has received from the institutions.

Upon examination of these requests it was found that some
of the items would properly classify as repairs. It was found further
that some of the indicated needs are so urgent that they should
receive immediate attention if they are to effect the savi
which become possible by adopting them. Accordingly the Board
for Higher Education has broken down these requests into the
columns indicated below.

A word of explanation with regard to the column headed
“Reorganization Costs” will clarify the Board’s intention with re.
gard to this column. We have listed here the specific costs which
will be caused if Synod adopts the reorganization plans which are
detailed in Section A of our report. The introduction of the pre-
teacher training courses and the requirements for additional Space
at St. Louis and at River Forest will, we believe, involve the Costs
indicated in this particular column. In order to keep all of these
financial recommendations in one section, the column has been
added to the requests under Section 6.147,

“BUILDING FOR TOMORROW” COLLECTION
-As is well known, the “Building for Tomorrow” collection
approximated $1,300,000. This sum was insufficient to meet the
needs which were urgent already in 1947, when Synod approved
a series of requests selected from a total of more than $5,000,000
which the institutions had originally requested. This situation
leaves some of our colleges and seminaries without facilities which
are absolutely necessary and which have been needed for a period
of years. The constituencies of these particular institutions have
participated in the “Building for Tomorrow” collection and should
be entitled to some allocation from the total fund which has been
accumulated.
However, the absolute needs of the seminaries and the teacher

training colleges have completely absorbed the part of the collec- -

tion which has been received to date. In order to carry out the
resolutions of the 1947 convention, and in order to prevent a very
extensive backlog of real needs from overwhelming Synod at some

. later date, the Board for Higher Education urgently recommends ©

that the remaining “Building for Tomorrow” needs be met and

that the necessary funds be included in the one large collection es
which is recommended in Section D.of the Board’s current report

We estimate that a total of $500,000 will completely cover the Fa
remaining grants which were made by the 1947 convention. he

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