# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S749
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 51

at 6317 Southwood Avenue. The purchase was made in August
F of 1948. Price, $45,000. The Board of Directors authorized the
q expenditure of $5,000 for repairs. gos
; Fifteen professors live on the campus in homes owned by
E Synod. Six professors live off the campus, five in homes owned
by Synod, and one in a home rented by Synod. The instructor in
E the Mission Department lives off the campus in a home owned by
— Synod; the other instructors in the apartment house purchased
4 in 1948; Instructor Bartling in one of the homettes.

4 The prospective enrollment for September, 1949, indicated very
F definitely that it would be impossible to house the students in our
P- present dormitory facilities. In order to provide room, two apart-
F ments at 6305 and 6311 Southwood Avenue were acquired at a cost
FE of $45,850. each. The approximate cost of furnishing the same for
- student residence will be $28,000. The Board of Directors author-
; ized the expenditure of $5,000 for repairs.
. At the time when the Centennial Thankoffering was gathered,
:- $300,000 had been included for a Student Service Gymnasium
& Building. The apportioned ratio of the offering made $160,000
B- available for this purpose. With the consent of the Board of
q Directors a hangar-type field house, 148x162 feet, was purchased
: and erected on the southwestern part of the campus. The location
E- makes the building accessible to the public by entrance from Con-
; cordia Lane and thus avoids traffic through the academic part
of the campus. The Field House was dedicated on November 20,
1949. It is proving very serviceable and is supplying a need which
, has been felt for many years.

: Housing students in apartments off campus must be viewed
; as a temporary emergency measure. It is true that if and when
the Senior College is established, the Seminary will have three
‘ instead of four classes in residence. However, enrollments at the

- preparatory colleges forecast future resident enrollments which

’ will approximate the present and even larger Seminary enrollments.
| It seems apparent, therefore, that in view of this and the growth
F of the Post-Graduate School and the Mission Department, addi-
tional permanent on-campus housing will be a necessity. Synod
F is requested to provide an additional dormitory. An extension
: of Dormitory K southward would cost approximately $294,000. This
f building would be four stories in height.

F The greatest need at present is additional. classroom facilities,
F With some classes now divided into four and five divisions and the
Post-Graduate and Mission School classes requiring classroom
accommodations, we are using music rooms on the third floor, the
auditorium, and the smaller rooms in the Stoeckhardt Hall.