# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S752
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54 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

REQUEST FOR NEW ORGAN
(Unprinted Memorial 67) .

This request from the St.Louis Board of Control presented
the need of a new chapel organ at the Seminary. The Board had
come to the conviction that further repairs on the old organ would —
cause considerable expense and still leave the Seminary without
a satisfactory and adequate instrument for the purposes indicated.
Several men from our ‘circles, particularly a recognized organ
architect, gave it as their expert opinion that the organ should be
replaced by a new one. Reputable organ builders examined the
organ and came to the same conclusion. They agreed that rebuild-
ing the organ would not remedy its defects. The specifications
thus.far submitted indicated that the price of the organ would be
approximately $25,000, and the Board of Control asked for a grant
in that amount, . (Request VII.)

ACTION
Regarding these requests, the following action was taken:

I. EDITORSHIP OF CHURCH PERIODICALS
‘This :request was considered by Committee 6 on Constitutional
Matters and is reported on in connection with Memorials 712—714,

Il. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
The following resolution of Committee 1 was adopted:

not Resolution 35
WHEREAS, The systematic supervision and direction of a physical

education program is of vital importance in developing a physically
sturdy and healthy ministerium; and

Wuereas, The introduction of a physical education program at
our Seminary during the past years has reflected its value in an
improved state of health among the student body; therefore be it

Resolved, That we ask the Board for Higher Education to give
consideration in its budget to the item “Physical Education Pro-
gram at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.”

I. IV. V. BUILDING REQUESTS
These requests were included in the Schedule of Current
Requests under Section “C” of the Report of the Board for Higher
Education, as adopted upon recommendation of Committee 1.

VI. NEW PROFESSORSHIPS
The following resolution of Committee 1 was adopted:
Resolution 36

Wuenreas, Several vacancies exist in the faculty of Concordia
Seminary, St. Louis; and oO