# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S755
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 57

. On November 23, 1948, we were happy to celebrate the twenty-fifth
’ anniversary of Professor Wenger as professor at our Seminary.
. ..: ‘Dr. H. B. Hemmeter, president of our Seminary, 1936—1945,

passed away suddenly in his home at Baltimore on July 22, 1948.
We shall always hold his memory in high esteem.

The Board of Control

The Board of Control has met monthly for the performance
of its synodical duties and has had a number of additional meetings
each year according to the needs of the Seminary, including
several meetings with the Electoral College.

The chairman of the Board, the Rev. Alb. C. Bernthal, Dan-
’ ville, Ill, after six years of devoted service, retired from the
District Presidency, and the Rev. E. F. Tonn, Pleasant Plains, II1.,
~ succeeded him as District President and chairman of the Board
of Control in August, 1948.
' On January 30, 1950, the Lord of the Church in His inscrutable
. wisdom called to Himself Dr. Paul Schulz, Springfield, Il.
- Dr. Schulz was a member of our Board of Control, 1922—1933. We
- ghall remember with gratitude his services to our Seminary.
: :: The honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred
upon the following men: F. H. Brunn, Rockford, Ill. (1947), Andrew
Daniel, Detroit, Mich. (1947), G. A. Aho, Painesville, Ohio (1947),
Norman Madson, Mankato, Minn. (1949), J. H. Lucht, MacNutt,
Sask. (1949), M..N. Carter, Chicago, Ill. (1949), H. H. Hohen-
stein, St. Louis, Mo. (1949).

The Concordia Seminary Guild continues its very worth-
” while efforts in behalf of the Seminary; and the Annual Donation
: Day remains a boon for the Seminary commissary.

Buildings

On October 23, 1949, we were privileged to lay the cornerstone
of our gymnasium. The building measures 145 by 105 feet and
will provide ample space for a program of physical education.
We are very grateful to Synod for this field house. The Board of
Directors informed us on April 4, 1950, that funds required for
the Administration-Library-Dormitory Building, granted us by
the convention of 1947, had been allocated to us from the “Building
for Tomorrow” collection. We were authorized to have plans
drawn and to take bids, but not to sign the actual contract until
after the meeting of Synod. This new building will do much
toward alleviating the congested conditions on our campus, and
we pray that nothing will prevent us from starting building
operations this fall.