# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S768
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

70 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

and central boiler room. The new wing could be devoted to stu-
dent rooms only. A three-story and basement unit for 160 stu-
dents, according to present estimates, can be constructed of brick

and re-enforced concrete, similar to that of the original unit, for
$325,000 exclusive of furnishings,

Request: We respectfully request the sum of $325,000 for the
construction of the north wing of the Dormitory for Women, hous-
ing approximately 160 students. .

Tue Boarp or Controi
or Concorpia TEACHERS CoLLEGE
Paut L, KLUvENper, Secretary

THE Facutty or Concorpra TEACHERS CoLuece
Artuur Kurc, President

D. Repeated Request for an Auditorium at River Forest
(Memorial 127):

In 1947 Synod granted our request for a Music Building and
Auditorium. Although the need was recognized, the necessary:
funds for the complete plan could not be made available. We
feel constrained to repeat our request for an Auditorium for the
following reasons. ‘ :

Under the present arrangement we are obliged to use our

Gymnasium in a double capacity. It is in use continuously during
all school days to carry out our program in physical education.
At the same time it must Serve as an auditorium for the presenta-
tion of all of our programs in the fine arts (music and drama).
This double use of the Gymnasium does not provide sufficient
time in both areas. We cannot encroach on our program of phys-
ical education, since two years of physical education classes are
required for teacher certification. When the two-year program
of physical education has been scheduled for all students who
must gain credit in these courses, all remaining time should be 4
scheduled for intramural sports, physical training for the remainder .-#
of the student body, and general recreational purposes,

The Gymnasium, designed and built some twenty years ago
for a student body of 300 men who at that time had no physical
education classes, must now-serve a program of required physical
education classes for a student body of 525 men and women. As
the program for physical education demands an ever greater use
of the Gymnasium for its primary and secondary functions, the:
facilities become less and less available for other vital purposes,
such as music and drama. The result is a series of annoyances *

and eventual compromises which harm the total program. We
regret this very much.