# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S782
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

84 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

cally treated, can be built into the ground floor, while at the samé
time a reed-organ practice room can be provided, and the three
other floors can receive needed repairs at a total cost of $10,500.
.This will provide music practice facilities for 50 additional students
in the daily schedule.

e. Becker Hall is the former administration building, which 4
was damaged by fire in 1938. At that time only the most necessary

repairs were made. During the war years materials for finishing |

the project were unobtainable. It is essential now that the stair-
case be rebuilt, new floors be laid, and other repairs made. Our

science laboratories, which are in this building, are also very 4

inadequate. They need to be enlarged considerably, with adequate
facilities for storage of equipment. These changes can be made
without damage to the fundamental structure of the building. The
money required for these items in Becker Hall is $25,550.

f. Addition to Miessler Hall. From funds provided in the Cen-
tennial Thankoffering we were able to modernize the second oldest
building on the campus, which had been in disuse for a good
number of years; and by an addition we were able to provide
housing for fifty-six male students., Funds in the amount of $45,000
are urgently requested in order to complete the project by removing
a present temporary section, which once served as an addition to
the service kitchen, by re-doing the north part of the basement,
and by adding a tier of rooms to the north side of the building
to provide housing for an additional fourteen students as well
as facilities for day students.

g. Remodeling in Jesse Hall. Jesse Hall is the newer and larger
of our two men’s dormitories. The large washrooms have not had
major repairs since the structure was built twenty-seven years
-ago. The wood partitions and woodwork in each of the four wash-
rooms need replacement almost immediately, and the sanitary
arrangements are not such that they can pass the most commonly
accepted standards. We request a sum of $15,200 to remodel and
modernize all four of- these washrooms.

h. Physical Education Building. The present gymnasium on
our campus was built completely with local funds at no cost to
Synod. While it was adequate for its day and is still quite usable
because of major changes and additions, which have also been made
by funds raised locally in recent years, the present building, with
its very limited facilities, does not meet the needs increasingly
recognized, and even required, for physical education for both sexes.
For some years past our institution has sought to bring up in
the supporting neighboring synodical Districts sufficient funds
for an additional physical education building. At the time of this:
writing the total collected for this fund is approximately $35,000;