# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S783
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 85

most of which has been obtained in the Southern Nebraska District.
, Since we feel that any further insistence or any. further effort
; to reach the total cost of this project locally would either result in
,. failure for the project or would act as a detriment to the Southern
.. Nebraska District’s and other Districts’ contributions to the
s synodical cause and the synodical budget, we urgently request
;... Synod to extend its policy of providing physical education facilities
at St. Louis and Springfield to include all the terminal schools in
its system. Accordingly we urgently request Synod to grant us
$60,000 for the plant, plus $15,000 for the necessary equipment.

i. New Dormitory for Women. An earlier section of this report
detailed the great annual increase in enrollment which our in-
stitution has been able to register under the blessing of our God.
Though the continuing acute Synod-wide shortage of teachers has
been well publicized, the implications of this shortage for the
needed growth of the professional schools are not so obvious to all.
Funds were granted by the last convention of Synod to add to our
campus the first women’s dormitory expressly built for that pur-
pose. When finished, this building was to house thirty-eight young
women, but in order to enroll as many as possible, since it was
opened for use, it has operated at more than capacity by housing
fifty young women each term. In view of the immediate and long-~
range needs of the Church for teachers and the general situation on
our campus, we respectfully urge Synod to authorize the immediate
construction of another dormitory for women students and for that
purpose to grant us a sum of $132,000, for which, we believe, to-
day’s prices would allow. duplication of the present new building.

j. Auditorium-Chapel. The Centennial Synod granted our re-

. . quest for a new chapel-auditorium and included it in the “Build-
ing for Tomorrow” collection. At the time of the preparation of
this memorial to Synod the necessary funds have not yet been re-
leased from the proceeds of the “Building for Tomorrow” collection
by the Board of Directors. Accordingly we feel it necessary to
renew our request, asking also for renewed approval of it for this
building. Our case can perhaps best be made by repetition of what
was reported to Synod. “Our present chapel is too small to ac-
commodate our entire student body and instructional staff. Over-
crowded to the point of danger, it has serious fire hazards, as the
fire marshal has pointed out. The present chapel space is also
needed for additional laboratory facilities. Furthermore, we have
no adequate auditorium. We sorely need additional office. space,
and last but not least, we must provide a classroom and laboratory
for our art courses as well as storage and display space for our
large and now scattered collection of art, music, and other audio

- and visual aid materials.