# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S785
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 87

; provide a good rebuilding of this organ for Synod’s use, at a real
E. saving in comparison with replacement of the instrument, for
$10,500.

. q. Reed Organ. At present we have no reed organs on our
;, campus, Since many of our graduates must use this type of in-
, strument later, they should be able to use one while learning.
s $600 will supply this item, if it has not already been granted
£. from the proceeds of the “Building for Tomorrow” collection.

r. Electronic Organ. A considerable and increasing number of
our congregations are acquiring electronic organs. In order to
provide a means whereby our institution can give instruction to
future church musicians and teachers on these instruments, as well
as on pianos, reed and pipe organs, we respectfully request Synod
to grant $3,000 for an electronic organ, to be bought and used for

_ - instructional purposes.

s. Science Equipment. For the study of various subjects in
the area of the natural sciences our institution has acquired some
of the basic equipment necessary in botany and zoology and also
for chemistry, but our physics laboratory is woefully under-
equipped, and much of the available equipment is out of date
because of the tremendous changes and developments in the field
of physics. We respectfully request that Synod grant us the amount
of $7,500 to purchase equipment with which to set up an adequate
physics laboratory for high school and college courses.

t. Library. The grant made by the previous convention to
benefit our library has enabled us to make some fundamental re-
modeling changes. In addition, a considerable number of books
were purchased. Yet there is an unfilled need for additional book
accessions to bring the library up to standard and the equipment
and stacks to place them and care for them. For this the cus-
tomary annual library grant from synodical funds would not begin
to suffice. We respectfully request Synod to grant an additional
allotment in the amount of $18,500, to be disbursed during the
triennium.

u. Domestic Arts Equipment. Several States are beginning to
add domestic arts to elementary school curricula by law and to
require teachers qualified in them. We cannot now give teachers
this competence. In order to make possible the addition to our
curriculum of domestic arts or home economics in a beginning
way, we request Synod to authorize the Board for Higher Educa-
tion to study our further detailed curricular plans and within the
next three years to grant the necessary funds to acquire and
develop the basic domestic facilities.

10. Residences for Retiring Professors.—-We would like to
call Synod’s attention to the serious problem involved in reconciling