# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S793
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 95

_ADMINISTRATION-LIBRARY-AUDITORIUM BUILDING
AT CONCORDIA COLLEGE, FORT WAYNE, IND.

(Memorial 135)

Concordia College at Fort Wayne, Ind., as Synod’s oldest
theological preparatory school, naturally has some buildings which
have been in use for many decades. The old Administration Build-
ing was erected in 1856, almost a century ago, and in the course of
time has been used as a dormitory and classroom building and at
one time partly as a faculty residence. At present it houses some
of the offices, the bookstore, and some of the music facilities. This
building is old, inadequate, inconvenient, and not fireproof. The
Registrar’s offices are in cramped quarters and.must be located
on the second floor, to which access can be gained only by means
of a long, narrow stairway. The business offices have inadequate
space. The President’s offices must be located in another building.
The centralization of administrative offices and facilities is impos-
sible under the present conditions. Other educational facilities
desirable for modern educational administration and guidance are
impossible unless a new building is provided. As one of the two
top consistent producers of ministerial students, we are lagging
behind other synodical schools in physical facilities.

When Schick Hall was erected in 1905 and the library was
located in a room on the second floor of this building, the im-
portance of the library as a functional aspect of modern education
was not fully realized. At present the fadilities are inadequate as
to space and equipment.

The educational life of the school should center around the
library, the facilities of which should help accomplish the educa-
tional objectives of the school. The library should likewise be
readily and easily accessible as well as attractively equipped.
A separate reading and study room is required, in addition to other
items as outlined by the North Central Association of Secondary
Schools, and demanded for accreditation. All this is in the interest
of greater efficiency.

An auditorium, likewise, is part of any modern school plant.
It is needed for many school assemblies, student programs and
meetings which cannot be held in the chapel and for which the
gymnasium is not suitable, convenient, or adequate. Again, this
item is in the interest of modernization and efficiency.

In view of the above needs, the Central District of The Lu-
theran Church—- Missouri Synod, by resolution adopted at the
District convention in June, 1949, respectfully petitions Synod to
grant Concordia College at Fort Wayne, Ind., a new Administra-
tion-Library-Auditorium Building.

W. F. Docrer, Secretary of the Central District