# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S803
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104° SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

Missouri Preparatory school, In June, 1945, they allocated $325,000
for a new and much-needed. administration building and central
heating plant, With the increased enrollment at St. Paul’s after *
the future of the school was assured, requiring the reconditioning *
of the 18841899 buildings for dormitory purposes, Synod’s Board. :
of Directors, in September, 1945, voted to build a dormitory at ©
St. Paul’s College. $100,000 were ‘allocated for that purpose,

In the course of our planning the building program, it became
Plain that an administration building, central heating plant, and
a dormitory could not be erected for the $425,000 Synod had set
aside for that purpose, Accordingly, plans were Suggested to

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Finally, after many planning checks and re-checks, the con- ;
tracts for the two buildings (administration building and central.

Moeller, .
The new Administration Building will be called Baepler Hall.
The walls of the

central heating plant were up, the boilers in place,
the walls of the tunneling completed, before the -winter weather
set in. The re-enforced-concrete structural skeleton for the ad-~
ministration buildi & was also completed before winter weather
halted building operations. On September 18, 1949, in connection
with our Annual College Day observance, the cornerstone was
laid by the Rev. O. E. Heilman, chairman of our Board, assisted
by Pastor O. G. Tiemann. The Prayer and benediction was spoken
by President Alb. J. C. Moeller. As this report is being written
workmen are busy laying brick; others are working on the roof
construction. God willing, the building is to be ready for use at
the beginning of the new school year in September, 1950.
Our Western District, by synodical resolution, has agreed to
gather the sum of $50,000 for the furnishings and equipment of the

office furniture, chapel Seating, and classroom equipment,

Requests .
For the proper housing of our students the additional dormitory.
granted by Synod’s Board of Directors should ‘be erected, There-
for we respectfully petition Synod to grant our school an ap-
Propriation of $250,000 for the erection of a 66-student dormitory.