# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S808
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES “411

St. John’s College, Winfield, Kans.

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL
' (Memorial 110)
The Board of Control of St. John’s College, Winfield, Kans.,
herewith submits its report for the years 1947-1950. The enroll-
ment statistics for these three years are as follows:

1947—48: 436, total; 253 boys, 183 girls

1948—49: 411, total; 250 boys, 161 girls

1949—50: 441, total; 245 boys, 196 girls
Pre-theological enrollments:

1947—48, 155; 1948—49, 161; 1949-50, 153

Teacher-training enrollments (girls):
1947—48, 90; 1948—49, 100; 1949—50, 110

-Pre-teacher training enrollments (boys)
1947—48, 5; 1948—49, 6; 1949—50, 18

Graduates entering Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo.:
1948, 26; 1949, 45; 1950, 38

Girls entering church service as teachers or parish workers:
1948, 34; 1949, 31; 1950, 33

Pre-theological graduates entering teaching service, prior to
admission to Concordia Seminary, St. Louis:
1948, 10; 1949, 4; 1950, 4

(These figures are not to be counted in the line which refers to
graduates entering Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. They have de-
ferred their entrance to Concordia Seminary by one year.)

The health of our students and faculty members, with a few
exceptions, has been very good. On March 20, 1950, a serious
accident befell one of our students. Walter Zorn, the son of Pastor
C. M. Zorn of Closter, N. J., and a most promising pre-theological
student who intended to enter Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, in
September, 1950, was accidentally killed. He was struck by a base-
ball which glanced off his bat. Although the X ray which was
taken shortly after the accident showed no skull fracture, yet
Walter became violently ill at 2:30 on Tuesday morning, March 21,
and passed away about 5:45 A.M. at William Newton Memorial
Hospital. A special service was conducted in the Chapel by the
President and Pastor C. R. Zehnder. President C. S. Mundinger
also accompanied the remains to his home in Closter, N. J., where
he conducted the funeral service.

The big item, now in the process of construction, is the new
Girls’ Dormitory. At this writing the exterior is complete. The
plastering of the interior is about half completed. Money for this