# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S814
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 117

r for close and intensive study, and with power to act,” these respec-
¢ tive Boards have given their approval to the expansion of Portland
- to the junior college level. The first junior college year will be

introduced in the fall of 1950. Boarp or ContTRoL

ARTHUR Raascu, Chairman
Car. F, Nrrz, Secretary
ACTION
The request for a service building was included in the Schedule
of Current Requests under Section “C” of the Report of the
Board for Higher Education as adopted upon recommendation of
Committee 1.

California Concordia College, Oakland, California

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL
(Memorial 112)

With gratitude to God for His blessings and guidance the Board
of Control of California Concordia College is privileged to report
that the Oakland institution has experienced a period of progress
evidenced by its expansion of facilities, increase in enrollment, and
an enlarged vision as to its future potentialities on the part of
faculty, Board members, and fellow church members generally,
who are manifesting an ever greater zeal and fervor for our Col-
lege and the cause of Christian education as a whole.

Improved Facilities

Regarded as a model of modern school architecture, designed
to be both attractive and serviceable, the long-needed new ad-
ministration-classroom building was dedicated in June, 1948.
Erected at a cost of $245,000, it includes modern classrooms, science
laboratories, the library, the chapel-auditorium, faculty consulta-
tion rooms, and administration offices. Improvement of the sur-
rounding grounds, including the athletic field, has added to the
attractiveness of the campus. When the contemplated repair and
exterior painting of the dormitory and gymnasium buildings will
have been accomplished, California Concordia, insofar as its phys-
ical appearance is concerned, will be a credit to our Church and
to the community in which the institution is located.

Faculty
Of greater significance, however, is the fact that California
Concordia has maintained a high standard of scholastic achieve-
ment and has merited continued recognition and commendation as
an institution of learning. Its faculty, numbering fourteen faithful
and efficient members, including professors and instructors, has