# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S817
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118 _ SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

labored indefatigably to this end. Individual faculty members have
cheerfully assumed further responsibilities, in addition to their’
full share of class instruction, such as the duties of assistant treas-
urer, librarian, director of choral groups, physical education ac-
tivities, public relations, and the like. President Theodore Brohm.
last fall completed. forty years of service as head of the institution,
while Prof. E. F. Scaer concluded his twenty-fifth year as pro-
fessor of English. Both anniversaries were appropriately observed.
It is with regret that we report the illness of Prof. R. A. Eifert,
currently necessitating a leave of absence.

Enrollment
Coincident with and made possible by the.expansion of facil-
' ities; California Concordia has experienced a 22 per cent increase
in student enrollment during the past three years. Registration
records reveal] that 211 students enrolled in the 1949—50 school
year, as compared with 173 in 1947—48 and 195 in the year fol-

lowin
& Increased Interest and Support

We are deeply grateful to Synod for its part in providing | the
expanded facilities which have made it possible to serve the youth
of our Church in larger number, including particularly those who
plan to enter the ministry, the teaching profession, or other fields*
of church endeavor. Likewise do we appreciate the increased in-
terest and support of friends of Christian education in the Far
West. The Bente Memorial Library, recently dedicated, and oc-
cupying. a special section of the new College building, was made
possible by a $10,000 donation from a devoted friend, Mr. Wm. G.,
Bente of Oakland. The Lutheran Education Society recently pur-
chased a suitable residence, remodeled and renovated it, and is
about to make it available for use as a girls’ dormitory, a project.
involving an expenditure of $15,000. At its last convention the
California and Nevada District of Synod included the sum of
$3,500 in its annual budget to add to the faculty staff an instructor
in physical education and other subjects. In addition, local funds
in the amount of $9,000 are annually made available to meet the
salaries, in whole or part, of four instructors. The Lutheran Wom-. |
en’s Missionary League supplied a grand piano and a beautiful. . ‘i
stage curtain for the new chapel-auditorium. The alumni of the
institution, too, have manifested a keen interest in the welfare of
their alma mater and have made contributions, individually and
collectively, the latter including, as a major project costing some
$1,500; the sodding of the entire athletic field and the installation of:
a- modern sprinkling system. Furthermore, the College commissary
has received generous quantities of foodstuffs from organizations