# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S824
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 127

. vailed upon to enter a friendly condemnation suit against Synod.)
. The Board was able to acquire an equal strip of land at the rear
; of the campus for $12,250. The balance of the $27,500 was remitted
0 Synod.
Student Body

For the past several years our dormitory has been filled to
capacity. In the 1949—50 school year 47 ministerial, 22 normal,
and 26 general education students were enrolled.
i The morale of the student body, thanks be to God, has been
high in recent years. Under God’s grace this can be attributed
- to an improvement of the meals, the introduction of the house-
: master program, and enlargement of the student activities program,
’ the elimination of students who are unwilling to conform them-
E selves to the Christian spirit of the school, and a systematic effort
4 to deepen the spiritual life of the students.

Support of the Constituency

' The support of the Texas and Southern District Lutherans has
.. been heartening. Their liberal support of our commissary enabled
» us to raise the standards of the meals. Noteworthy has been the
E support of our student-employment and campus-beautification
- programs. Approximately $4,000 a year has been contributed for
' this purpose.

Requests
The Delegate Synod of 1947 answered our petition for the
; Junior College years with the following resolution:
‘ The petition that Austin be raised to the status of a Junior
College was referred to the Board for Higher Education, in con-
junction with the Board of Directors, for close and intensive study
and with power to act.

The faculty and Board of Control have given serious thought to
the possible early execution of this resolution. However, it is our
considered opinion that the addition of the two years of college
at Austin should be delayed until the erection of the classroom
building authorized by the last synodical convention. .

The Texas District presents an overture to this convention
petitioning Synod to grant permission for the introduction of
coeducation of Austin. This overture is predicated on the assump-
tion that coeducation will be financed locally with no cost to Synod.
It is imperative that we receive some kind of commitment from
Synod in order that we may plan intelligently for coeducation.
The overture of the Texas District simply asks for permission to
introduce coeducation; it does not require synodical help for
the venture. Georce J. Beto, President