# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S826
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 129

ACTION
Concerning Memorial 137, Committee 1 brought in the fol-
lowing resolution, which was adopted:

Resolution 54

‘Wuereas, The Centennial Convention in 1947 empowered the
Board of Directors and the Board for Higher Education to expand
Concordia College at Austin into a Junior College; and

Wuenreas, The Texas District now requests Synod to permit the
Junior College to become coeducational, particularly in view of the
increased demand for women teachers and parish workers; there-
fore be it

Resolved, To refer this matter to the Board for Higher Educa-
tion with power to act.

Seminario Concordia, Buenos Aires, Argentina

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL
(Memorial 115)

-. The Board of Control of Seminario Concordia, Buenos Aires,
. Argentina, herewith submits its report for the period of 1947—1950.
. Thanks to God on High, the last three years of our Seminary
have been years full of rich blessings from the heavenly Father
in Jesus Christ. During the last months of the year 1947 the fine
' plant in greater Buenos Aires could be completed. The Seminary
- building proper and the three residences were ready for occu-
pancy at the end of January, 1948. Special thanks we must offer
God that not a single mishap or accident occurred during the time
of construction. The plant meant an outlay of over a half-million
pesos. Synod treated its brethren in Argentina most nobly in
financing this wonderful plant. All your fellow Christians in
Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay say to you: “God bless you
richly for your unselfish help.” February 8, 1949, is a red-letter day
in the calendar of the Argentine Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod. On this day the fine building of Seminario Concordia was
dedicated to the glory and service of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ. The special representative of Dr. J. W. Behnken and
of Synod’s Board of Directors and of Synod’s Board for Home
Missions in North and South America, the Rev. F. C. Streufert,
D.D., delivered the special dedication sermon. What a day of
jubilee and thanksgiving!

The $15,000 granted by Synod in convention in 1947 were
entrusted to the building committee of Seminario Concordia in
order to equip the building with the necessary furnishings. Among
these furnishings we also find a motion picture machine and a loud-