# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S829
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180 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

speaker apparatus, a reed organ for the chapel, and many othe
useful articles for the proper functioning of a theological seminary
The library is also well equipped and is rapidly growing in num
ber of books. s
During the triennium the student body and faculty have #
enjoyed fine health. No cases of serious sickness arose in the 4
Seminary. In the past two years one class of five was out in thé’
field doing supply work. Of the five one could not return 64
the Seminary this year, 1950, in order to complete his studies. ‘4
At the close of his two years of supply work he returned hom
a sick man, having contracted TB. There is hope that he will fully’
recover under the proper care.
Although food prices have risen enormously, we still were.
able to keep the price of the student board at a very low level:
thanks to the liberal support of the Christians, especially in greater :
Buenos Aires. In the last two years two special donation days were
celebrated annually with a wonderful response. Also the members. “4
from the congregations in the interior took part in the donations,
The all-out effort made it possible to charge the students only
fifty per cent of the actual cost. We are hoping that in this year
and the years to come our Christians will respond in the sarne
manner. ! ; ‘ :
During the year 1948 Dir. Fr. Lange was granted a furlough
of six months to go to Germany, his homeland and the home of
his aged parents, It was his first furlough in 18 years, he having
come to us as a candidate from the Zehlendorf Seminary in Berliri
in the year 1931. In January, 1950, he returned with his family
full of new vigor and energy. a
The salaries of the professors have of course been adjusted ©
several times and are at present again in the process of an adjust-
ment because of the continued rapid rise in prices for all com:
modities of daily life. fo
During the year 1949 another great change in the life of our
Seminary was in process. The amalgamation of our Colegio Con- —
cordia in Crespo, Entre Rios, and of our Seminary was already:
under discussion in the last months of the year 1948. District Synod
then discussed it fully at its convention in February, 1949, and ;
decided by majority vote that Synod’s Board of Directors could “#
act in the matter as it saw fit as far as our District was concerned.
At the end of the year 1949 the amalgamation was resolved upon’
by Synod’s Board of Directors, and the District President was
instructed to proceed with the amalgamation, which meant that
Colegio Concordia in Crespo be closed and the college department
with its two remaining classes be added to the Seminario-Colegio
in Villa Ballester. This has now been done. March 15, 1950, saw

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