# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S946 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 248 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES assigned task with diligence and discretion, as is evidenced by. the fact that requests totaling $1,077,000 were deferred and othe; requests totaling $551,425 were declined; and ak Wuereas, Avoiding a future increase of the mounting back] P in our construction program is obviously necessary and constitutes. also good stewardship; and Wurreas, The Board for Higher Education has carried out : Resolved, That we recommend for adoption the sum of: $3,164,432 to undertake and complete the program which is divide as follows (refer to pages 243-246): ; 1. Approved Building and Ground (Col. 1) ww. $2,922,230.00 2. Approved Equipment (Col. 2) 107,500.00 3. Minor Items Immediately Urgent (Col. 6) 134,702.00 —__ Total Requested $3,164,432.00 - Nore. — Col, 7, Reorganization Costs, $270,000, was adopted unde? Section A, Resolution 2 of Committee 1. NEED FOR FUNDS VOTED BUT NOT COLLECTED As to the uncompleted “Building for Tomorrow Collection, Committee 1 brought in a resolution, which was adopted in the following form: : Resolution 5 : Wuerzas, The “Building for Tomorrow” collection failed by approximately $700,000 of attaining the projected goal of $2,050,000; and ° Wuereas, All the available funds have been tentatively allo- cated by Synod’s Board of Directors to three of our terminal insti tutions, which were confronted with a situation that assumed the aspect of crisis; and Wuereas, Five of our preparatory schools had to be denied é the funds which were contemplated for them in the “Building for Tomorrow” effort; and -