# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S29
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 29

The:crowding is almost intolerable now and will make effective
e impossible this fall unless something is done. After careful
udy. by our Administration Committee, a special committee of
‘Board, and the whole Board of Control with the architect, we
e to Synod with the following request:

equest: We respectfully request an appropriation of $55,000
e extension and remodeling of our kitchen facilities and
griddernization of our meal service, to be ready for use by Sep-

siiber 1, 1953.

Eattension of Classroom Space

At the 1950 convention our Board of Control presented a re-
iest for ‘additional classrooms at an estimated cost of $75,000 plus
utipment. This cost had been escalated to $87,500 plus equipment
last year. Our purpose was to accommodate the increase in
lent enrollment made possible by the acquisition of the new
itory: wing which is now under construction and is expected
in use this coming September (1953). While the request
‘included in the synodical grants, the synodical boards have
it found it possible to permit us to plan and erect this building.
Even with our present enrollment of 560, our facilities are
idly overcrowded, and we are already using several library rooms,
luding basement areas which were intended for book space and
‘not at all suitable for classroom purposes.

Request: 1. We respectfully request the allocation of $87,500
ys.equipment for the erection of classrooms, from the present
quest for Christ” collection, if the funds can be made avail-
mow, so that we can begin planning and building this summer.

2 I this is not possible, we urge Synod to make this sum
ble at the earliest possible time to relieve the crowding of
atly increased student body enrolled for September, 1953.

deling of Oldest Dormitories

e south wings of the two old dormitories were completed
ears ago. Since then no remodeling has been undertaken with
ception of the lavatories and rest rooms and the installation
standard exit and fire alarm system ordered by the fire marshal.
dormitories and study rooms remain as orginally laid out, but

Students in each bedroom which had been planned for
“During the intervening years we have replaced many of
Ceilings and in general conducted mere “holding operations.”
still obliged to provide outdated dormitory accommoda-
all of our male students and about 135 of the women, in
tion: to subjecting them to approximately 25 per cent over-