# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S30
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30 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

crowding in studies and sleeping rooms. This has not been advan- 3
tageous to health, study conditions, or student morale. 4

An extensive remodeling job of all four old dormitory wings
would be very costly. We must, however, continue to repair and 4
maintain what we have. We should also like to do some thorough ¥
remodeling, involving the partitioning of some of the large sleep- 4
ing rooms at least. We would naturally choose those where the %
plaster of the walls, ceilings, and especially the closets, is in a very %
decrepit condition. In this modernized area there would be three §
students in some rooms, and two in others, and the uncrowded 4
capacity would be equal to what it is now in its crowded condition. 4

Request: 1. The Board of Control respectfully requests that ;:
the sum of $75,000 be made available during the triennium for the 4
most necessary repair of all of our old dormitories and the begin- q
ning of a thorough modernization of those in most dire need of ¥

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repair. i
2. We respectfully ask that enough of the funds be allocated ‘4
at once, so that an experimental area may be remodeled before 2
the end of this summer, subject to the approval of the Board for 3
Higher Education and the Board of Directors. We feel that this q
would be a great encouragement to our men students. Ee
5. Infirmary Needs 3
The whole second floor of the. south wing of our Commissary $
Building was originally set aside for an infirmary with a 24-bed §
capacity. This was in the middle twenties, when the uncrowded 4
dormitory capacity was about 320. Some years ago we found it
necessary to use part of this space for emergency housing of staff.
It has become increasingly difficult to operate successfully since%
the new dormitory was added in the fall of 1948. With a total.4
enrollment this coming fall of about 650 students, it will be out!
of the question to provide adequate health service with facilities’
which are even now altogether inadequate. E
We seriously considered the possibility of asking Synod for
a new and modern infirmary building, but we felt that the cost
would be prohibitive at this time. We therefore propose to provide]
‘other means of housing for staff families in order to devote the fo
rooms and two baths thus released to hospital purposes. 4
Request: Since the repairs and remodeling of the building
for this purpose cannot be exactly determined at this time becaus'
it must be done on the basis of “time and materials,” and sincé
it will not be a significant amount in any case, we request tha
Synod authorize the Board of Directors, upon the recommendatiof
- of the Board for Higher Education, to make the necessary. fund
available through our regular annual application for subsidy. :

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