# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S37
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 37

-the plant. The present building is small, and because of the man-
er of construction it does not lend itself to remodeling. This is
particularly true of the very limited shower- and dressing-room
cilities for physical education classes of both sexes. A building
° dequate to meet present needs, according to

the architect’s esti-
mate, will cost $320,000. An additional $15

000 is required for

.. Some $40,000 have been collected locally, chiefly in the South-
eyn and Northern Nebraska Districts, for this building. The net

request, therefore, is for $295,000 for the erection of a physical
education building.

3. The situation for men’s housing on the campus is little bet-
iter: than for women. The available facilities are overcrowded. No
housing for men has been added since the erection of Jesse

.in 1923. A new dormitory will eliminate, or at least reduce,
umber of forty young men now living in off-campus hous-
and it will provide for the increased enrollment which is
i ting junior colleges, due to the
aining program on their campuses.
€ new men’s dormitory is estimated to cost $275,000, and