# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S65
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 65

“fnstruction and practice. Students practice in the girls’
al ‘education building, in the girls’ dormitory, in the dining
three basement rooms of the men’s dormitory. The practice
ad to be placed into the dining hall and takes up needed
ere. Valuable and needed space is taken up by the other
reshift practice rooms.

tory. During this past yéar six girls had to be housed in private
ames. This practice makes for difficulty of control, and also for
‘or sstudy conditions. Last summer several applicants withdrew
cations when they heard that dormitory housing was no longer

to solve these two immediate problems, we propose to convert
“present president’s residence to a music instruction and practice

ding, for which purpose it is advantageously located. The
esent girls’ dormitory can serve as the president’s residence with-
tany basic changes. We propose building two connected home-
‘Is’ dormitories, with a capacity of 24 on property purchased
the past year, just adjacent to the present girls’ dormitory.

chitect’s estimates (January 20, 1953) are as follows:

2 $75,000

‘the sum of $75,000 for the above purposes in order that
sponse to the teacher-training program may be adequately
ertain staff needs have also developed as a result of this
e, but we feel that the Board for Higher Education can and
these with authority already provided in the original
resolution.

dditional outstanding need is a replacement of the present
inadequate building used for physical education purposes.
is the floor space insufficient for present minimum needs,
wer, sanitary, and locker facilities are completely inade-
-If Synod’s finances and policy permit, an expenditure
purpose would most certainly be justified. In the event
@ ‘erection of a physical education building is authorized,
ely that the local Lutheran Education Society and college