# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S898
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 53

ex to the dormitory now under construction, to be devoted
lj to business operation. The business office is not a luxury
ather an absolute necessity for effective work in the Seminary.

“was encroached upon in order to house the needs of the
js: department. When we bear in mind that the enrollment
sreased 87% per cent since 1947 and that according to. the
liable figures available this enrollment will increase to 156
Snit by the end of 1955, it will be recognized that the business
Jiave grown proportionately. Since we are faced with the
‘enlarging our staff, this will enlarge the scope of the busi-
Bffice work even more in the future. By putting the business
in a separate building, we will be able to utilize the present
for dormitory purposes.

To appropriate $35,000 for the completion of the basement
he dormitory now under construction for student union
s; such as the student bookstore and the post office. The
conditions in our present facilities make this investment

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or. necessity.

$10 appropriate $70,000 for the completion of the Field House.
ould include the erection of a second story and the equipment
building for larger social gatherings. In fall our Seminary
gvill more than fill the chapel auditorium. For functions
fed also by large numbers of visitors, the Seminary has, at
sno adequate accommodations.
I pass a resolution enabling the Board for Higher Educa-
purchase or erect homes for professors now living in apart-
‘well as for additional professors to be called in course

appropriate $20,000 for the conversion of Pritzlaff Memo-
ary..to a more flexible classification system. Pritzlaff
Library at present catalogues its accessions according
ley Decimal System. This system was useful as long as
was very small and limited to the most basic theological
gw that the library has significantly increased its accessions
been compelled to classify highly specialized volumes
areas of theological learning, the Dewey Decimal System
ore and more inadequate. We must, therefore, seriously
converting from the Dewey System to a more flexible
ive system, such as the Library of Congress System.
Ob of conversion will require a number of summers and

ce and help of expert, professionally trained librarians.

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