# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S919
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 15

A women’s dormitory is under construction and is expected
be ready. for occupancy by fall.
' The basement of Weller Hall, a broad expanse of valuable
is being conditioned for various ‘Services, such as an audio-
‘space, center; speech clinic, and bindery for the library.
vo tensive remodeling of major buildings, such as Founders
‘Fill, Becker Hall, and Nebraska Hall, has brought the total plant of
Concordia Teachers College and Concordia High School into very
acceptable condition. ;
A home for the president was built, thereby easing to some
-< extent the need for faculty housing.
a Some improvements have been begun but are not: yet com-
~ Bleted. A need for curbing all drives on the campus, for paving
<> others, and laying adequate sidewalks has become critical. A be-
“4 ginning has been made to alleviate it,
Plans have been approved to extend and improve the physical
- education facilities by grading a hitherto largely unused portion
PS) of the campus to supply facilities for track and field sports, foot-
ball, Requests
Concordia Teachers College has reached its majority. With
full accreditation having been achieved, it stands prepared to render

1. Among the first of the needed facilities is a physical educa-
, tion building. The present building, Alumni Memorial Gymnasium,
; Was constructed in 1930, when the student body numbered slightly
; over 100. This number has grown to a combined total of almost
. four times the enrollment of the 30’s, and further growth is ex-
pected.

The request for the physical education building was deferred

particularly true of the very limited shower- and dressing-room
facilities for Physical education classes of both sexes. A building
adequate to meet Present needs, according to the architect’s esti=
mate, will cost $320,000. An additional $15,000 is required for
equipment,
Some $40,000 have been collected locally, chiefly in the South-
_ €m and Northern Nebraska Districts, for this building. The net
. Tequest, therefore, is for $295,000 for the erection of a physical
~ @ducation building.
2. More housing facilities are needed for women students. Each