# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S926
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

82 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

for the study of theology. For this privilege and for the Countless
blessings bestowed in many ways upon our school, We give than]

and praise to God. .
, The Board of Control

The members of the Board of Control have conscientio
tried to carry out all the phases of the work assigned to them by
Synod. Much time has been given by the members to the
and maintenance of the physical facilities and, together with the
administration and the faculty, to the improvement of the total
program of our school.

The Faculty

Several changes have taken place in the membership of the
faculty in the last three years. When Prof. Victor Bartling accepted
a call to the seminary at St. Louis, Prof. Elmer Moeller was elected
to fill the vacancy in our Greek department. Prof. Ewald Plass has
been on leave for the past three years to do work for the Committee
on Scholarly Research, teaching only very few classes in our
college department. The work he is doing will require about
another two and a half years. To take over most of Professor Plass’s
work, Mr. Albert Bahr was added to our staff during the year
1950—1952. When Mr. Albert Bahr accepted a call into the min-
istry, the Rev. Paul T. Dietz joined our staff as an instructor,
The salary of these two instructors has been furnished by the
Committee on Scholarly Research. During this triennium we have
also had the services of a vicar from 1950 to 1951 in Mr. Edward
Krentz and of a graduate assistant in-Mr. David Krampitz, from
1951 to 1953. Dr. Walter Jennrich has been advanced to the position
of assistant professor.

Our school sustained a real loss in the passing of Dr. Leroy C.
Rincker early this year. At present steps are being taken to fill
the vacancy in the presidency.

Students

Our enrollment during the past three years has gone up from
264 to 306. Over 95 per cent of our students are preparing for
service in the Church. Of particular interest is the fact that our
freshman high school enrollment has continued to be steady, while
the enrollment on.advanced levels has not increased at an alarming
rate. Still suffering from the lack of adequate dormitory space,
the school has had to crowd its large. enrollment into inadequate
quarters. In spite of a lack of adequate housing, the health and
morale of the students has been good. Participation in national
testing programs has revealed a consistently high grade of
scholarship.

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 838

Requests

For the sake of improvement in administration, teaching, and
housing, we respectfully petition Synod. to grant us the following
requests:
1. A new administration and music building

We need this building in order to modernize our administration.
Present facilities are a makeshift and leave no room for any admin-
istrative help for the president. This building will also house our
music department, with individual practice rooms and an audi-
torium for music appreciation, concerts, and visual education.
The sale of an athletic field some years ago netted enough to pay
for a swimming pool. This third part of the building will be an
adjunct to our gymnasium and is a necessary part of our intramural
athletic program because of the very small campus. Already in 1944
Synod recognized the need of enlarging the space for our admin-
istrative offices, and in 1947 it voted $60,000 for this purpose. This
money was never spent. In 1950 Synod considered our request of
$300,000 for this building and allotted us $100,000 in the “Conquest
for Christ” collection, and deferred $200,000, pending upon the
success of the “Conquest for Christ” collection. We have on hand
for the erection of this building $150,000, partly realized from the
sale of an athletic field and partly from private solicitation. Accord-
ing to present estimates by our architect we shall need, in addition
to the $100,000 allotted in the “Conquest for Christ” collection and
the $200,000 deferred until the outcome of the “Conquest for
Christ” is known, and the $150,000 of our. own funds, another
$125,000.

2, An addition to our quarters for our help

During the past years our kitchen and janitorial help has been
crowded into tiny rooms with practically no privacy. There is
room above the present kitchen for several rooms or suites of
rooms. These enlarged quarters will keep our help content and
make it easier to retain quality personnel. Synod approved of this
addition in 1950, which then was estimated at $50,000 and included
it in the “Conquest for Christ” collection. According to present
estimates, this addition will cost us about $60,000. Hence an addi-
tional $10,000 needs ta be voted us.

3. Renovation of the Administration Building

Our present Administration Building, which is over fifty years.
old, needs rather extensive renovation. To put the building into
such shape that it will meet in a measure the standard of present-
day school buildings, we need to modernize the lighting, tuck-
Point the masonry, resurface the floors, replace the desks, repair and