# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S937
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 95

for many years, and Prof. Rudolph W. Heintze, founder of our

“brary and for many years instructor of History and German at

our school. .
Other improvements on our campus undertaken in connection

with the erection of the new building include a new service road~

way along the rear boundary of our property, a paved parking

lot adjacent to the new roadway, a service area in the rear of our
ons Building, enclosed by an ornamental brick wall, outside

" gights along Faculty Row, and the general landscaping of our en-

fire campus in accordance with a unified and long-range plan.

Inasmuch as most college courses are now taught in the new
Educational Building, extensive alterations could be undertaken
in the old Administration Building, greatly increasing its useful-
ness as our High School Educational Building and allowing for
additional much-needed administration offices.

The favorable decision of the Court of Appeals also made it
possible for us to utilize the recently acquired 914-acre tract op-
posite our old campus, known as the Gorman property, for educa-
tional purposes. Portions of the grounds have already been graded
and are being used for tennis courts and an intramural athletic
field, while the large Gorman residence is serving as rehearsal and
instruction center for our Music Department.

With approval of Synod we are now engaged in converting our
heating system from coal to oil. As an economy measure in main-
taining our large campus a cub tractor with accessories was pur-
chased, which has already resulted in considerable savings in the
landscaping and seeding of our grounds.

Acknowledgments

Our school has again greatly benefited from the generous sup-
port of many individuals and groups, particularly the Lutheran
Education Society, the Women’s Committee of the Lutheran Educa-
tion Society, the Ladies’ Aid Society of Concordia Collegiate
Institute, the Concordia Women’s Guild of Long: Island, and the
Concordia Alumni Association. For the past number of years the
Lutheran Education Society has underwritten the cost of our Pub-
lic Relations program amounting to more than $5,000 annually.
Included in the improvements provided by the other supporting
agencies are the refurnishing of our women’s lounge, furniture for
our student center, furniture for the foyer in the Administration
Building, new desks and chairs for Bohm Hall, two new electronic
organs, and other items which ordinarily would not have been
financed from synodical or tuition funds.

No changes are to be reported in the personnel of the Board.

_ Consisting of the Rev. Herman J. Rippe (President ex officio),