# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S942
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104 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

Property, Buildings, Equipment

Since the 1950 convéntion, the original all-purpose builg;
was completely renovated and remodeled for men’s dormito,
purposes, and the ground floor converted into a dining hall, kitch ry
and apartment for the matron. The Lutheran Education Soci,
turned over to Synod for the remaining indebtedness of approxi.
mately $5,000. the small girls’ dormitory, situated one block fro ~
our campus. In November, 1952, a corner lot adjacent to this
property was purchased in order to provide land on which expanded
girls’ housing could be erected. The present building is adequate
for ten girls only.

Our present facilities meet the current needs for
instruction, library, men’s housing, and food service. There is very
urgent need, however, for girls’ housing, for provision for music
instruction and physical education. These needs are presented in
the request below.

Supporting Organizations and Special Services

Wherever possible, the facilities of the school have been made
available to groups of our Church. As before, the California and
Nevada District offices have been housed in our administration
building. In 1952 the District convened on the campus, and all the
school facilities were made available for this purpose. Later, in
the same summer, the school again placed the same services at
the disposal of a regional L. S. V. school. Two Bible Institutes for
the Bay area were conducted on the campus during the academic
year 1952—1953.

The local support to the school has been very gratifying. In
addition to extensive annual contributions in cash and kind made
by individuals and congregations of both California Districts for
the benefit of the commissary, various groups have provided finan-
cial support during these years. The California and Nevada District
has continued to include $3,500 in its annual budget to salary
a physical education instructor. Local fees have annually provided
an additional $7,500 for the salarying of instructors. The alumni,
the Lutheran Education Society, the Southern California Mothers’

' Club, and the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League have made

substantial contributions, which have provided visual aids, ground
maintenance, and special equipment for the school.

Special Requests
Because of the great response to the newly introduced teacher-
training program two urgent needs have arisen, for which we
respectfully petition Synod to grant funds for a reasonable solution:

1. The school has no proper facilities for music instruction and

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setice. The chapel must be used for group instruction, piano and
orgati instruction and practice. Students practice in the girls’
physical education building, in the girls’ dormitory, in the dining
hall, in three basement rooms of the men’s dormitory. The practice

had to be placed into the dining hall and takes up needed
space there. Valuable and needed space is taken up by the other
makeshift practice rooms.

2. We have housing for only ten girls in the present girls’ dor-
mitory. During this past year six girls had to be housed in private
homes. This practice makes for difficulty of control, and also for
poor study conditions. Last summer several applicants withdrew
applications when they heard that dormitory housing was no longer
available.

To solve these two immediate problems, we propose to convert
the present president’s residence to a music instruction and practice
building, for which purpose it is advantageously located: The
present girls’ dormitory can serve as the president’s residence with-
out any basic changes. We propose building two connected home-
like girls’ dormitories, with a capacity of 24 on property purchased
during the past year, just adjacent to the present girls’ dormitory.

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

1. Remodeling president’s residence for music purposes
(necessary sound treatment, adequate heating, minor-.struc-

tural changes) ——_—_—— $ 9,000

2. Double dormitory housing 24 with all facilities and
equipment ___

66,000

Total —--....-. $75,000

Accordingly, we respectfully request Synod to make available
this year the sum of $75,000 for the above purposes in order that
the response to the teacher-training program may be adequately
met. Certain staff needs have also developed as a result of this
response, but we feel that the Board for Higher Education can and
will meet these with authority already provided in the original
enabling resolution.

An additional outstanding need is a replacement of the present

wholly inadequate building used for physical education purposes,

Not only is the floor space insufficient for present minimum needs,
but shower, sanitary, and locker facilities are completely inade-
quate. If Synod’s finances and policy permit, an expenditure
for this purpose would most certainly be justified. In the event
that the erection of a physical education building is authorized,
it is likely that the local Lutheran Education Society and college