# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S945
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 109

Concordia College, Austin, Tex.

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL
(Memorial 114)
The blessings of a benevolent God continue to rest upon
The Board of Control

The members of the Board of Control approached their task of
administering the school with consecration and intelligence. The
Rev. Roland Wiederaenders replaced the Rev. Oliver Harms as
chairman of the Board when the latter resigned the Presidency
of the Texas District and joined Synod’s Board of Directors. The
Milwaukee Convention elected the Rev. W. E. Meyer to the Board.
Pastor Meyer replaced the Rev. F. H. Stelzer, who had served the
Board as executive secretary for many years. Appropriate recog-
nition was given Pastor Stelzer in public ceremony for his service
to the Board.

The Faculty

The faculty currently consists of the president, three associate
professors, three instructors, two assistants, and one man on modi-
fied service.

The Junior College

During the past triennium the Board for Higher Education,
acting under the authority granted in a synodical resolution of
1947, authorized the addition of the two junior college years at
Austin, The first. class of junior college students, numbering
twenty-two, graduated in May.

Student Body
Our enrollment figures during the past triennium were:

Teacher General

Ministerial ‘Training Education Total
1950-51 25 17 87
1951-52 4+ ti(ié«a 24 14 104
1952-53 i877 37 10 134

Physical Improvements

In 1951 two buildings were erected on the campus. A donor —
preferring to remain anonymous — gave the school ‘$60,000 for the
erection of a chapel. This building, satisfying a need felt on the
campus, was named Birkmann Chapel in memory of the late Rev.
G. Birkmann, D.D. Pastor Birkmann, a humble Christian and
versatile scholar, spent his entire ministry in Texas.

An advance against the “Conquest for Christ” offering enabled
us to erect a $120,000 classroom building. This building was named
Kramer Hall in memory of Pastor W. A. Kramer, who served as