# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S946
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110 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

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The release of $200,000 from the “Conquest for Christ” offer;
enabled us to begin construction in October (1952) on a Senve
Building. The Service Building will house a kitchen, a dining haji
seating 225 students, a student infirmary, quarters for the hel
and storage space. PB

Accreditation

The high school department holds membership in the Southern
Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Efforts are cur.
rently being made to accredit the recently inaugurated college
department with the State and regional accrediting associations

Requests

Needs at Austin force the Board of Control to ask the 1953
convention for
1. $100,000 for the erection of a boys’ dormitory. Kilian Hall,
the only dormitory on the campus, is filled beyond capacity. Addi-
tional housing facilities are urgently needed. The grant of $100,000
would permit the erection of a building housing sixty boys.

2. $135,000 for the complete renovation of Kilian Hall. Kilian
Hall was built in 1926. Economy —not altogether wise — forced
on the Board at that time resulted in a building not approximating
the ideal in construction. The $135,000 is needed to renovate the
structure.

3. $8,500 for installing multitier stacks in library stack room.

Boarp or Controu
Georce J. Beto, Executive Officer

ACTION
As to the requests in this report, see the “Tabulation of Re-
quests from Colleges and Seminaries” at the end of this section
as approved and recommended by Committee 1 and unanimously
adopted by the Convention. (Cf. Minutes of June 25, Session 15.)

Seminario Concordia, Buenos Aires, Argentina

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL
(Memorial 115)

Under the divine guidance and protection of our merciful
Father in Christ Jesus our Colegio-Seminario in Greater Buenos
Aires has been again an institution of great blessing for our Church
in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay in the past triennium (1950
to 1952). All honor and glory to God! :

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 111

The Board of Control
In 1950 the following Board of Control was elected by Synod:
The Rev. J. P. Horn, Mr. F. A. Ahnert, Mr. Ed. Ristau, Mr. M. Don-
ner and President S. H. Beckmann (ez officio). Rev. Horn was
elected secretary, and Mr. Ahnert treasurer of the Board. During the
school year the Board convened regularly to take care of all run-
ning and extra business. All members attended all meetings with
great diligence and devotion.
The Faculty

During the past triennium the faculty has been enlarged by
two instructors. In 1951 the first. professor of our Seminary,
Prof. Albert Lehenbauer, spent a regular furlough in the U.S.,
returning in due time to his duties. In this year, 1953, the faculty
had again to.be enlarged, since six classes were to be instructed
and only five teachers on hand. Since our District has only a
very limited number of pastors, the Board was advised not to nom-
inate one of the clergy in our District, but rather seek help from
other sources. Part-time help was found among State teachers
who possess the necessary capacity and titles. 31 teaching hours
are therefore distributed among two part-time instructors and one
Seminary student for the year 1953. These men, of course, teach
only language and science subjects in the college.

Physical Improvements

In the past years the Seminary grounds have undergone some
fine improvement. The whole property has been fenced in with
woven wire. The grounds in front of the main building have
turned into a lovely park, with shrubs, trees, flowers, and lawns
all around the building. With the permission of Synod’s Board of
Directors also a large Assembly and Youth Hall was erected on
the grounds of the Seminary, which has added much to the gen-
eral usefulness of Synod’s property. In 1952 the Board of Directors
also granted a substantial allowance of $30,000 for a duplex res-
idence, which now is under construction. ‘

The Seminary building and the residences are kept in proper
repair. Some major repairs had to be undertaken, since at the time
of construction the best materials were not always on hand.

The library through special grants is continually being im-
proved. Today it numbers 5,000 volumes. There is still much room
for improvement to make our library the efficient tool that it

should be.
Student Body
Our small student body has shown a nice growth in the past
triennium. In 1950 we had two Seminary classes and two College
classes, with 21 students enrolled. Eight of these were new en-