# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S958
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134 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

for the last 92 years —as a preparatory school for the entrance :

the professional theological seminary. The recommended rani
for our Fort Wayne Concordia we view as continuing the hallow, e
historical succession,-and we look upon this Proposed dey, elopm, ed
as. the emergence of a new and more beautiful Concordia, _
interruptedly dedicated to the solemn and glorious Tesponsibility
of preparing for the generations to come a consecrated and God
fearing ministry. 7

In this spirit we offer the following resolutions:

Be It Resolved,

1. That the Board of Directors be and hereby is directed to
construct, equip, and furnish a two-year Senior College in accord.
ance with the program approved by the synodical Convention of
1950, and that this be accomplished in Fort Wayne, Ind, or. in its
suburban area; and

2. That the Board of Directors be and hereby is authorized
to empower the Board of Control of Concordia College, Inc., of
Fort Wayne, Ind., to enter into a contract with Indi Technical
College, Inc., also of Fort Wayne, Ind., for the sale of a major
portion of the present campus of Concordia College to said Indiana
Technical College on the terms and conditions set forth in a written
contract heretofore submitted by Indiana Technical College, Inc.,
to the Board of Control of Concordia College, Inc., and its amend-
ment thereto, which contract and amendment are hereby approved
by The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, in convention as-
sembled in Houston, Tex., this 19th day of June, 1953; and

3. That the resolution passed by the Board of Control of
Concordia College, Inc., on May 20, 1953, in compliance with
Chapter 157, page 557, paragraph 25 of the Acts of the 1935 Indiana
General Assembly for the sale of a major portion of its present
campus to Indiana Technical College in: accordance with the terms
and conditions of the contract and amendment “referred to in
paragraph 2 hereof, is also hereby approved by The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod, in convention assembled in Houston,
Tex., this 19th day of June, 1953; and

- 4, That the Board of Directors be and hereby is authorized to
empower the Board of Control of Concordia College, Inc., of Fort
Wayne, Ind., to execute any and all legal documents necessary to
carry out the terms and conditions of the. contract hereinbefore
referred to and effect an eventual transfer of title to said property

to Indiana Technical College, Inc.; and
, 5. That the sum of $3,000,000 which has been allocated by the
Board of Directors for use in constructing the Senior College in

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