# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S986
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184 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

within the appropriations made available from the
Christ” offering. Synod will wish, no doubt, to assign first Prio, el
to these projects since they have already received official approval
After a joint meeting on September 23, 1952, the Board of Di
rectors informed the Board for Higher Education that it would
make available a total of $7,800,000 (65% of $12,000,000)
completing the approved projects listed in the 1950 p,

as follows:

Repayment of advances to complete the “Building for
Tomorrow” projects:
To Postwar Reserves ___

To repay loans (advanced from available balances) ~~ * 27000009

— 772,782.59
$1,002,78059
Prepayments: 02,
Austin.. Excess cost over estimate $ 2,697.21

Bronxville, Parking lot nD

Fort Wayne. Convert residence to dormitory 20,000.00
Fort Wayne. Equipment nS .
Oakland. Plastering “17,962.00
Portland. Residence oh 20,000.00
Portland. Luther H:

——_—————_——— 3,300.00
Portland. Four lots — 2,800.00
Portland. Excess cost over estimate 17,609.48
River Forest, Advance planning for multiple .
ousing 2,500.00
River Forest, Off-campus residence ___ 20,000.00
River Forest, Off-campus multiple-unit
housing “Excess Gnnooee 45,000.00
River Forest, Excess cost over estimate 14,283.41
St. Louis. Dormitory __ ——--—..._ 53,899.86
St. Louis. Dormitory SU - 57,672.43
St. Louis. Excess cost over estimate on
Graduate Building _ ———-_.__ 6,199.78
St. Louis. Equipment aa 10,099.50
St. Louis. Converting to city electricity ——~-— 18,000.00
St. Louis. Furnish dormitories — 28,000.00
Springfield. Convert residence 2,625.18

349,176.85

$1,391,959.37
NET TOTAL available for allocation to remaining projects:

$7,800,000.00
1,391,959.37

$6,408,040.63

Senior College. Your Board proceeded, therefore, to reserve the
sum of $3,000,000 for use in construction of the Senior College and

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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 185

land for it. This sum represents the amount designated
of vaukee Convention, plus $250,000 for land, with n
Miwa icrease in costs since the original estimates were
pigeld for ie increase in capacity of the school, and for other
made, or fo vas furnishings, equipment, architects! fees, ete. of the
isems, 50 i e necessary priorities for distri uu ion
side establish ible the Board accepted the following order of
mai ’
Ee orm ce at St. Louis.
. Donnitory space for women at the teachers’ colleges and at
2 vovarateny institutions at which Synod has approved a train
re
those P am for women teachers. ; lief for the
ne Othe Senior College, to provide long-term re

: * ion at St. Louis. . :
bose vision for services not presently available on a given

one ibraries
; poraitories for men at ministerial colleges.

i isting facilities.
t and expansion of existing i
; Tens “deferred by the Milwaukee Convention.
the basis of this Board’s recommendation the pavance of
th vicinal appropriation was allocated by the Board of Directors
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as follows: __§ axso0a
St. Louis — —— $ BB000
River Forest — 368/000
50,000
132,000
110,000
200,

$3,349,000
Of the grand total originally made available (65% of $12,000,000),
.63 was held in reserve for contingencies.
ee a noted that, of the items approved by re Milwaukee
Convention, it has been impossible to Duaid the addition “untae
eded at River Forest, the a tio: ‘
for help at Milwaukee, and the business office facilities which were
planned as a part of the dormitory at St. Louis (these acl ties
would also release the. urgently needed vere dene ne nen
i i c ; the women’s ;
cupied by the business offices) ; 1 vO lant to oll oneration
nd; and to convert the St. Louis heating plan atio
rand and they were already approved at’ Milwaukee, the facilities