# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S77
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 77

Plant

During the past triennium two important plant changes were
undertaken at Concordia College in St.Paul. The first change
involved removing the bearing walls and floors of the old chapel
in the classroom building and converting the space into five
classrooms, a business-office suite, space for eight professors’ offices,
two washrooms for staff members, a large washroom for girls, and
a small lounge room for visitors. This conversion program was
completed in the fall of 1954 with a synodical grant of $90,000.
A new students’ chapel large enough to accommodate 600 students
was built by conversion of our old gymnasium at a cost of $80,000,
which was provided by a synodical grant. The new Graebner
Memorial Chapel was dedicated in 1955. The new physical-edu-
cation building — Lutheran Memoria] Center — which was built in
1953 at a cost of $360,000 and which was a gift from the Minnesota
District, made it possible to gain these new classrooms and a new
chapel at a very nominal expenditure of synodical funds. It is
hoped that in the near future a much-needed tunnel connecting
the new chapel with the classroom building will be built.

Requests

The Board of Control respectfully submits the following re-
quests to the Honorable Delegate Synod:

1. That Synod provide additional student housing for 200 stu-
dents. The rapid growth of enrollment of teacher-training and
ministerial students requires immediate attention to this need.
The total estimate for housing facilities for 200 students has been
set by competent estimators at $750,000. Since the Minnesota
District is celebrating the centennial of Missouri Synod Lutheran-
ism in Minnesota during the synodical convention and as a token
of their appreciation for the undeserved and rich blessings of God
on the work of the church in their midst for 100 years, a thank-
offering has been set for ingathering at this time. The proceeds
from this centennial thankoffering have been designated for dor-
mitory housing at Concordia College. The goal of this offering
has been set for $300,000. This gift to Synod would reduce the
request for $750,000 by the amount of the centennial thankoffering.
This request was presented to Synod already in 1953 at the
Houston, Tex., Convention.

2. The second request to the Honorable Synod is to provide
the necessary funds to complete the tunnel between the chapel
and the classroom building. An amount of somewhat less than
$10,000 remains in the original synodical grant for this purpose,
and we request that an additional $15,000 be made available to
complete this much-needed tunnel,