# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S91
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 91

During the Easter vacation of 1955 Vicar Merle Deines was
killed in an automobile accident. .

Rev. Elmer Luessenhop, who has been an instructor at
St. John’s College since 1951, has accepted a call to Zion Lutheran
Church, Sioux Falls, S. Dak.

The west wing of the new women’s dormitory was completed
in 1954 and dedicated to the glory of God during the convention
of the Kansas District of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
in August. This wing was constructed at a cost of $132,000 and
is capable of housing an additional 80 women. We now have
dormitory space for approximately 200 women.

Baden Hall, the original building on St. John’s campus, is at
present undergoing a complete remodeling to become a men’s
dormitory. Requests for allotment to complete this remodeling as
well as requests for other buildings at St. John’s College will be
included in the report of the Board for Higher Education.

The student body at St. John’s has been slowly increasing.
In 1955—1956 our total enrollment reached 495.

We ask that Synod give particular attention to the overtures
presented by the Kansas District of The Lutheran Church —

Missouri Synod.
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W. H. Meyer, Chairman Leo J. FENSKE, Secretary
A. E. Kunzmann, Acting President of St. John’s College

Concordia College, Portland, Oreg.

(Report 111)
The past triennium has been a notable one in the history of
Concordia College, Portland. During this period the institution
celebrated its golden anniversary, introduced coeducational teacher
training, and erected a splendid new commons building.
Concordia, Portland, embraces a five-year program: the three
upper high school years and the two junior college years. Its
primary function is to train young men for the ministry and the
teaching profession; since 1954, young women have also been
admitted on the college level,
The enrollment for the past three years has been, successively,
88, 92, and 108. During the current school year there are 58 students
in the high school and 50 in the college. Of these, 47 are pre-
ministerial; 42 are preteacher; and three are predeaconess. All of
the college students are training for the service of the church;
of the 58 high school students, 42 are preprofessional and 16 are
“general” students. Twenty-five girls are enrolled in the college.
Our Board of Control consists of the following: Mr. George W.
Udy, chairman; Mr. Richard F. Brandon, vice-chairman; Rev, Ed-