# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S97
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 97

three years of distinguished service to God in this office. We are
deeply grateful to God for His abundant mercies upon our college
through the long and successful administration of His servant and if]
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As a part of the opening divine service on September 19, 1954,
Dr. Schwermann installed his successor, Rev. Walter M. Wangerin
as our second president. President Wangerin inducted the new
instructors, Rev. C. W. Kaminska and Miss Dorothy Schmidt, into
office in the same service. In the opening service on September 18,
1955, Mr. Erich A. von Fange was inducted as assistant professor i
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The Student Body

Our enrollments during the past three years were 102, 103, 109.
In the current academic year we have 64 students from Alberta,
23 from Saskatchewan, nine from British Columbia, four from
Manitoba, five from Ontario, one from Quebec, and three from
the United States. As our Synod’s only high school and college
in Canada, Concordia endeavors to provide room for some general
students on our campus. These students paid tuition fees to Synod
in the amount of $4,460.00 in 1954, $4,215.00 in 1955, $4,845.00 in
1956. The Hand of the Lord protected our campus family from
serious illness and accidents, for which we give thanks.

The Curriculum

With the authorization of the Board for Higher Education,
the teacher-training curriculum was added. In the 1955-—56
academic year, Concordia enrolled teacher-training girls in the
college department for the first time.

New Building

At this writing, the new women’s dormitory is rapidly nearing
completion. Located on the extreme southwest corner of the
campus, this attractive red-brick building will house forty girls,
provide a suite of rooms for the counselor and family, lounge,
laundry, and recreation facilities, This building was named
Eberhardt Hall in memory of Western Canada’s first lady of
Lutheranism, Mary Eberhardt, wife of the pioneer missionary
Dr. E.-Eberhardt.

Local Support

The Concordia College Guild continues to give leadership to
women’s organizations all over Canada in support of worthy
projects on our campus. A total of more than $3,400 was given
by these people in the last three years. This sum has been used
to equip and support Concordia’s band and to provide new laundry