# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1899_S41
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Ninth Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1899. 41

...any excesses of any kind, and not a single expulsion has occurred. It is
therefore also to be hoped in love of all the students that, as they are
now highly blessed above thousands of their age and calling, so too they
will one day go out into the holy office to their rich blessing and bear
much fruit unto eternal life.

"As to the institution's buildings, the board [*Behörde*, the seminary's
governing board] has the following to report to the Reverend Synod: it did
not carry out the building of a service building resolved on at the last
meeting in 1896, although the funds for it were on hand. The reason was
that another, larger building, resolved on at that same meeting along with
the suspension of the two-thirds rule, had put our General Treasurer in
great difficulty. Since the board was able, for the time being, to help
itself in another way, it gave up the building and put its money at the
Treasurer's disposal. God willing, however, the building will be taken up
this summer, since the existing shortcomings — especially the lack of
bedrooms and of a large lecture hall, etc. — for the sake of which the
building was already necessary three years ago, have grown considerably
worse. — As for the institution's main building, it is still in excellent
condition. Only the heating system will need a significant repair in the
course of the next three years, for which the board respectfully asks the
Reverend Synod's advance approval. Since there are only five professors'
residences available, one had to be rented for Prof. Mezger, which costs
$300.00 a year. The board states it as its conviction that it would be
cheaper for the Synod, since it already owns the building site, to build a
residence out of the available legacy funds and save the annual rent. A
Synod resolution to that effect could perhaps be carried out within the
next three years. — On two larger expenditures the board still owes the
Reverend Synod a special accounting. The first concerns the addition to
Prof. Gräbner's residence. This was unavoidably necessary. Not only was the
space extremely limited for the family, but the condition of the house
itself was such that, in the physicians' judgment, it was highly unhealthy
to live in and was the cause of the diphtheria that so often occurred in
the family. Under such circumstances the board was compelled to act. A
thorough inspection of the building showed that the foundation walls were
quite solid and sound, and that an addition and a thorough repair were
therefore fully justified. This was accordingly carried out for $720.00,
putting this residence into such condition that it will meet all
reasonable requirements for a long series of years to come. — The second
expenditure for which the board must account is the pension paid to the
two unmarried daughters of the late Prof. Günther. Already at the time of
the last Synod meeting there were...