# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1899_S51
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Ninth Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1899. 51

"2. We would ask for the erection of a new outhouse. The old one
threatens to collapse. The masonry has already partly given way, and the
woodwork is rotten and decayed. Almost nothing can be repaired anymore
without spending almost as much on the repair as a new building would
cost. And even then one would only have a patch job. By an architect's
calculation, the new building would cost about $1600.00;

"3. We ask for the erection of a building in which suitable sickrooms
could be set up. Our present sickrooms are located above the kitchen.
Everyone knows that this is not a suitable place for sickrooms. Precisely
in the hours when our students should be cared for best, we can only care
for them so poorly, since we lack the proper space. Such a building would,
by a builder's calculation, come to $3500.00.

"May the chief Shepherd of the church, however, warm our hearts and
open our hands, that we may diligently pray, work, and give for our
institutions. Yes, may he prosper the work of our hands among us!" (Report
of the board at Fort Wayne, Ind.)

Resolved, that the board at Fort Wayne be authorized to install "a
truly durable bathing and washing facility meeting requirements" at a cost
of about $1900.00.

Resolved, that the same board undertake the provision of a new
outhouse at a cost of about $1600.00.

Resolved, that the Synod grants the sum of $3500.00 for the erection of
a building on the college grounds for the purpose of setting up suitable
sickrooms.

Concordia Gymnasium at Milwaukee, Wis.

"To a Reverend Synod the board of the above-named institution
dutifully submits the following report:

"I. In our worthy faculty [*Profeſſoren⸗Collegium*] there has been no
change during the past three years. All seven professors, with only brief
interruptions on the part of one or another, have stood in steady,
faithful, and blessed work, and we can, with a clear conscience, testify
of them that they do everything in their power to send well-prepared and
well-brought-up young men on to the seminary in St. Louis. That solid work
is accomplished at our Concordia College can also be attested by
testimonials from highly educated schoolmen outside our circles; and we
mention this in order also to win, for our gymnasium, those young men from
our own circles whose intention is not, after completing their gymnasium
studies, to devote themselves to...