# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1905_S31
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11th Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1905. 31

"At the beginning of 1904 the Lord sent an infectious illness, scarlet
fever, into the institution. In mid-February it became necessary to
send the students home and close the institution until further
notice. Eleven cases of scarlet fever had occurred, and one student of
the second seminary class also died in faith in his Savior. After
Easter, however, thank God, instruction could resume. During this
epidemic it became quite clear that the institution lacks suitable
sickrooms, and in this respect better provisions and facilities should
be made as soon as possible by the newly elected board of control.

"Through the call of Rev. P. M. Lücke to the directorship of our
gymnasium at Fort Wayne, he withdrew from the board of control, and
the board filled the vacancy, after obtaining the opinion of the
district president, by electing P. W. Heyne. The board of control has
met almost monthly and has striven to the best of its ability to
justify the trust the Reverend Synod placed in it. Work has not been
lacking. The resolution of the last Delegate Synod regarding central
heating has been carried out, and as far as can be seen so far, it
must be called a successful installation. The heating proved itself
last winter. The professors' residences have also become truly dry as
a result. The costs amounted to $12,843.72. This sum, however,
includes the erection of a separate boiler house — since the boilers
could not be accommodated under any of the buildings — and of a
much-needed new privy and a bathing facility, so that the cost of the
heating itself scarcely exceeds the granted sum of $11,500.00. — A
needed addition to Prof. Streckfuss's residence was carried out. It
cost a little over $800.00. — At present the long-desired paving of
Enos Avenue, leading directly to the College, is under way, which will
cost the Synod an outlay of $344.50.

"Let this suffice as a review. Now let us look forward: we build and
trust in the faithful grace of God, which has hitherto shown itself so
visibly toward our institution and its work. And the grants we are
asking the Reverend Synod for are not very large, but concern things
that are altogether necessary. Apart from setting Prof. Simon's
pension and providing sickrooms, the old college building, Building
No. 1, needs substantial repair. The entrance, the floors, the stairs,
the walls and ceilings, the window frames...