# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1911_S59
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13th Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1911. 59

Turning from the teachers to the students, we may say that they
submit to the discipline under which they are placed, namely the
discipline of the Word of God. God has graciously spared the student
body from epidemics, and only a few serious cases of illness have had
to be recorded. The number of students was: 1908–1909: 212;
1909–1910: 187; 1910–1911: 194.

We have no completed construction to report, since none needed to be
authorized by the last synod. Only a few repairs have been made, none
of which exceeded the sum the board is authorized to draw from the
synodical treasury for current expenses. Among these repairs the most
significant was the painting of the exterior woodwork on the
instruction building.

This time, too, we do not come before the synod with requests for a
new building. We ask only for the sum needed for several larger
repairs.

a. The interior of the instruction building, including the assembly
hall, is still in its original 1900 condition. If the building is to
be kept in good condition and meet sanitary requirements, the
woodwork and all the walls need to be repainted. For this the sum of
about $2,000.00 will be needed.

b. All the other buildings need so many repairs that they cannot be
listed individually. We will, however, in no case need more than
$3,000.00 for this. The cost of grading the property acquired three
years ago will also be covered by this sum.

c. The hospital should be enlarged and improved. It does serve its
purpose for a small number of patients. But when cases of illness
increase, especially when serious cases are involved, it is entirely
inadequate. About $1,500.00 will be needed for this purpose.

We would gladly give exact figures. But for a mass of smaller repairs
it is difficult to make truly reliable estimates. We do, however,
give the assurance that we will not exceed the sums named here by a
single cent.

We therefore ask:

1. for $2,000.00 for the upkeep of the instruction building,

2. for $3,000.00 for the upkeep of the three other buildings, as well
as for grading the new property,

3. for $1,500.00 for the hospital. — Total: $6,500.00. —

The following appropriations were made for the institution at
Milwaukee:

1. for upkeep of the instruction building, $2,000.00;

2. for repairs to the other buildings, $3,000.00;

3. for enlargement of the hospital, $1,500.00;

4. for improvements to the heating apparatus, $780.00.