# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1911_S222
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had already been relieved at Addison. No — the reason nothing was
built at Addison lay in the fact that the money needed for building
did not come together. We have thus simply had to keep carrying
the burden. If, then, we again come before the Reverend Synod this
time too with the urgent request that it relieve the state of need at
Addison, it will surely not refuse us, but will hear our request all
the more favorably. And what is this request of ours? It does not
amount to asking that the Synod carry out, as soon as possible, the
building planned and resolved on years ago for $30,000.00; rather,
that in place of that planned and resolved building it erect at
Addison a new, purpose-built dormitory for about 200 students, in
which all the pupils could live and sleep, and further undertake the
necessary alterations in the old buildings. The reasons that move us
to lay this request before a Reverend Synod are as follows:

a. The present dormitory is in such a condition that it appears
to us not merely desirable but positively called for that our
students at Addison get a new dormitory. For, aa., the living rooms
are far too small for the number of occupants. In addition, these
rooms are in many cases poorly ventilated, and the distribution of
light is not the best. bb. The halls in the dormitory, in which 175
students now live, are only 4, or at most 5, feet wide, and the
stairways narrow. cc. The bedrooms are in part low attic rooms that
should not be used for sleeping purposes at all. In addition, the
bedrooms are scattered through every part of the school, some even
in the classroom building. That is a great disadvantage. dd. In
some dormitories there stand 30 to 40 beds and just as many
trunks.

b. As regards classrooms, the school is poorly provided for. For
one thing, there are not enough of them, and of those there are,
some are too small.

c. By erecting a new dormitory and by a suitably planned
remodeling of the old buildings, all these deficiencies could be
removed, and the school would thereby obtain, aa., a dormitory in
which all students could live and sleep; bb., a good classroom
building in which all the classrooms could be housed, along with the
museum; cc., room could be made available in the old building for
all the music, library, reading, and society rooms, and besides that
also for a spacious auditorium. (See the Synodical Report of the
Northern Illinois District, 1910, p. 73f.)

We therefore ask a Reverend Synod to grant the round sum of
$75,000.00 for new construction, remodeling, heating, electric
lighting, and improvements to the nine professors' residences.

6. Our house steward wanted to leave us because he could not
get by on his wages. But since Mr. Stahmer and his dear wife are
altogether excellent house-parents, we granted him a raise of
$100.00, which we ourselves have covered. We would, however,