# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1911_S230
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Concordia College at Milwaukee, Wis.

To a Reverend Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States,
assembled at St. Louis, Mo., from May 10 to May 20, 1911.

In accordance with the instruction of the Reverend Synod, the
undersigned board hereby submits its report on Concordia College
at Milwaukee, Wis.

Beginning with the faculty, we have to report that there has
been a change in it since the last Synod. Prof. E. Hamann, who
served the school with self-sacrificing faithfulness for 28 years, found
himself in recent years hindered in discharging his office by a severe
hearing ailment, and submitted his resignation on May 25, 1910.
After a lengthy vacancy the professorship has been filled again by
Prof. A. E. Bergmann, who was installed in his office on February
13, 1911. The faculty is applying its best ability and all its zeal to
sending the seminary in St. Louis well-prepared students. Two of
the professors were able, during the past triennium, to celebrate the
jubilee of their 25 years of service at the school, namely Professors
Müller and Hattstädt.

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

We have no completed construction to report, since none needed
to be approved by the last Synod. Only some 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 classroom building.

This time too we do not come before the Synod with requests
for a new building. We would only ask hereby for the sum needed
for a few larger repairs.

a. The interior of the classroom building, with the auditorium, is
still in its original 1900 condition. If the building is to be kept in
good condition and to meet sanitary requirements, the woodwork
and all the walls need to be painted. For this a sum of about
$2000.00 will be needed.

b. All the other buildings need so many repairs that these
cannot be listed individually. In no case, however, will we need
more than $3000.00 for this. The cost of grading the lot acquired
three years ago will also be covered by this sum.