# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1911_S233
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fixtures in one professor's residence, remodeling of the sickrooms
and a new bathing facility in them, and painting all the students'
living rooms. Further, since January 1909 we have granted five
members of the teaching faculty an annual supplement of $100.00,
since, given the prevailing high cost of living, their salaries proved
altogether inadequate. We hope the Reverend Synod will approve
this step, and we join to it the urgent request for a revision of the
professors' salaries at our schools.

Finally, we would ask the Reverend Synod for the following
appropriations:

1. Enlargement of the heating plant. Although the present one,
despite seventeen years of use, is still in fairly good condition, it is
nevertheless no longer sufficient. Only one steam boiler is available.
Should this ever fail in winter — some defects were fortunately
discovered in summer — our school would be in a most precarious
position. The sum required for rebuilding and enlarging it would,
on the advice of experts, come to about $4000.00 to $4500.00.

2. New fittings for the washroom in the main building, and bath
and toilet facilities in it. A mere repair would no longer serve here.
It is also obvious that these very rooms ought to be kept in as good
a condition as possible. The cost would be about $2000.00.

Regarding these needs, we would ask a Reverend Synod to place
the sum required at our disposal promptly, so that these
installations can be carried out in the summer.

3. Entryways on the main and south buildings. The entrances
are completely exposed to wind and weather. The door of the main
building leads directly into the auditorium, which is also used as a
classroom. Suitable entryways could be built for about $1500.00.

4. A new roof for the service building and painting of the
professors' residences. About $1000.00 is required for this. The
roof of the service building has done service for seventeen years and
is in a condition that makes a lasting repair impossible. As for
painting the residences, it is a well-known fact that temporary
economizing in this regard later causes all the greater repair costs.

May the Lord, however, continue to rule graciously over our
school and bless the work done in it to the honor of his name.

In the name and on behalf of the board of control,
                                        R. F. Zimmermann, Secretary.
St. Paul, Minn., March 20, 1911.