# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1914_S36
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36 Proceedings of the 29th General or

be able to do the students some measure of justice. The electoral
board of our institution likewise favors the appointment of a
further professor.

2. May the Reverend Synod grant its board of control permission to
enlarge the kitchen and dining hall by an addition to the present
service building. Both the kitchen and dining hall are decidedly too
small for present conditions; as regards the kitchen in particular,
we can hardly ask our dear housekeeping staff to go on managing any
longer in such cramped quarters. The dining hall also urgently needs
a new floor. Through the addition mentioned, the sickrooms, which
are now very inconveniently placed, could also be isolated in such a
way as to satisfy all legal and sanitary requirements. According to
a careful estimate by experts, the improvements named (an addition
40×40 feet, basement and one story) could be built for the sum of
$8000.00.

3. May the Reverend Synod resolve that the director's residence and
those of two other professors be fitted with heating systems. The
cost would come to about $1500.00.

4. Finally, we must further point out to the Reverend Synod that the
owner of the two rented professors' residences finds himself obliged
to sell them, and he offers them to the Synod for the price of
$7000.00. We recommend the purchase of these residences, unless the
Reverend Synod itself prefers to build, since, should they pass into
other hands, it would be very doubtful whether we could continue to
rent them, and if not, it would probably be very difficult to obtain
other suitable residences, as rental housing in Seward is very
scarce.

May He, the faithful God, continue to hold His protecting and
blessing hand over our institution!

Resolutions.

Resolved, to approve the excess expenditure of $2600 for
the enlargement of the music building.

Resolved, to decline, for the present, the request to
enlarge the service building by an addition costing $8000. Should
the kitchen, however, now need to be enlarged in any case, the
General Board of Control shall, at its best discretion, make $800 to
$1000 available to the local board of control for this purpose.

Resolved, to decline, for the present, the request for an
appropriation of $1500 for heating systems in the professors'
residences.

Resolved, to purchase the two professors' residences
hitherto rented, at the price of $7000.

Resolved, to establish a new professorship for the
institution at Seward.