# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1914_S51
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14th Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1914. 51

addressed this to the General Board of Control, which then also
visited our institution. After a thorough investigation it turned out
that the subsoil was so-called joint clay and therefore could not bear
the weight of the walls without further reinforcement of the
foundation. Following plans by a member of the General Board, Mr. H.
Walker, the foundation was then reinforced and the walls supported by
buttresses. This repair to the building, ordered by the General Board,
caused an expenditure of $4867.31. Through this repair our school
building has now, as far as human eyes can tell, been put into a
completely safe and durable condition. We ask that the Synod approve
this action.

Since the Synod granted the institution $2500.00 for the erection of a
hospital, but the necessary funds for it did not come in, the local
board was at first unable to proceed with building the hospital. But as
enrollment increased over time to the point that space fell short, the
board found itself compelled to provide for space. A society of
well-wishing friends of the institution declared itself willing to
advance, interest-free, the sum granted by the Synod for a hospital
building, and so the board, with the consent of the General Presidium
and the General Board, erected a hospital building which, for as long
as God preserves our pupils from illness, is now also used as a
dormitory. But even with this stopgap that the hospital provides, the
space is altogether insufficient, and if the institution is not to
suffer harm, the Synod must provide for the absolutely necessary living
and sleeping space required by the large number of pupils.

From the above it is evident that a great shortage still prevails here.
The necessary space to house the pupils is lacking. Our General
President, as well as the General Board, has likewise become convinced
of the prevailing shortage. They know how crowded our pupils must live
at the institution in Concordia. They too are of the conviction that
the available space is altogether insufficient. The local board of
control therefore asks the Reverend Synod to take this shortage under
consideration and, if at all possible, to remedy it.

Because of the large number of pupils, the present dining hall is also
far too small to arrange the tables comfortably. We further ask,
therefore, that the Synod grant the means for building an addition to
the present dining hall in which the kitchen can be housed, so that the
space now occupied by the kitchen can also be used as part of the
dining hall. This would gain us sufficient space for the increased
number of pupils. Such a planned addition could be built for $1500.00.

We must also report that a change has taken place in our teaching
staff. By accepting a call to the Semi-