# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1920_S24
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24 Proceedings of Thirty-First National Convent

of Decorah, Iowa. He entered upon his duties in- ‘

12 scholars from Norwegian circles entered the inst;

The Board requested. that all the professor
equipped with electric light, that hard-wood floors be in;
bedrooms in the professors’ houses, that the pro
1917 be fitted for an athletic field, that the present
be changed into a central heating-system, and that .
residence be erected.

AcTIoN.

Resolved to equip the professors’ residences with ¢
but to table the request for the installation of hard
$3,000 was appropriated for grading the newly acquire:
Permission was also granted to change the present h
into a central plant, the Board of Directors to fix the'f
this shall be carried out. The arrangement with the
Synod was approved and ordered incorporated in the mix
was reported that the request for a professor’s residencg
withdrawn with the understanding that in case of nec
dwelling could be authorized by the Board of Directors,

St. Paul’s College at Concordia, Mo.
(Germ. Rep., pp. 60—63.)

This institution was twice closed owing to epidemics'¢
fever, mumps, and influenza. Three deaths occurred in -
body. Attendance: 135, 26 graduates in 1917—18; 120, 1
in 191819; 113, 12 graduates in 1919--20. The dec
tributed to war conditions, the boys being needed on the
A. Haentzschel entered upon his duties in September, 1918.
in the Board were filled by the election of Messrs. Juli
and J. Weissbrodt.

The Administration Building was reported to be in é
dition. Owing to the nature of the soil, the foundation
strong enough under ordinary conditions, cannot bear
the building. This resulted in serious settlings, maki
repairs necessary. For this purpose and for other needq
the Board requested Synod to appropriate $20,000. Howe
ment was on foot to remove this institution to a b
The Survey Committee recommended that no new
erected at Concordia, Mo. In view of these facts the
requested Synod’ to pass no resolutions either to rem
continue the institution, but to resolve to retain the
Concordia for three more years. Members of the facu
Synod dissented from this request, since they were conv?
tend to reduce the attendance as the future of the
thereby left in doubt. Owing to the nature of the 90!