# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1923_S15
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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio,'and Other States, 1993. 15

tract of land consisting of seventy-one acres and located west of
t, Louis, in St. Louis County, for a site for Concordia Seminary.
‘fhe price agreed upon in the contract of sale was $2,600 per acre.
: (the. purchase was decided after the Board of Directors, the local
“Board, the faculty, the local conference, and lay représentatives
of our congregations had carefully investigated a great number of
sites. The De Mun tract finally received the unanimous endorsement
of the faculty, of the local Board, and of a meeting of pastors and lay-
members, attended by two hundred or more, held at Emmaus Church
Hall on May 10. Real estate men of the city of St. Louis consider
the location one of the finest to be found anywhere for such a purpose
as ours. It is topographically ideal, requiring very little or no
grading. It is one of the highest pieces of ground near the city. .
From it a view is obtained over the green expanse of Forest Park,
the great city stretching eastward, to the north the Washington
University buildings, — our grounds being much higher than the
grounds of the university, — and to the west great private parks, with
fine residences scattered between. Adjoinirtg property. is now sold
for $5,000 to $10,000 an acre. .

II. The Building Committee is Organized.

Your Committee was organized October 18, 1921, as follows:
Rev. R. Kretzschmar, chairman; Dr. C.C. Schmidt, Mr. A. G. Brauer,
. Mr. J.P. Hahn, Mr. H. F. Bente, Mr. A. W. Thias, Mr. L. Stockho, -
Mr. Samuel Kowert, Dean J. H. CG. Fritz, Prof. L. Fuerbringer, and
Prof. Theo. Graebner, secretary. : /
For the Board of Directors: Mr. Henry W. Horst, of Rock
Island, Tl.
The following members have been added during the past year:
Rev. Theo. Laetsch, Mr. Wm. F. Wischmeyer, Mr. Chas. Wehking, and
Mr. Ewald Schuettner, of St. Louis; Rev. W. Koepchen, of New
York; Mr. E. Rubbert, of Minneapolis; Mr. F. J. Schinnerer, of Long
_ Beach, Cal.; Mr. G. Mertz, of Mobile, Ala.; and Mr. F. G. Walker, of
Cleveland, O. .

III. Requirements for an Enrolment of 400 Students.

The program of the Building Committee as finally adopted reads
_ as follows: — .
1. Administration Building. To contain administration offices,
reception-room, faculty-room, and living-rooms for students..
2. Lecture Hall. Classrooms of various sizes for 400 students;
six for 75, two for 25, one for 150; libraries for professors, ‘music-
: * Tooms, offices for: student-body, and rooms for student organizations:
< ' 8. Assembly Hall. To seat 800, with gallery and stage. Organ.