# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1926_S91
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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1926. 41

Needs and Requests.

1. For repairing and rebuilding Hanser Hall, $35,775.95.

2. Road and sidewalks. along the new professors’ residences, to
cost $6,887.

3. $3,002.07 for repairs on the professors’ residences, hospital,
kitchen, and the old building; $1,675 for pointing out the walls of
the old building.

4, $1,000 for fire-extinguishers and panic bars.

5. $6,089 for grading the campus.

’ 6. A second janitor, since the number of buildings has increased.

7. Three additional professors.

A memorial from the Southern Conference of the Northern
Illinois District requested Synod to abolish military training at Fort
Wayne, alleging —

1. That the entire education is carried on in a legal rather than
in an evangelical spirit and that therefore discipline and order are
maintained by military force rather than by God’s Word;

2. That such education brings up a generation of pastors who
have imbibed a dictatorial spirit and who might later on, in admin-
istering their office, permit the same spirit to prevail;

3. That no distinction is made between offences against the Moral
Law and against military order and that for that reason the deport-
ment grade throws a wrong light on a pupil;

4, That experience shows that order and discipline prevail at
other institutions without such training.

The Central District presented a memorial asking Synod to ap-
propriate an adequate sum for a ground-keeper at Fort Wayne.

Resolved: — Action.

1. To approve the following excess expenditures (totaling
$59,461.56): a. For Sihler Hall, $797.25; b. professors’ residences,
$44,543.92; c. equipment and improvements, $14,120.39.

2. To appropriate: a. $6,887 for road and sidewalks; b. $3,002.07
for necessary repairs on professors’ residences; c. $1,675 for pointing
out the walls of the old building; d. $1,000 for fire-extinguishers and
panic bars; e. $6,089.94 for grading the campus; f. $13,683.50 for
repairing Hanser Hall; g. $1,000 for repairs on the director’s resi-
dence; h. $2,591.46 for repairs on the other professors’ residences.

3. Again to include in the budget $1,000 for Sihler Hall, which
was appropriated three years ago.

4. To adopt the following report of Committee 1 regarding mili-
tary training: —

“A very similar memorial was presented to Synod three years
ago. We recommend that the same recommendation be again pre-
sented to Synod and the memorial be declined. The former recom-