# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1926_S178
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178 Proceedings of Thirty-Third Regular Convention,

was decided to receive students every second year, beginning with
1924. The report of the local board at Porto Alegre shows what
progress was made in the building program.

e. Pursuant to a request of the Texas District, it had been resolved
by the Synod to establish a college in Texas. The selection of the
place and site and all decisions as to the time of building, ete., were
left to the Board of Directors, under consultation with the District.
After a committee of the Board had, together with the local com-
mittee, viewed all places that came into consideration, and after
Texas District representatives had met with the Board in St. Louis,
it was decided to build the college in Austin. The site was bought
in September, 1925, the architect selected, and the contract for the
first building has now been awarded. A call for candidates for the
first professor has been issued, and it is hoped that the institution
‘ can be opened in the fall of this year.

f£. The time of erection, and the exact determination of the cost,
of the new Administration Building in Seward had been referred to
the Board of Directors. The contract was let in 1924 at a little in
excess of the estimate of $150,000.

g. The matter of securing an athletic field for the Bronzville
institution had been referred to the Board of Directors together with
the local board. A plot of a little over three and one half acres was
secured for $16,500 and the necessary sum allowed for grading.

h. The brethren of the Western District had $12,628 on hand,
which had been received for buildings at Concordia, Mo., partly
directly for a gymnasium. They came before the Board, asking for
permission to use this money, together with $28,000 which they in-
tended to collect, for a gymnasium. It was finally agreed that the
Board of Directors would advocate before Synod that the use of the
$12,628 for this purpose be ratified.

i. Special attention should be called to the untiring and capable
services rendered especially by Mr. Henry W. Horst, as a member of
the Committee on Buildings, in connection with the tremendous
building program of the triennium. Mr. Horst gave largely of his
time and strength and, no doubt, made financial sacrifices in order
to help carry out the building program.

4. As to financial matters, the following should be reported : —

a. The budget was prepared from year to year, and the coopera-
tion of the Districts and of individual congregations is becoming
more and more evident and effective, due largely to the work of
Mr. Theo. W. Eckhart, who continued to serve as financial secretary.
The fact that there is still a deficit in our treasuries will be brought
out in the financial reports and had best be considered in that con-
nection. ‘