# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1929_S49
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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. - 1929. 49

professor at our institution, and for many years he occupied the chair
of English, until in the year 1925 old age compelled him to retire.
He continued, however, to serve as assistant up to the time of his

Prof. O. W. Wismar, in May, 1926, accepted a call to a congrega-
tion in Los Angeles, Cal. Prof. A. W. Reese was successfully called
. to fill the vacancy. The following assistant professors were employed

since 1926: Prof. A. Baepler, D. D., the Revs. R. Kuehnert, A. Geb-
 hardt, and Paul Mehl. The Rev. E. Runge, secretary of the Board,
- accepted a call to Lohman, Mo., in consequence of which he resigned
‘his position on the Board. The Rev. Wm. O. Schmidt, of Higgins-
ville, Mo., was appointed by the Board to fill the vacancy. Mr. Carl
-Kuddes, of Concordia, Mo., was appointed by the President of Synod
to take the place of Mr. A. Deke on the auditing committee.

. Requests.
Administration building (estimated cost), $150,000.
. Central heating-plant (estimated cost), $48,000.
Light plant.

. Service building repairs, $945.

. Library equipment, $780.

. One additional professor.

. One professor’s residence, $10,000.

AOA PHO DH

Resolved: — Action.

1. To appropriate $5,000 for repairs in the heating-plant.

2. To instruct the Board of Control to have complete plans for
a heating-plant prepared for the next convention.

8. To authorize the calling of one new professor.

Concordia Institute, Bronxville, N. Y.
(Extract from the Report of the Board of Control.)

: According to a resolution of the last convention of Synod an ad-
ditional teacher was called early in the past triennium, so that our
faculty now consists of the president of the school and nine regular
. teachers. At the present writing there is a vacancy, caused by the
resignation of Prof.R. Hope. Mr. Wilbur Luecke, ¢.r.m., is acting
.ag supply-teacher this year. In addition to the teachers salaried by
» Synod the Lutheran Education Society pays the salaries of a physical-
training teacher and a vocal-culture teacher and contributes towards
the salary of the secretary to the president of the school.

: Both our school and our Synod suffered a very severe loss when on
July 30, 1927, the Lord, in His wise providence, took from the Church
Militant into the Church Triumphant Dr. Henry Feth, who had
served our school both as teacher and president since 1881. Dr. Feth

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