# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1932_S60
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60 Proceedings of Thirty-Fifth Regular Convention,

Concordia College, Edmonton, Alberta,
(Extract from the report of the Board of Control. Memoria} 114.)

Not only has the whole Western Canada
years under a constantly growing depression
country where our congregations are located
failures year after year. For miles the countr
these conditions our institution has also suffe
dents has decreased from 62 in the school
the present school-year. Parents found i
support their sons. More students had t

suffered during the last
» but many arts of the
have suffered total ero

y is like a desert, Under
red. The number of stu-
Year 1929-30 to 49 j,
t ever more difficult to
© be supported from the

anced students had to dig-
continue their studies temporarily, and many a promisin

& boy could

not enter the institution because of lack of funds,
Nevertheless we will not complain,
port during the last three years. He has
dents from sickness, want, and death.

but praise God for His sup-
protected professors and stu-

zeal for their studies, so that the work
blessings. He has again made our Christians willing to support the
institution liberally.

Since the last convention of
improved. By permission of th
active assistance of Mr. Horst

of theology and at the same time give
training as deaconesses and the like.
This, in part, explains the decrease in students.

Although this arrangement has hardly decreased the work of our
professors, they have nevertheless, on account of the lack of funds in
the Synodical Treasury, offered to take over the work of the former
assistant professor, whose services have been dispensed with for the
present.
Our library is still very small and inadequate and should be en-
larged considerably if it is to serve its purpose. The $1,000 appro-
priated by the last Synod for the library were not available. We
earnestly request the Ven. Synod to renew this appropriation.

girls the necessary preparatory