# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1935_S47
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1935. 47

coming to his desk numbered between six and eight each week, averag-
ing from a few pages to approximately one hundred pages in length.
The number of pages read in the Correspondence School work for
1934 was 2,805.

During the summer months of 1933 and 1934 a summer-school
was conducted at the Seminary for pastors, which was attended by
30 and 23 pastors, respectively. During the year 1932 a teachers’
summer-school was held, with an enrolment of 57.

The average cost to Synod of taking care of a student at Con-
cordia Seminary was $117.25 for the school-year 1933—34, which was
22.2 per cent. less than 1982—383 and 28.7 per cent. less than 1931—32.
The total cost for the year 1933—34 was about 39 per cent. less than
1931—32. This discrepancy between the 28.7 per cent. difference in
cost per student and the 39 per cent. difference in total cost un-
doubtedly reflects the extent to which Synod has added charges to our
institutional board bill which formerly were paid by Synod itself.
The student is now asked to pay 10.3 per cent. of the expenses which
Synod for more than seventy-five years had assumed. There are only
two institutions with a lower average cost per student than Concordia
Seminary, while the Seminary pays less salary per student than any
other school in Synod, an evidence of the sacrifices made by our
Faculty. It signifies a very unequal distribution of the teaching
talent at our institutions and calls for sacrifices on the part of both
our Faculty and our student-body at the most important institution
of our Synod. These sacrifices are of such a nature as to restrict
the teaching activity of the Faculty and the consultation privileges of
the student.

The grounds of the Seminary have suffered greatly on account
of the drought. During the year 1980 a Patrons’ Association was
formed, which has substantially contributed toward the beautifying
of the grounds of the Seminary. This association has collected an-
nually about $800 for ground maintenance. Individuals also have
contributed trees and shrubbery to the institution, and the Lutheran
Women’s League of St. Louis has annually visited the Seminary and
presented it with gifts for the commissary department, showing
thereby its great interest in our Seminary.

All the buildings have been kept in repair, and the interior walls
of all the buildings have been painted. A number of residences of
the professors were infested with termites, and radical action had to
be taken to eradicate this menace.

During the past three years KFUO has continued to broadcast
every day. An additional report of KFUO is added by Pastor H. H.
Hohenstein, Radio Director. A petition to Synod to consider the
introduction of a weekly nation-wide broadcast, coming from the
Board of Control, is found among the memorials.