# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1935_S58
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58 Proceedings of Thirty-Sixth Regular Convention,

health and strength to do their work without any marked degree of
interruption. Our three senior professors enjoyed the rare privilege
of celebrating their golden anniversary, a distinction of which we are
justly proud. In the spring of 1933 Prof. G. W. Mueller completed his
fiftieth year, and Prof. M. J. F. Albrecht his fortieth year, of service at
the college, the latter also his fiftieth year in the ministry, while in
the following spring, 1934, Prof. O. F. Hattstaedt, D. D., celebrated his
golden jubilee in the service of the Church, having spent the entire
fifty years in the interest of our school. These anniversaries were
duly observed by the Board, the Faculty, the student-body, alumni, and
many local Lutherans. All our teachers faithfully and ably fulfilled
their arduous duties and did whatever was in their power to bring
the students entrusted to their care to the prescribed goal. In the
beginning of the present school-year the institution suffered a distinct
loss inasmuch as Dir. G. Chr. Barth, after thirteen years of faithful
and efficient service, accepted a call into the ministry. We hope and
pray that the vacancy will soon be filled with the man whom the Lord
has chosen for this office. Meanwhile the various members of the
Faculty, under the supervision of the Pres. em. Prof. M. J. F. Albrecht,
have taken over the several functions of the presidency and are ably
discharging these additional duties besides their classroom work.

With a few exceptions the students applied themselves diligently
to their daily tasks and in their conduct maintained the standard of
Christian young men. Where deviations occurred, Christian disci-
pline was exercised in accordance with the Word of God. Health
conditions were good, generally speaking. One student met with an
accidental death during a Christmas vacation.

With a feeling of sincere gratitude the work of our two auxiliary
organizations, the Ladies’ Aid and the Men’s Club, as well as the
generous support given us by the congregations in our District are
herewith acknowledged. May the Lord bless them for their loyalty!

On May 18, 1984, a fire, caused apparently by sparks from the
incinerator, damaged one of our oldest dormitories, Kilbourn Hall,
considerably. Upon recommendation of a representative of the Board
of Directors an architect was engaged to submit plans for a somewhat
thorough remodeling of the dormitory, which was to include the sug-
gestions and requirements of the city’s Inspector of Buildings. Since,
however, Synod’s Board of Directors, on the basis of the figures pre-
sented, felt that it was not within its province to appropriate the
amount necessary to put the building into first-class condition, we
were advised to let the ‘building remain unoccupied until the Cleve-
land convention. In the mean time, quarters had to be found in the
other two dormitories for the students living in Kilbourn Hall, for
the laboratory, for the bakery, and for the library of the students, all