# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1935_S94
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

82 Proceedings of Thirty-Sixth Regular Convention,

work. In consequence of this we find the greater number of ‘oy
parochial-school graduates enrolling, year after year, in secular hig]
schools. We are confident that this situation can be remedied onh
by the establishment of a good four-year Lutheran high -school
manned and equipped in such @ manner.as to offer: such secondary
school curricula ag may be warranted by our conditions,

cordia College, The reasons for the committee’s conclusion are the
following: One of the large buildings of the college, viz., Hanser
Hall, is now almost entirely vacant. Only a few rooms on: the first
floor are being used. Ata moderate cost, classrooms, rest-rooms, and
offices could be fitted up in this building to offer accommodations for
as many as three hundred day students, such ag the Lutheran high
school might draw. Furthermore, Concordia College hag @ large
campus, a spacious gymnasium, and other facilities which it would
be difficult to duplicate. These facilities are at the present. time: not
being utilized in full measure. OE eet

The committee, however, considered not only the financial ad-
vantage of our local congregations; it weighed also the interests
of Synod. In doing this, it found that Synod and its ministerial
students enrolled at Fort Wayne would benefit in various ways by
the proposed arrangement. In the first place, the entire first and
second floors, possibly even a part of the third floor, of Hanser -Hall
would ‘be put into Proper condition and would be kept in repair by
our congregations. In the second place, the expenses for such items.
as heat, light, water, and janitor service would be prorated, and the
high school would be charged with its proportionate share. Further-
more, if the high school is established at the college, the entire
interest of our Lutheran community would be focused on Synod’s
institution, Finally, by increasing the number of students at Con-
cordia, ‘this arrangement would stimulate the various activities: of
the college and augment the interest and. loyalty of the students
enrolled in the ministerial course, tet

In view of these facts we come to Synod with the earnest request

proper housing of the school. The changes contemplated would not
render the building less fit for a dormitory should its use for this
Purpose ‘again become necessary. On the contrary, they would en-
hance its value for such use, ;