# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S77
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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Action Regarding Individual Institutions 77

terminal, liberal arts, science, Prelaw, premedical. Of course, all
the requirements of Synod for the pretheologica] course are met.

A college laboratory for chemistry was installed without any
cost to Synod. Professor Rippe prevailed upon two friends of our
Concordia to underwrite the cost, which amounted to $2,500, and
Professor Hausmann undertook the installation of the entire
equipment.

The required Segregation of our faculties in the academic work
has created a Serious problem. The Segregation of the faculties
makes it impossible for a teacher who teaches in the college depart-

leaves us with only three regular teachers for the high-school
department. We are compelled to engage instructors, ordinarily
four of them. In addition to these four instructors we pay a
large part of the salary of our bookkeeper, The Lutheran Edu-

ments, at least in part. However, the financial burden is too great,
and so the Atlantic District at its last convention as an emergency

during the triennium.

With the permission of Synod’s Board of Directors a central
heating-plant was completed at a cost of $4,627, We are now able
to supply all the cottages with heat. The members of the faculty
reimburse Synod for the heat so delivered.

After many years of trying to store our foodstuffs in a warm
basement-room of the Administration Building we have finally
succeeded in building a much-~needed storage cellar next to the
commons building at a cost of $2433.89

One of the major problems still confronting our school is the
problem of an educational building. Some years ago already we
asked Synod for an appropriation for this Purpose. We would again
call attention to the fact that some of our classes still meet in