# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S58
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

58 Seminaries and Colleges. — Individual Institutions

facilities and of a satisfactory system of control has been detri-
mental to the college and to Synod since we have not been able
to supply by a considerable margin the needs of the Church for
woman teachers.

Concordia therefore finds itself constrained to find ways and
means for providing better facilities for our woman students. Both
the Board of Control and the faculty are agreed that one of the best
ways to help the present situation is to provide adequate dormitory
facilities.

We therefore propose two plans to Synod. The first plan is to
revamp the old service building. For years the building, which at
the present time houses a hospital, has been vacant. The thought
has often been expressed that it ought to be razed. Now, however,
it seems that this would have been unfortunate. It seems entirely
possible to restore this building and convert it into a women’s dor-
mitory at a very reasonable figure.

The walls of the building are thoroughly sound; the space or
the cubical content of the building appears to be sufficient for a
dormitory; it will be able to house as many as fifty girls if the front
porch of the building is extended over the present foundation.

The basement is so constructed and in such condition as to
enable us to utilize it for either study-rooms or recreation-rooms.
Furthermore, there is a relatively new addition, which can be used
for laundry space. The first floor needs to be rearranged consid-
erably, while the second floor, the present hospital, can be used
with relatively few alterations.

The appearance of the building can be improved greatly by
slight alterations, principally on the roof line, by removing the
superfluous chimneys and perhaps inserting a trimming of lime-
stone to conform with the other buildings on the campus. A brick-
veneered porch together with an extended canopy in the front
would break the rather ugly lines.

The building is so located as to be sufficiently far removed from
the present men’s dormitory to satisfy even the most critical. The
suggestion that the building would be too close to an eventual new
dormitory must be granted. However, if and when that time comes,
the building can be used for other purposes, and means should then
be found to erect another girls’ dormitory at some other place.

Provisions for hospital facilities can be made on the second
story of the old dormitory without incurring any great expense.
The faculty and Board, therefore, believe it to be to the best in-
terests of Synod to invest a sufficient amount of money to recon-
struct the building now vacant to serve the purpose of a girls’ dor-
mitory on our campus and thereby enable our school to draw more
students, provide better facilities and control, and meet the needs
of the field more adequately.