# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S83
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

_ Seminaries and Colleges 88.

fulfilled its putpose. In its Survey: Report the Board for Higher
. Education states that a new administration building is a necessity
at St. Paul’s College. We therefore ‘request that: Synod grant an
“administration building, to be erected - either’ according to plans’
prepared in former’ years under the direction of the Board of
Directors or according to new plans. Provisions should also be
“made for central heating facilities.

Sr. Pavy’s Couzece Boarp or ConTRoL
Concorp1a, Mo. ,
Wa. O. Scumint, Secretary

ACTION

1. The Board for Higher Education had proposed to close

St. Paul’s College at Concordia. Memorial 123 and numerous other
» memorials, mostly unpfinted, had asked that the college be re-
* :tained.. Committee 1 recommended “that St. Paul’s College, Con-

“cordia, Mo., be retained.” This recommendation was adopted.
“2, The requests of the Board of Control of St. Paul’s College as
-, contained in its report were referred to the Board of. Directors for
‘a favorable recommendation to the Fiscal Conference. .

Concordia Collegiate Institute, Bronxville, N. Y.
(Memorial 109)

; ‘In grateful recognition -of God’s unmerited mercies we are

happy to report that the past triennium has again recorded im-
_ portant advances in the Christian higher education of our Church’s
‘ youth at our Eastern Concordia.

Charter woe
At the last convention we reported that a permanent charter
as an accredited junior college was granted to our school in. May
of 1940 by the Regents of the University of.the State of New York.
We are now able to report that in May of 1941 — too late for in-
clusion in our previous report—~ our school was accepted into full
membership of the Middle States Association of Colleges and
_- Secondary Schools. The representative of this. Association in-
formed us that he was very favorably impressed with our school
and ‘its facilities, and that he had only the following suggestions .
_ to make: 1) that we improve our library service; 2) that we
increase the use of our faculty advisory system; 3) that we pay
higher salaries to our professors. During the years since our
charter was granted our school has lived UP | to 0 all the fequirements
of the Board of Regents. - . .