# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S91
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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The resolution.-asks that $9,000.00 of this money be taken out
of the so-called Oil, "Well. Fund, which was accumulated from oil
income from. a, well-.on the campus of St. John’s College and
$20,000.00 from synodical furids.

_. The reason why your Board of Corttrol finds it necessary to
' make this request is as follows:

. The inner walls of this. building were not properly constructed
_.at the start and have given your Board no. end of trouble and
_ headache for years, They are just two inches: thick and are con-
structed of nothing more than two parallel sheets of metal lath
and plaster. They shake if you slap them with your flat hand.

. For doorframes the builder used 22 in. lumber, and the trim
sis very little wider than the frame, extending about half an inch
~: over the plaster. But the doors which are hung on these flimsy
frames are very. large and heavy. Furthermore, these heavy doors
are attached in such a fashion that one or two screws in every hinge
- hit the crack between trim. and frame. The same is true of the
locker doors. .

The consequence of this shoddy construction is that door-
frames come loose from the walls and doors come loose from the
frames. Stopgaps, which disfigure the building, had to be resorted’
to in order to hold the doors in place, and still they will not stay
in place. ,

Your board is of the opinion that no more stopgaps should be
-employed, but that ‘at this time, when something must again be
done and when Syriod’s treasuries are in healthy condition, this
building should be put into proper shape by (1) tearing out the
‘present shoddy inner walls; (2) installing hollow tile walls ac-
-cording to architect’s specifications in such a way that rooms will
accommodate either two or four students each.

Your Board is deeply concerned to have this request acted
‘upon favorably, because it considers the present condition of the
“West Dormitory at St. John’s College a. disgrace to Synod and
believes that if this overture is approved by Synod, the building
will be put into excellent shape’ for a reasonable. sum.

ACTION
_ Upon the recommendation of Committee 1 the request for.an
appropriation of $29,000.00 for. the rebuilding of the inside walls, of
-the West Dormitory of St. John’s College was granted, (Norte:
~ $9,000.00 ‘of this amount is to be taken from the so-called Oil