# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S101
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

"Seminaries and Colleges, oo : 101
dus : with, special joy, inasmuch as it set up a record-breaking over-.
apacity enrollment éStal of 60 ‘boys, 22 of whditiWwere new students,
» \"Whirty-eight of these have the intention to prepare directly for
the Lord’s service in the Lutheran Church. The other 22 have
come to acquire a high school education from Christian men in a

Christian school.
: Business. Manager
“In order to relieve Dr. Studtmann of. some of his heavy. load
and in accord with. the resolutions made by the last Synod and
"with the directives ‘contained in the revised Handbook of the Mis-

‘souri Synod, the Board of Control appointed Professor M. J. Neeb
as Business Manager of the’ ‘school. Professor Neeb has been
treasurer of the college for the past three years and has become °
familiar with most of the’ school business connections during that |
period.

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Board Rates Raised
After considering the more than 20 per cent advance in costs
of food and expected additional increases, the Board of Control felt
constrained to increase the monthly rates for ministerial and
teacher students to $17.50.and for general high school students to
$22. 50, which includes tuition.

College Association -

While the Texas College Association has existed for fifteen
‘years, its really productive period dates from 1936, at which time
Prof. M. J. Neeb took over the promotion and publicity. work and
reorganized the group. The annual contributions have grown from
$567.76 in 1937 to $2,018.06 in “1943.. Thus a total of $7,074.26 has
’ been raised and spent by the Association in the interest of our
college during the past seven ‘years.

The, College Association has supplied Concordia with consid-
‘ erable tangible property. during this‘time. Its first project sub-
: stituted sound gravel for the muddy trails.on the campus. Two
. power mowers and several hand mowers have been, purchased , in
addition to hand tools of every description. ‘The Association also
: pays for the operation (by students) and maintenance of this
. equipment. It plants shrubs-and trees and pays for the care! they
‘require. It has. paid a share of the cost of a metal school sign,
“an automatic gong. system, ° and has installed: acoustical board on
* the; ceiling of the chapel. The greatest. project of all has been the
‘installation of over fifteen hundred feet of steel fence at a cost
of ‘approximately $1,000 and the purchase of a.light truck: The
primary ‘objective .of the College Association is to help students
who are in need by employing them’ on school projects. The stu-
dent employment program Tequires approximately $100 a month.