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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1947, Page 83

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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 83

1. Auditorium. — Our present chapel is too small to accommo-

date our entire student body and instructional staff. Overcrowded

to the point of danger, it has serious fire hazards, as the fire marshal
has pointed out. The present chapel space is also needed for
additional laboratory facilities. Furthermore, we have no adequate

auditorium. We sorely need additional office space. Last, but not
least, we must provide a classroom and laboratory for our art
courses as well as storage and display space for various art and
scientific collections. Synod can best meet these several needs by
building out from our present administration building, Weller Hall,
an addition to serve these needs. For this addition we respectfully
ask Synod to provide $198,600. The original plans of this building
called for such a development and the building was constructed
accordingly.

2. Additional Classrooms. — The last convention of Synod
authorized the conversion of a part of the spacious basement of
Weller Hall into classrooms; but when the time came, it was clear
that rising costs had made the money allotted quite inadequate.
Our present plans call for the utilization of the entire basement,

_ adding, besides the classrooms, a large lavatory for girls, supply
and service rooms, and a visual-aids room. We need $35,000 for
this project.

3, Library. — As we have worked toward regional accreditation,
our library has come in for a great deal of attention and improve-
ment. Our book holdings have increased; our use of the library
has increased. Now we need more room for books, more room

for users of books. Our library at present owns none of the tables
in it and but few of the chairs. In order to provide more seating
by expanding into adjoining rooms, by equipping this area with
tables and chairs and lights, and by providing safe and wise storage
for the books and magazines in the tower of Weller Hall, we need
$7,500. For sufficient books to meet the minimum standards of
a four-year teachers’ college, $20,000 are necessary.

\ 4 Girls’ Dormitory. — Synod’s venture into providing dormi-
tory housing for prospective women teachers has been demonstrably
successful. Skyrocketing costs have made it impossible to build
the dormitory granted in 1944 as large as it was planned. In order
to permit our college to admit its quota of girls under adequate
conditions, we request Synod to build on our campus another
women’s dormitory unit like the one now a-building and housing
as many students. The estimated cost is $110,000. Since all the
girls pay room rent, Synod will receive a substantial return on
this investment.

5, Grading. As part of our campus, Synod owns a large

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