LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1965, Page 230

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230 UNPUBLISHED REPORTS AND OVERTURES

In December 1964 the Lord of life and death called
to her eternal rest the wife of the director, Mrs. Hedi
Flor. In February 1965 a son of Teacher Guilherme
Strelow was killed in a car accident.

In 1962 and in 1964 75 percent of the graduates
registered at the Seminario Concordia of Porto Alegre.
In 1963 the percentage was 100.

We acknowledge with thankful hearts the great and
valuable help of the mother church, which provided all
the resources for the construction of our preseminar
and also recently supplied the budget for the fourth
residence; we are grateful also for the support given,
not only through the regular budget but also through
special offerings from congregations, ladies’ aid societies,
and Sunday schools in the U.S. A., which were sent to
us through Rev. Walter Dorre, Resident Field Counselor
of the mother church. These offerings were used for
the library, the laboratory, equipment, teaching ma-
terials, scholarships, etc.

We must also emphasize the growing support we are
receiving from the Brazilian District in gifts and excel-
lent recruits for the ministry. We also want to mention
the encouragement we received from the Brazilian Dis~
trict, as well as the dedication and effective guidance
of the Board of Control.

Necessities

Although we have already received so many bless-
ings from the brethren and sisters of the mother church,
yet trusting in the Christian love of our mother church,
we venture to enumerate a few necessities that our
Instituto has now and will have in the near future.

1. We ask permission to create a fourth professorship
of the Instituto in the subject of science.

2. We ask for U.S. $25,000 (45.000.000 cruzeiros)
for the construction of another building, for music and
chorus rooms, eight cubicles for music training, space
for artwork, a classroom for science with storage space,
a living and recreation room, for a total of 450 square
meters.

3. We ask for U.S. $10,000 (18.000.000 cruzeiros) for
the construction of a fifth residence.

4. We ask for U.S. $10,000 (18.000.000 cruzeiros) for
the acquisition of some lots adjoining the campus that
are available now but will not be for sale in the near
future.

These requests have been studied and approved by
the local Board of Control and the Board for Higher
Education of the Brazilian District.

May our merciful God and Lord fulfill in our Insti-
tuto and in our congregations, as well as in the whole
church, His promise given by the prophet: “I have
received orders to give blessings; He has blessed, I can
not revoke it.”

BoarpD or CONTROL
Martin WaLTeR Fior, Director
Ernesto Aucusto HEINE, Chairman

[6-74 Un]

To Include Appropriations . . . of Not More

than $20,000 . . . to Expand the Elementary

School of St. John’s Lutheran Congregation,
Seward, Nebr.

Wuereas, St. John’s Lutheran School, Seward, Nebr.,
has been used since 1906 as a “practice school” for the
training of synodical teachers; and

Wuereas, Additional expansion of this “practice
school” has again become necessary to serve the teacher
education program at Concordia Teachers College,
Seward, Nebr.; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Fiscal Conference be instructed
to include in the appropriations during the coming bien-
nium not more than $20,000 of the cost of expanding
the elementary school of St. John’s Lutheran Congrega-
tion, Seward, Nebr., to meet the present needs.

Boarp or ConTROL

ConcorpiA TEACHERS COLLEGE
Seward, Nebr.

W. Tueo. JaNnzow, Exec. Officer
Sr. Joun’s CONGREGATION
Seward, Nebr.

Cuartes Krutz, Secretary

(6-75 Un]
To Instruct Board for Higher Education
to Include West Coast Facilities

in Its Planning

Wuereas, The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
in convention assembled, and its Board for Higher Edu-
cation, both have already established a need for the
expansion of facilities for training pastors and teachers
on the West Coast, as seen in the projected building of
a junior college in Southern California, the purchasing
of the Lake Chabot property in the San Francisco Bay
area, and the projected plans for a seminary on the
West Coast; and

Wuereas, Junior colleges close to centers of recruit-
ment — such as the San Francisco Bay area — are vital
for increasing enrollment in the Synod’s educational
system; and

Wuereas, The establishment of a seminary on the
West Coast prior to the existence of a senior college
facility seems illogical since this would mean that junior
college graduates would have to go to the Central States
to attend the senior college and then return to the West
Coast for seminary training — illogical also since the
Fort Wayne Senior College is already burdened with
too large an enrollment; and

Wuereas, The Synod will have to look to the West
Coast for a larger number of its students for pastors
and teachers because of its enormous growth in popu-
lation; therefore be it

Resolved, That the California and Nevada District

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