LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1932, Page 31

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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1932. 33

Another triennium has passed, and the Administration Building,
tedly granted by Synod, has not yet become a reality. We
ratand the difficulties confronting Synod which interfered with
e erection of this building, but we trust that Synod will also realize
difficulties which the lack of this building has created for our
faculty and students. We therefore hope that Synod will not only
readily grant the amount requested for the Administration Building
at Springfield, but will take the necessary steps to insure the im-
mediate erection of this building.

We ask $200,000 for the Administration Building. Individual
members of Synod, in large numbers, have long ago realized the abso-
jute need of such a building in Springfield. Synod officially recog-
nized that need in 1926 and again in 1929 and granted $179,000 for
the building. In 1926 we had asked for the latter amount, hoping
that the building would be erected in that triennium and that the next
convention would grant an additional amount, sufficient to add a
chapel. In 1929 we asked for $250,000 which included the chapel, but
were granted only the original amount. We are asking now for an
additional amount of $21,000 over that originally granted in 1926 so
that the building, if and when it is erected, may be complete.

The resolution of the 1929 convention to spend $10,000 on the
old building, so-called Building No. 41, was for various reasons not
carried out. If the Administration Building is erected, we shall find
ways and means to get along with Building No.1 at a small expense
to Synod.

Your college and seminary in Springfield have never had any-
thing remotely resembling a gymnasium. As a consequence our stu-
dents have little opportunity to carry out consistently in practise the
admonition implied in the proverb: Mens sana in corpore sano. It
must be kept in mind that not all our students are mature men. Many
of them are still in the formative stage as regards their physical
development and therefore have need of opportunity and facilities to
further their physical well-being and growth. In view of these facts
we ask Synod to grant $50,000 for the erection of a gymnasium at our
Springfield Concordia.

For a number of years two of our professors have had to live at
some distance from the college. This not only means that Synod was
required to pay rent, but it has also made for additional difficulties as
far as these professors and their work is concerned. We do not believe
that Synod would willingly make unreasonable demands upon the time
and energies of its professors, and for that reason we are confident
that it will grant the $11,000 which we ask to erect at least one
residence.

In presenting the needs of this institution of Synod to this honor-
~ able body, it is fitting to refer not only to its physical, but also, and
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