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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1935, Page 50

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50 _ Proceedings of Thirty-Sixth Regular Convention,

the Presidency of the District, has since then been serving as the
chairman of our Board.

In this connection it may be stated that Mr. Fred Van Horn of
‘Springfield is rounding out forty-three years of continuous service as
a Board member.

Student-Body.—There have been no serious problems with regard
to the health of the students, and the discipline has been such as one
might expect to find among maturer minds, who are aware of the
purpose for which they are spending their time at the institution.

The enrolment during the past triennium was as follows: —

1932-33: Missouri Synod ........--- en eees 139% 149
Other synods .......-e eee eee ere es 10

1933-34: Missouri Synod .......--+--+eeee 112 0 196
Other synods.....--. ee see ee eres 14

1934-85: Missouri Synod .......---eeeeeeee 1040 413
Other synods ....--.-eeee eee reese 9

Buildings, etc. — Only the most essential repairs were made. No
extensive repairs were undertaken with the old Building No.1; first,
because of our conviction that extensive repairs would prove to be
a purposeless expense; in the second place, because the smaller enrol-
ment made it possible to house the students in the other buildings.
We must, however, continue to use the building for chapel and class-
room purposes until such time when Synod can see its way clear to
make other arrangements.

Additional professors’ dwellings were not required since the
places in the faculty left vacant by the death of Dr. Wessel and the
acceptance of another call by Professor Kretzmann were not filled.

Requests. — Synod should have no difficulty in seeing the need
of supplying at least one more professor at Springfield. Let it be
remembered that our faculty is carrying the added burden caused
by two vacancies; and while the smaller enrolment may lighten the
load of teaching, it in no wise affects the number of courses and class
periods. Furthermore, because of rising standards and the demand
for increased efficiency we desire to continue our practise of keeping
pace with the times by not only raising the entrance requirements,
but also improving the curriculum in general. This will naturally
result in added demands ‘upon our teaching force, even though Synod
should grant an additional professor.

Closing Springfield. —We had hoped that Synod’s action in 1932
would serve once for all to lay this vexing question. It has not, and
therefore we again ask Synod to declare decisively that there is not
only room in Synod’s educational program for the system represented
by the Springfield college and seminary, but that this system can best
be served, and its program best be carried out, by restricting it to one
institution — the Springfield seminary.