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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1935, Page 59

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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1935, 59

of which were formerly housed in Kilbourn Hall. Accordingly the
laboratory was removed to the largest classroom in the Administration
Building, which meant the loss of a classroom, while the students’
library found a temporary home in the basement of the refectory,
where, in reality, the laundry is to be located at some future date;
and the bakery has been transferred to the first floor of the refectory,
where it was originally to be housed. In order to make room for stu-
dent quarters, the office and the board-room were moved from the
Wunder Dormitory to the Administration Building, where their place
now is in the former museum.

The serious problem confronting your Board at the present
time is: How can we adequately meet the needs of our institution?
Conditions as described above are far from satisfactory. We cannot
get along without the space which we had to sacrifice through the
closing of Kilbourn Hall, for the following reasons: While we now
have at least one good laboratory, we should, in an institution with an
enrolment of some 275 boys, have an additional one. Besides, we have
for a number of years been compelled to use two basement-rooms in
the Administration Building, with poor ventilation, for classroom
purposes. Again, due to the fire another basement-room in the
Wunder Dormitory was changed into a classroom to take the place of
what is now the laboratory. This has proved so unpractical that the
respective professors conduct their classes in the chapel, which on
account of its height and the long pews is also a poor makeshift.
Finally, there is the students’ library, which for obvious reasons
should not be housed indefinitely in a basement.

As to Kilbourn Hall, we would remind Synod of the fact that at
the time of the large building program a block system was laid out
according to which Kilbourn Hall was eventually to be razed and
a new building to be erected in another section of the campus. As
a result the new refectory was built within eight feet of Kilbourn
Hall, with the understanding, that the building permit was issued
under condition that Kilbourn Hall be taken down at some future
date and replaced by a new building. In the opinion of the architect
who planned our new buildings it would be impossible to obtain
a building permit for a thorough remodeling of Kilbourn Hall. On
account of the close proximity of the two buildings, Synod itself has
recognized our need of a new building and has previously voted to
grant us a dormitory. In view of what was stated above we again
come before Synod with the request for a new building. We have in
mind a two-story building with a ground floor, which would house
a laboratory on the ground floor and three classrooms and the students’
library on the first floor and contain living quarters for 28 students
on the second floor. This building, which would be about 40 feet.