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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1935, Page 63

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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1935. 63

chorus and orchestra leader, under whose direction the students have
made great progress.

Literary societies of various kinds are flourishing under the
supervision of Professors L. W. Spitz, W. Roehrs, and E. O. Weis.
A manual-training room above our dining-hall, equipped with ma-
chinery and tools, gives opportunity for students to use their spare
time beneficially and is being supervised efficiently by Prof. A. W.
Reese. Professor Schoede conducts a shorthand class, which enables
students more easily to take notes on the lectures while at the Sem-
inary; athletics — basket-ball, baseball, tennis — receive their proper
share of attention, supervised by Prof. E. C. Weis and Dr. W. Roehrs.

Dr. Elif of the University of Missouri at Columbia reaffirms
Class A accreditation for our high-school department. In this con-
nection we wish to express it as our sincere conviction that Synod
should at this time earnestly consider the expansion of our present
curriculum rather than a contraction, so as to give non-ministerial
students an opportunity to receive a Christian higher education.
Should there be no solution found to the surplus-candidate problem,
it would seem to be more Scriptural, practical, businesslike, and also
beneficial to the Church to open the doors of our colleges to non-
ministerial students than to close them to all.

With reference to the closing of St. Paul’s College in Concordia,
proposed by Synod’s Committee on Higher Education, we are con-
fident that Synod, under God, will give this proposal that degree of
thought and consideration which we feel it deserves.

Health conditions have been good. The discipline has been ex-
cellent. A fine spirit prevails between Faculty and students, between
Board of Control and Faculty. The buildings here are in a fair state
of repair. Our facilities enable us to take care of 180 students. We
have no major needs at this time. Hence we are not asking Synod
for any appropriations. Our requirements can be taken care of under
the customary summer repairs. Our enrolment in the last three years
has been the following: 1933: 187; 1934: 126; 1935: 121. All stu-
dents have the ministry in view.

Finally, even the condition of our administration building gives
us cause for rejoicing and thanksgiving to the Lord. You will re-
member our plea at the last convention and the reasons therefor. We
faithfully followed the instructions given us at the time, and the
suggested methods for guaranteeing the safety of this building were
carried out. We are happy to be able to report that, as far as we can
see now, the present condition of our administration building does
not give us any cause for alarm. Readings have been taken at regular
intervals, and no further movements of the wall have been recorded.