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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1935, Page 72

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72 -.- Proceedings of Thirty-Sixth Regular Convention,

:: With respect to the FACULTY MEMBERS, Committee 1. recom-
mended: —
1, That these brethren be provided for by Synod i in keeping with
the principles of Christian love;
2. That the Board of Directors be instructed to carry out this
resolution.
Action of Synod.
These recommendations were adopted.

California Concordia College, Oakland, Cal.
(Memorial 112.)

In reviewing the past triennium, we must confess that California
Concordia College has abundant reason to be sincerely thankful and
justly optimistic. A fine student-body, under capable student self-
government and leadership and exhibiting a splendid spirit of initia-
tive and cooperation, together with God’s gracious protection of
faculty and students from serious illness or accident, have made it
both possible and pleasant to carry on without interruption the pro-
gram of the school.

The kind interest and support of individual friends and of church
organizations throughout California and Nevada are a constant en-
couragement and an assurance that the lofty purposes which the
college aims to achieve are understood and appreciated by a very
large number of ‘our people. ,

It is exactly twenty years ago that the building which contains
the living quarters for the students, the dining-hall, and the kitchen
in addition to the classrooms, the library, and the hospital. facilities,
was dedicated. During these two decades no major repairs or altera-
tions have been made. Although the need for a general renovation
has become increasingly apparent in the past several years, the request
for an adequate appropriation to meet this need has until now, for
obvious reasons, been deferred.

Your local Board of Control, however, feels that in the interest
of economy it.can no longer conscientiously refrain from respectfully
directing the attention of Synod to repairs which must now be made
if the present building is to be maintained and a greater expenditure
in the near future is to be avoided.

Such essential repairs include the roof, the floors, staircases,
window-frames and shades, painting, and the replacement of outworn
dormitory equipment. It is estimated that the most urgent renova-
tions can be made at a cost of $5,000. Mindful of the need for con-
tinued economy and certain that the granting of: its request is in
strict conformity with such a policy, the local Board has resolved
to petition the Hon. Synod for an appropriation of $5,000: for: the