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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1941, Page 78

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78 Seminaries and Colleges. — Individual Institutions

Coeducation has not interfered with the basic purpose of our
institution. No member of the faculty is offering any additional
courses in the interest of coeducation alone. Study-room equip-
ment and typing facilities have been supplied by the Lutheran
Education Society of our school.

The success of our schools does not depend upon whether or
not there are girls enrolled, but upon the efficiency of the instruc-
tion in the curriculum which Synod has prescribed and upon the
quality of the religious training which they give. There is not one
reason why coeducation should make such instruction and training
impossible. There is no evidence in our three years of experience
that it has.

Accordingly, it is our conviction that the wisdom of your reso-
lution in 1938 pertaining to our school has been truly demonstrated
and that coeducation will continue to be not only practicable but
also a great blessing for our Church on the Pacific Coast.

2. This Board is of the opinion that the plot of ground on
which the buildings now are grouped is of sufficient size to make
possible an economical and satisfactory expansion of the school.
This opinion has led it to consider the advisability of disposing of
that portion of our land lying west of 62d Avenue. This piece of
ground must be improved at a considerable cost (by closing the
open creek with a flume) before it can be used. Sixty-first Avenue
is not opened, but we have reason to believe that agitation to open
this street will be made.

This school has long been in need of additional classroom space;
appropriations were made by Synod in 1926 and 1929 for a preten-
tious administration building. For well-known reasons the build-
ing was never erected.

This Board believes that from the sale of the piece of ground
referred to enough funds could be realized to erect a building which
will supply additional classrooms and office space. We recommend
that the portion of ground lying west of the space reserved for
Sixty-first Avenue, the southern end of which portion is now in
possession of Redeemer Church, be given to Redeemer Church for
school grounds. The portion to be given to Redeemer Church
would extend to the lot on which the residence now occupied by
Professor Glock stands. Such a disposition -of the property would
relieve Synod of considerable future expense of improvement as-
sessments and, as stated above, would make it possible to acquire
an additional building for instruction. We propose that Synod
place the disposition of this piece of ground into the hands of
Synod’s Board of Directors, with power to act.

3. We still have title to the tuition-fees collected since the
school was opened to coeducation. By the end of this school-year
the tuition for the three years will reach the figure of $4,500 or