# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S666
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

82 YOUNG PEOPLE’S WORK

projects of the League. Many of our outstanding lay leaders:
today discovered and developed their useful talents through y
of active participation in League work. Although wartime
mands have literally decimated the ranks of the organization,
societies are being enrolled in gratifying numbers to balance
losses. The co-operation of our pastors in enrolling these
new societies with the League is greatly appreciated. The servit
complementary to the work of the Army and Navy Commis
involve the expenditure of large sums to supply Walther Lea
periodicals and other materials for our young people in the az
services. Just at this time the League is joining with the B
for Young People’s Work in conducting leadership institutes
strategic places. This venture, which is being financed by all
ments from the Lutheran Youth Fund, is the special project of.
Lutheran Service Volunteers of the Walther League. Since.
convention of 1941 the League has completed its building progray
in Chicago. The Lutheran Youth Building is a tangible praye
gratitude to God for fifty years of blessed growth, a memorial:
the leaders of the past, a beautiful and practical realization of grea’
plans, and a pledge to the Lutheran youth of the future. Yo
Board believes that this pledge can be best and most faithfull
kept by providing for general co-operation between the Leagu:
and our District committees, and to this end we recommend that
all Synodical District committees arrange with the District exer
tive boards of the League for a regular exchange of perso
representation at their respective meetings.: The purpose of
recommendation is to strengthen the League and to assure for
the greater support which it should have to reach the maxim te
number of our young people. :
In discharging its duties, your Board was assisted by ma
groups and individuals in official and unofficial capacities. Wi
wish to acknowledge the assistance given by the District committe
who supervised the work in the District and kept us informed‘on
their experiences with projects which they originated or carri
through in co-operation with us. For the helpful publicity a

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assistance in Boy Scout matters. How this problem was adjusted

will be reported by the Committee on Lodges. 7 .
Approximately one third of our pastors participated in the

youth survey. It seems that survey questionnaires continue to.

a major source of irritation. This irritation was indicated by the

general temper of some supplementary remarks, vigorous strok