# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S40
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40 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

I SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

A, INDIVIDUAL INSTITUTIONS

r Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo.

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL

: (Memorial 101)

i The Board of Control of Concordia Seminary of St. Louis, Mo.,
herewith submits its triennial report.

With sincere and humble gratitude we offer our praise and
thanksgiving to God for the innumerable blessings which in His
nl grace He bestowed upon our Seminary. In the past three years

His guidance, protection, and benediction were evident in all the
work of our school.
The enrollments within the past three years were as follows:

Year Enrolled Present Absent
7 1944-1945 513 412 101
1, 1945—1946 547 421 126
1. 1946—1947 490 370 120

Our students, generally, enjoyed excellent health during the
i; past three years. There were no deaths in the student body.

Faculty

The faculty has applied itself very faithfully to its lecture work
and its editorial work, so that all classes received their instructions
regularly and all periodicals appeared on time.

Dr. Theo. Engelder and Dr. Martin Sommer were honorably
retired. We are moved to deep gratitude to God for the abundant
blessings which He has bestowed upon the very capable and
untiring efforts of these two venerable and beloved professors.
1 A large number of ambassadors for Christ have been influenced by
their teaching and guidance. Dr. Engelder is devoting his efforts
to translating Pieper’s Christliche Dogmatik and contributing to
the Concordia Theological Monthly. Dr. Martin Sommer is devoting
i his energies as co-editor of the Lutheran Witness and translating
ae Stoeckhardt’s Epheserbrief into English. Dr. L. Fuerbringer, presi-
iE dent emeritus of Concordia Seminary, is serving as editor of Der
ki Lutheraner and continuing to write memoirs. Dr. P. E. Kretz-
mann tendered his resignation as professor at our Seminary; and
the Board of Control regretfully accepted his resignation, which
| took effect on May 20, 1946.

There were three additions to the faculty; namely, the Rev.
Arthur C. Repp of St. Louis, Mo., for the Department of Religious