# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S137
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 135

course comprises 4 years High School, 3 years College, and 3 years
Theology. Granting us this petition would include that our Normal
students spend 5 years in the Preparatory Department and 2 years
in the Normal Department.

Teaching Staff

In the past triennium several changes took place in the Sem-
inary. Prof. Francisco Carchia resigned on account of poor health,
and Dr. José Ckless de Lemos, who had been put at our disposition
by the State Board of Education in 1938, resigned in December,
1945, and died in 1946. Rev. Werner Wadewitz of Porto Alegre
was then called to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Prof. F. Carchia. Professor Wadewitz is at present spending a year
of furlough in the United States and will commence his activity at
the Seminary in 1948. The Board of Directors was kind enough to
create a new theological professorship, but up to now we did not
succeed in filling this chair. At present this call is in the hands
of Rev. Herbert Bouman of Decatur, Ind.

That our School is efficient is attested, in the first place, by
the fact that our students are passing the State High School
examination very successfully. Last year, for example, there were
527 young men and women who tried to pass this examination, but
only 127 passed. All of our students passed with honor and were
among the 20 best ones of this group. The second recognition that
we received consists in this, that the State University recognized
our diplomas and permitted our pastors to enter the Philosophical
and Philological Department of the university. Two of our pastors
and two professors of our Seminary are at present enrolled in the
university.

The professors of our institution are: O, A. Gerl, Paul W.
Schelp, L. C. Rehfeldt, K. A. Rupp, O. Schueler, and Assistant
Professor G. Thome.

2. Request: Due to the yearly admission of new students, our
institution will be in need of a new professorship in the coming
triennium. We ask Synod to grant this.

Buildings

As mentioned, a new building is now under construction, and,
God willing, will be finished toward the end of the year. Without
any fixtures it will cost us about 1,100,000 cruzeiros. We are deeply
grateful to Synod for making this new construction possible, for
now we have enough room and may take fresh strides towards
greater efficiency.

3. Request: We need 3 professors’ residences. At present we