# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S17
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 17

second after the Senior year. The married summer vicars must
write six additional sermons during their last two years at the
Seminary to make up for the sermons which they would have
written during the year of vicarage. The Board for Higher Educa-
tion has approved of this arrangement.

The Faculty

Changes have again taken place in our faculty. Synod in
1947 having granted us an additional professor, the Rev. M.. J.
Naumann, Altamont, Il, was called for the courses in education
and was installed September 12, 1948. As successor to Prof. F. S.
Wenger, who has reached the retirement age of 70, the Rev. L. M.
Petersen, Peoria, Ill., was inducted into office on October 23, 1949.
With the consent of the Board for Higher Education Dr. R. C.
Neitzel and Professor Wenger will continue on “modified service.”

In addition to Graduate E. E. Hackmann, the Rev. E. C. Pautsch
and the Rev. Geo. Klein are serving as assistants. During the ill-
ness of Prof. W. A. Baepler the Rev. R. Fessler served as part-
time instructor.

Four of our professors are living off campus, three in houses
owned by Synod and one in a rented apartment.

The arrangement with the Finnish National Church, whereby
our Finnish brethren make our Seminary the center of their
ministerial educational activity, continues. The Finnish students
are under the special supervision of Prof. Alexander Monto.

On November 20, 1949, we were privileged to observe the
fiftieth anniversary of the ordination of Dr. Neitzel and the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the ordination of Professor Naumann.
On November 23, 1948, we were happy to celebrate the twenty-fifth
anniversary of Professor Wenger as professor of our Seminary.

Dr. H. B. Hemmeter, president of our seminary, 1936—1945,
passed away suddenly in his home at Baltimore on July 22, 1948.
We shall always hold his memory in high esteem.

The Board of Control

The Board of Control has met monthly for the performance
of its synodical duties and has had a number of additional meetings
each year according to the needs of the Seminary, including
several meetings with the Electoral College.

The chairman of the Board, the Rev. Alb. C. Bernthal, Dan-
ville, ll, after six years of devoted service, retired from the
District Presidency, and the Rev. E. F. Tonn, Pleasant Plains, IIL,
succeeded him as District President and chairman of the Board
of Control in August, 1948.