# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S747
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 49

nection with their post-graduate work. Former students of the
Department have served or are serving the Church in India,
Ceylon, China, Japan, the Philippine Islands, Nigeria, Cuba, and
New Guinea.

Courses and Instructors. — Courses vary from year to year:
according to the needs of the mission students. The offerings in
the past triennium have included: History of India, of China, of
Japan, of Islam, of the Philippine Islands; History of Missions in
India, in China, in Africa, in Japan, in the Philippine Islands, and
among Moslems; Comparative Religion; Missionary Methods;
Business Administration; Health Courses for Missionaries; Lan-
guage Courses in Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Sanskrit, Spanish, and
Sign; and four courses for women in Religion.

Prof. E. C. Zimmermann offered most of the courses. The
others were given by six professors, three pastors, two missionaries,
and five students (Spanish and Sign Languages).

Mission Library.—-Nine years ago the Mission Library was
started. We now have a total of 908 mission books catalogued as
a special section in the Pritzlaff Memorial Library. Mission maga-
zines covering most fields are now available to the students. This
is a good beginning, but it is far from meeting the library require-
ments of a standard mission school.

The Mission Department’s Influence on the Campus. — There is
a healthy interest in missions among the Seminary students directly
traceable to the influence of the Mission Department and the
presence of foreign missionaries, both men and women, on the
campus. The Students’ Foreign Mission Society meets every two
weeks, presenting outstanding speakers on subjects relative to
foreign missions. The Mission Call, published by this society, now
has a subscription list of 16,000.

Needs of the Mission Department. — The most pressing need
is housing for mission students planning to enter foreign service
and for missionaries home on furlough desiring to take courses at
the Seminary. The Mission House, granted by the last convention,
has not been erected. We cannot expect to attract students unless
we provide a place for them to live and have classroom space to
conduct the school. We earnestly request Synod to make available.
the funds for the building of the Mission House, for which the Board
of Control and the Mission Boards of Synod pleaded at the last
convention. “ss

The Extension Division of the Seminary mo

This division is served by Prof. A. M. Rehwinkel, M. A., LL. D.,

as Director. It consists of two departments. ,

A. The Correspondence School. — The Correspondence School