# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S48
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48 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

of the work assigned to it by Synod. Improvement of the total %
program of our school for Christ and His church at large has been 4
our constant aim. All our tasks, under God’s benediction, could
be carried out in a spirit of harmony and co-operation.

Enrollment
Enrollment statistics for the three years read as follows:
Year Enrollment Pretheological New Students
1950—51 138 114 32
1951—52  _......------- ——-- 130 104 49
1952—53 ___-._-__-_ 142 107 51

The health of both our students and faculty personnel, with :
one or two exceptions, has been very good.

Faculty

The present triennium was scarcely five months old when God* ;
visited our school with deep sorrow, by the death of our late presi- q
dent, the Rev. Albert J. C. Moeller. The Lord called him out of
this life while attending a meeting of Synod’s Board for Higher 3
Education in Racine, Wis. The end came suddenly, the result of:
a heart attack on November 21, 1950. 4

Prof. O. T. Walle was appointed to serve as acting president j
upon the sudden demise of President Moeller. Taking over ats
a very difficult time, when our school was in the midst of building 4
operations with work stoppages and materials difficult to obtain, 4
Professor Walle rendered a real service to our school. 4g

In due time a call was extended to Prof. W. F. Wolbrecht olf
Concordia Teachers College, Seward, Nebr., to serve as president:
of our school. The Lord led him to accept it. At the request off
the Board of Control of our Seward Concordia, he was permitted:
to remain at Seward until the end of the 1950—51 school y
Professor Wolbrecht was inducted into the office of president
St. Paul’s College in connection with the convocation service whi
opened the 1951—52 school term, September 5, 1951. Presid
Weinhold was in charge of the installation ceremony, assisted
Pastors Heilman and Tiemann. God has given our school a capa
leader and able administrator in President Wolbrecht, for which
are grateful.

On January 10, 1952, Professor Walle received a call to th
presidency of California Concordia College, Oakland, Calif., whic
the Lord moved him to accept. The Oakland school acceded to
request to permit Professor’ Walle to remain at our school
the close of the 1951—52 academic year. Since Professor Wal
was chief instructor in biological and physical sciences as w “i