# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S16
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

16 PRESIDENT’S TRIENNIAL REPORT

Your President consulted repeatedly with the Vice-Presidents
about important issues confronting us and herewith would like to
acknowledge publicly his appreciation for the counsel and aid
which those men were ever ready to give. Your President and
Vice-Presidents and the District Presidents took advantage of the
occasions when Synod’s Fiscal Conference or the Board of Assign-
ment of Calls to the candidates met and set aside an extra day
for a discussion of the situation within Synod. Twice special two-
or three-day meetings of the College of Presidents were arranged
to give thought and attention to the state of the church. These
deliberations and discussions were very beneficial.

For the past several years Synod’s Board of Directors has met
annually about the time of the Reformation Festival with the
Board of Valparaiso University, to become better acquainted with
the work and the needs of our Lutheran university. Your Board
noticed the overcrowded conditions and the endeavors of the
Valparaiso board to relieve this situation. The proportionate share
which Valparaiso University is receiving from the “Building for
Christ” Fund will enable the Board of Trustees to place the uni-

versity on a better financial footing and also to build the chapel-

auditorium which is to serve the twofold purpose of providing
a much-needed place for daily devotions for the entire student
body and for cultural activities, such as recitals, lectures, dramatic
presentations, etc.

Before closing this report, permit me to acknowledge with
thanks the kind co-operation of the Vice-Presidents, the various
synodical departments, the committees, boards, and commissions,
the Fiscal Office, the entire personnel at the Lutheran Building,
and all who have given of their time, talents, and efforts for King-
dom work, and under the gracious and bountiful blessings of God
have helped to make Synod’s work successful. May God graciously
reward them. .

Permit me to thank especially Synod’s Board of Directors, its
counselor, and the controller of Synod, for the faithful and efficient
service rendered to our church. The members of the Board devote
many hours and days, which add up to months, to the work of
Synod, and they do this without any remuneration. The Vice-
Presidents of Synod aid your President in the spiritual supervision
of the church. The members of the Board of Directors do so in the
business and financial affairs of Synod.

In this connection it may be appropriate that the delegates
recall briefly the chief duties of the Board of Directors. Our Hand-
book says that it shall be the legal representative of Synod and
the custodian of Synod’s property. It shall be vested with the

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