# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S56
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56 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

Gross replaced Dr. Kuehnert as editor of Lutheran Education, but
Synod continues to have the advantage of Dr. Kuehnert’s service
as a member of the editorial staff.

Other staff additions and replacements have been made in
the assistant-professor and instructor ranks. God has heard and
answered our prayers by giving us teachers after His heart.

Four associate Professors were advanced to professorships:
Albert G. Huegli, Albert H. Beck, Arthur E. Diesing, and John
W. Klotz.

Associate Professors Neelak Tjernagel and Victor C. Krause
received their Doctor of Philosophy degrees, More than ten staff
members are faithfully pursuing their graduate studies, and some
of these hope, God willing, to achieve their doctorates in the next
triennium.

Persistent efforts are being made by the faculty to increase
professional competence, This becomes all the more important in
the face of rising standards in teacher education and in the hoped-
for introduction of graduate studies at River Forest.

The Board and the faculty are watching with keen interest
the results of the recently instituted Faculty Field Visitation pro-
gram, whereby individual faculty members are given an oppor-
tunity to visit various Districts for a week and to follow a carefully
designed pattern of visits under the direction of the full-time
functionary in education. No fewer than two such excursions are
planned annually, and it is hoped that the professors’ firsthand
contact with the “grass roots” will be of considerable benefit to
the Districts and to the faculty as well.

In addition to efforts to raise professional competence through
formal academic work at various universities and colleges, mem-

36 Preludes on Hymns and Chorales, Albert Beck, 1953

Our Songs of Praise, Paul Bunjes (Co-Author). CPH, 1954
Wedding Blessings, Paul Bunjes. CPH, 1954

Exploring Our Country, H. H. Gross (Co-Author). Follett Pub. Co.,

Beploring the New World, H. H. Gross (Co-Author). Follett Pub.
0., 1954

Social Studies Tests (New World), H. H. Gross. Follett Pub. Co., 1954
Exploring Near and Far, H. H. Gross. Follett Pub. Co., 1955
Exploring the Old World, H. H. Gross. Follett Pub. Co., 1955

Social Studies Tests (Old World), H. H. Gross. Follett Pub. Co., 1956
Exploring American Neighbors, H. H. Gross. Follett Pub. Co., 1956

Resource Materials for Elementary Science, Series 1, 2 books — Bio]-
ogy; Series 2, 2 books — Physical Sciences, Herbert H. Gross,

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