# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S80
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

Enrollment

Enrollment statistics for the past three years are as: follows:

Enroll- Pretheo- New
Year ment logical Teacher Ladies Students
1953-54 134 101 17 42
1954—55 147 107 28 ll 58
1955—56 176 119 39 18 69
Faculty

As the 1953—56 triennium opened, the chair of English had
been made vacant through the death of Prof. E. C. Weis, which
occurred on May 10, 1953. The end came after a long and
lingering illness.

Shortly after the triennium opened, President W. F. Wolbrecht
received a call to serve as Assistant Executive Secretary to Synod’s
Board for Higher Education. Although our Board pleaded with
him to remain at our school, he felt constrained to accept the call.
Again, after only two years, our school was without a president.

Prof. Lorenz Wahlers was appointed to serve as acting president
when Professor Wolbrecht terminated his administration at our
school. The school being in the “wind-up” stages of a building
program, Professor Wahlers was forced to take over the admin-
istrative work at a rather difficult time. However, Professor
Wahlers came through admirably, giving us a demonstration of
real leadership.

In due time a call was extended to Prof. Allen Nauss to serve
as associate professor in the Department of Humanities in place
of Prof. E. C. Weis. God led him to accept the call. Professor Nauss
is also rendering the school excellent service as dean of students.
The professor’s induction into office took place at a special student
convocation in connection with Conversion of St. Paul Day, on
January 25, 1954. Pres. W. Wolbrecht was in charge of the
installation service.

On March 11, 1954, a call was extended to Rev. Lambert J.
Mehl, student pastor at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
Minn., to serve as president of our school. The Lord also led him
to accept the call. At the request of his student congregation and
the Minnesota District of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod,
he was permitted to remain at his charge until the end of the
1953—54 school year. Pastor Mehl was inducted into office at
a special service in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Concordia, Mo.,
on October 10, 1956. His brother, Rev. Paul Mehl of St. Andrew’s
Church, Park Ridge, Ill., preached the sermon. President Weinhold,
chairman of our Board, was in charge of the installation, assisted
by Prof. A. Dede, Prof. A. E. Kunzmann, and Rev. O. E. Heilman.
In President Mehl God has again given us a capable leader and
an able administrator, for which we are sincerely grateful.

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