# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S84
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84 CONVENTION MINUTES

and to commend Gamma Delta (TB 240, 32). Further discussion
on Resolution 33 was postponed.

Committee 8 — Publications

Commendation was extended to Concordia Publishing House
for its work (TB 362, 1) and for establishing the Concordia Tract
Mission (TB 362, 2), to the General Literature Board (TB 363, 3),
to the Young People’s Literature Board for the expansion of its
program (TB 364, 5), to Dr. J. T Mueller for his long editorial

career (TB 363, 4), and to the editorial committee of Advance
magazine. (TB 365, 6)

Awards Ceremony

In a special ceremony Dr. A. O. Fuerbringer, representing the
seminary in St. Louis, awarded the Honorary Doctor of Divinity
degree to Pastor E. George Pearce and Citations of Merit to Mr. J.
W. Boehne, Jr., Mr. Louis Lochner (in absentia), Miss Angela
Rehwinkel, and Mr. Christian Schmidt. The John of Beverly
medal was presented to Dr. John L. Salvner and the Valley Forge
Freedoms Foundation Distinguished Teacher award to Mr. Melvin
W. Luebke.

The session closed with a hymn and votum.

Session 12

June 23, Afternoon
Memorial Service
The speaker in the Memorial Service was President Roland
Wiederaenders of the Texas District and the liturgist President
Philip Mueller of the South Dakota District.
The minutes of the morning session were adopted with a change
in the previously announced devotional text.

Committee 1— Seminaries and Colleges

Resolutions were adopted making many changes in the Hand-
book with reference to higher education (TB 176, 5; TB 100, 7;
TB 101, 8), thanking all who are engaged in this field (TB 188, 25),
raising the minimal requirements for the preparation of women
teachers (TB 189, 26), accepting the report of the Committee on
the Centennial of Formal Teacher Training (TB 190, 27), com-
mending Concordia College, St. Paul, on achieving accreditation
and urging other schools to seek the same (TB 191, 28), taking
grateful note of the first anniversary of the Senior College (TB
191, 29), and also authorizing the sale of a portion of the Senior
College campus to the State of Indiana for a dual-lane highway
(TB 192, 30). This last-named resolution was moved by the Rev.

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