# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S91
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

CONVENTION MINUTES

Committee 1—Colleges and Seminaries

The convention again took up the question of establishing
a junior college in the Detroit area (TB 351, 34). A delegate mov-
ing the previous question was unsuccessful. A motion to defer
action to the 1962 convention failed. After much discussion,
adjournment time was advanced to 5:20. Now the previous ques-
tion was moved and passed by more than the required two-thirds
majority. Hereupon the resolution itself was finally adopted. The
convention approved Resolution TB 354, 38 after the committee
had dropped the whereases and had changed the wording to read
“Resolved, a) That the Synod request the Board for Higher Edu-
cation to continue to study, in consultation with the appropriate
synodical and District officials and other interested parties, the
question of a synodical school in the Southeast within the time
limits of the options now held by interested parties in Catawba
County, without commitment regarding the establishment of
a synodical school; and be it further Resolved, b) That this con-
vention thank the representatives of Catawba County, North
Carolina, for their interest in this matter.”

Elections

The following were elected to the various college Boards of
Control: Austin — Pastor W. F. Meyer, Laymen Howard Klein (9),
Albert Schulz (3). Bronxville— Pastors R. Ressmeyer, Layman
Charles Nehring. Concordia— Pastor Howard Barth, Layman
Edwin Pape. Milwaukee — Pastor Felix Kretzschmar, Layman Carl
Hinrichs. Oakland— Pastor Paul Huchthausen, Layman W. A.
Kamrath. Portland — Pastor H. Lieske, Layman Richard Brandon.
St. Paul — Pastor Henry W. Brill, Layman Paul Seltz. Winfield —
Pastor Earl Schmiesing, Layman Walter Helberg.

The convention heard Dr. Empie of the National Lutheran
Council and Mr. Koch of the ELCA of Australia.

Adjournment followed with the benediction.

Session 16
June 24, Evening

After the singing of Hymn 12 the minutes of the afternoon
session were approved as read.

The Wheat Ridge Foundation presented a film on Medical
Missions. Slides were shown on the work of the Armed Services
Commission. Mr. Ben Holt addressed the convention on lodges.
Committee 7 presented a resolution commending him for his sig-
nificant contribution to the educational campaign on lodgism. The