# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1929_S183
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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

me, and you will have to go far to find things as
interesting in the work of the Lord as you will find
them here at times.” How long will it be before
a graduate of Immanuel will go to Africa and write
a similar letter? The Rev. Knoernschild was united
in marriage with Miss Della Hope Wood on the day
these notes were written, November 12.
Wa. H. GEHRKE.
ee

Luther Preparatory School Opens.

On September 16 Luther Preparatory School in
New Orleans was opened under the direction of
Superintendent G. M. Kramer and by order of the
Hon. Mission Board, pursuant to a resolution passed
a year ago by the Synodical Conference.

A total registration of 32 students was attained,
of whom, however, three girls and a boy later with-
drew, having decided not to study for the ministry
or to become teachers in our schools. The remain-
ing 28 students are in the first- and second-year
high-school grades, called eighth and ninth grades
in New Orleans; 13 (five boys and eight girls) are
in the ninth grade and 15 (four girls and eleven
boys) in the eighth. Of these 16 boys, 13 have de-
cided to take the ministerial course at Greensboro,
and 3 boys and the 12 girls have decided to become
teachers in Lutheran schools and to continue their
studies in Selma or Greensboro.

The Mission Board has been able to call a
director-professor for the new institution. The call
has been accepted by the Rev. P. Scherf, of Sey-
mour, Ind. In the mean time the institution has
been opened, and the classes are conducted by the
Rey. E. H. Wildgrube and the undersigned. In the
early part of October the Rey. Wildgrube and his
family were quarantined on account of a case of
Scarlatina in their home, and the services of the Rev.
H. G. B. Reinhardt, of Hope and Messiah missions,
New Orleans, were enlisted for two weeks, pending
Rey. Wildgrube’s return.

Awaiting the arrival of the head of the new
“institution, every detail of housing and administra-
tion has been arranged only temporarily. The
out-of-town boys are boarding in an upper room of
the old Luther College building, and classes are
being conducted in the old St. Paul’s School.

Luther Preparatory School is not exactly the
_ old Luther College reopened. It has a narrower
_ cope. At present it is to carry only a few grades,
_ sufficient for the shaping up of students for Greens-
_ oro and Selma. It has been next to impossible

for Louisiana parents to send their boys at so early
an age to far-off Greensboro.

Seven out-of-town boys (two from Alexandria
and five from Mansura) are boarding in the insti-
tution. Five out-of-town girls (two from Alexan-
dria and three from Mansura) who attend Luther
Preparatory School are boarding in private homes.
In addition to these the following New Orleans con-
gregations have furnished students: Bethlehem,
3 boys, 2 girls; Concordia, 1 girl; Mount Zion,
2 boys, 2 girls; St. Paul’s, 3 boys, 2 girls; Trinity,
1 boy.

The students pay.no tuition. They have ex-
pressed their intention of continuing their studies
at Selma or Greensboro, their parents having agreed
thereto, and most of them are paying all their
expenses.

May the Lord bless also this little institution
and send forth an increased force of zealous workers
into His vineyard! 0. W. L.

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Alabama Luther College.

Alabama Luther College, Selma, Ala., opened on
September 16 with a considerable number of stu-
dents enrolled. .To both new and old students a
hearty welcome is extended.

Every one returned from vacation with new zeal,
and consequently everything was soon in fine work-
ing order. Teams, glee clubs, societies, and other
student activities have been revived; and all give
promise of having a very prosperous year. The
Preparatory Department, under the tutelage of Mrs.
M. Edwards and Mrs. K. Grau, is progressing nicely.

* x *

The students cooperated with Trinity Congrega-
tion in an effort to raise $125 for the African Mis-
sion fund on November 10.

* * *

On November 5 Mr. J. W. Twitty, Professor of
Languages and Literature at Alabama Luther Col-
lege, and Miss Estalyn Barnes, of Selma, were
united in holy wedlock by Pastor Lehman. May
God shower His manifold blessings upon both bride
and groom! O. G.

The Lord Needs Us.

The fact that our treasuries are not always able
to meet the demands made upon them is, strange to
say, a good sign, and it is a bad sign. It is a good
sign since it shows that we are willing to take over