# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1917_S30
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80 Proceedings of 30ty General Convention,

Resolved, That the General President, in consultation with the
| newly elected four General Vice-Presidents, appoint a Committee
on Educational Survey, the number to be determined not by the
Synod, but by the President together with the Vice-Presidents, as
the conditions may require. This Committee should make a com- |
plete survey of al our educational institutions with respect to the
educational standards and the courses of instruction offered, with
special reference to English requirements. This Committee is to
ive consideration to all suggestions made in Overtures Nos, 2038, and
212 to 217, as well as in other overtures beari
ters, and in the reports of the Boards of the various institutions,
In the course of the convention the followin
cifically referred to this Committee:
All requests for the addition of an “apper Prima” in our Col-
' leges; also Overture No. 125, advising against the same. ;
Overture No, 129, calling for practical instruction in missionary
work. (Meanwhile the Seminary Faculties are requested to make
such provision ag they can.)

Overture No. 120, requesting that German and English stenog- .
raphy be taught in all our Colleges,

Overture No. 206, requesting that steps be taken to secure an
accredited standing for

States, which would serve to give our teachers and schools a higher
rating throughout the country,

Overtures having a bearing on the status of our Seminary in
Springfield, Ill., Nos. 205, 212, § 3, and 213.

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EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.

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Report of the Commission on Schools.
(Condensed. ) ,

The Delegate Synod of 1914 created a new Commission on
Schools. The purpose was to quicken the interest in our parish
schools, and to improve and standardize them as far as possible. -°

In conformity with Synod’s resolution, all the Districts ap-
pointed District Commissions, These have been active in acquaint-
ing themselves with the conditions and needs of schools in their re-
spective Districts, and have reported to, and cooperated with, our
General Commission. We have held regular meetings, studied re-
ports received, considered specially prepared papers, and have r-
ported the result of our deliberations to the District Commissiona,
as well as in our church-papers.