# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1917_S55
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Ey. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1917. 55

Resolved, to continue the present practise of publishing complete
statistics of the English District in the Lutheran Witness and only
suinmaries in the Lutheraner. -:

C. Compination or Sratistics.

Resolved, That all District Treasurers be urgently requested to
close their books on December 3ist, and report the total receipts to
Synod’s statistician; that all moneys, collected for whatsoever pur-
pose, pass through the hands of the District Treasurers, and that the
treasurers of all charitable organizations be requested to report to
the respective District Treasurer the amount of moneys received by
_ them directly.

_ JUVENILE LITERATURE.

The Board for Juvenile Literature, consisting of Prot. Th.
Graebner, Pastors A. G. Merz, R. J esse, W. H. Behrens, and Teacher
L. H. Becker, has held monthly meetings since its organization in
‘ the fall of 1914. It has read 775 books, finding 305 unfit. AJ] books
were graded, those receiving 60 per cent. or better being listed as
having received the approval of the Board. The grading was deter-
mined by the interest aroused by the contents, the educational value,
the rhetorical style, the illustrations, and the general make-up of
the book. A number of books have been rewritten, others. read in
manuscript and recommended for publication. Among the latter
are: The Shadow of a Crime, Fourteen Days in a Mine, King
Otto’s Crown. Other manuscripts are under consideration.

The following resolutions were adopted : —

1. That all pastors, teachers, and parents should make diligent
use of the list compiled by the Board when purchasing juvenile
literature.

2. That the Board be encouraged to continue its valuable work.

8. That the Board be authorized to enlarge itself, if it deems this
advisable, by electing competent men to its membership.

4, That members of Synod direct the attention of the Board to
such books as they deem proper for the youth.

5. That Synod express its appreciation and gratitude for the
' work done by the Board.

FINANCIAL MATTERS.

RESOLUTIONS OF THE LAY DELEGATES.

The lay delegates held several meetings during the convention,
and through Mr. Theodore Lamprecht,: of New York, submitted the
following propositions and recommendationsy which Synod received
“with much joy, and unanimously adopted as its own resolutions: —