# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1926_S54
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

54 Proceedings of Thirty-Third Regular Convention,

Aomion. — The committee concurred in the following plans: —

1: Two lessons'a week in religion.

2. Two years to be devoted to the study of the Catechism; second
year may be topical treatment.

3. Two years of Bible History.

4, One year of general Biblical Analysis. :
8. One year of New Testament Greek — cursory reading;. no
exegesis. :

6. Proof-texts to be studied every year.

7, Chapel readings * to be systematized.
_ 8 It must not be forgotten that the religious instruction should
also further the personal Christianity of our students, that is, the
devotional and inspirational side of religious lessons must- not be
forgotten. 7 .
THE AIM IN LANGUAGES.
A. Tae Anorwent LANGUAGES. ck

Heprew. — To give all the students a reading knowledge of
elementary Hebrew, to the extent that they may read and translate,
with reasonable fluency, Old Testament books having the difficulty
of Genesis; to train the students in the use of the grammar as a tool
and reference book for more advanced. reading.

Hebrew.
(Analysis. )
Fundamentals of grammar. —
Prose, historical and descriptive.
Simple Hebrew poetry (Senior College).
‘Action. — Aim: adapted to “the difficulty of Genesis.” Remainder
of paragraph with addition of words “and poetry” to be reserved as
aim of the Senior College course. , .
. Grex. — To lay the foundation of the philological. understanding
of classical Greek by rational drill in the fundamentals of Greek .
grammar, to read enough selections from Greek authors to enable ©
the normal student to develop a fairly reliable Sprachgefuehl; to |
teach the fundamentals of New Testament Greek (with some reference |
to the Septuagint and Patristic Greek); and to have the students do
some independent cursory reading of the easier parts of the New
Testament. Greek.

: (Analysis. )
Reading-material not included in project.

Fundamental prose. (Grammar — Translation Method, with:
some direct work.)

* Add: “and private readings.” — Survey Committee.