# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1926_S79
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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1926, 79

II. ELEMENTARY CHRISTIAN EDUCATION.

Christian Day Schools.

Report of the School Board.
(June, 1923, to June, 1926. Abridged. — German Report, p. 139.)

In presenting our report and recommendations for promoting our
Christian day-school system, we are constrained to thank the Lord of
the Church for again stretching out His protecting hand over our
schools. Our schools have experienced a peaceful growth, A new
zeal for Christian day-schools is manifesting itself at many places
by increased attendance, the introduction of additional grades, the
erection of new school-buildings, ete. The following table shows the
external growth of our schools: —

1920. 1921. 1922. 1923. - 1924.

Teachers .................., 1,053 1,062 1,138 1,166 1,208
Teaching Pastors’.........., 489 473 466 480 462
Lady Teachers ............. 279 320 343 | 380 405
Students ..........., Meee 133 103 77 79 93

Total ...... 0.0... 1,954 1,958 2,018 2,105 2,168
Pupils ............0......., 73,063 73,191 76,317 —-78,610 79,326

However, we dare not cease our opposition to the enmity and
hatred outside our circles and to the indifference and security within.
On the contrary, we need to watch, pray, and work in order to keep
and also strengthen our schools,

During the past three years your Board held regular monthly
meetings and some extra meetings. The Executive Secretary and
a stenographer were occupied every day with the work of the Board.
In the last few months it became necessary to engage, in addition,
two male assistants. The News Service was sent every month to all
officials of Synod and of the Districts, to all District school boards,
and to the editors of all periodicals. A watchful eye was kept on all
trends threatening to hinder our schools. In various States bills were
introduced in the legislative assemblies, which might have done great
harm to our schools, had not the Lord graciously averted the danger.
The School Board twice sent a committee to Washington to oppose
the well-known Curtis-Reed Bill. Tracts on Christian education were
edited and distributed by the thousands. It is a pity that these tracts
are not distributed in more congregations, especially in such as do not
sufficiently know and appreciate the Christian day-school. A Ref-
erence Catalog for Schools, designed to save our teachers labor in
‘selecting books, was published. A general curriculum specifying the
goals which must be observed in the various branches and grades of
a Lutheran school is now in preparation. An appropriate series of
Readers is practically ready for the market in the Baker and Baker