# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1932_S27
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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1932. 29.

¢ Dr. Pieper he defended the truth as confessed in the Scriptures and
ol , Lutheran Church. His monumental work Concordia Triglotta, or
trigtot Concordia, is a lasting memorial to the splendid service he
rendered to the Church. Professor Bente died December 15, 1930.

The third death was that of Prof.G.Mezger, D.D., who was

called home on November 38, 1931, at Berlin, Germany, where he was

member of the faculty of the Seminary of the German Free Church
recated at Berlin-Zehlendorf, at the same time acting as our rep-
resentative in Europe. Prior to this transfer to the seminary in
Europe he was for many years instructor at our Seminary.

These three men have rendered Concordia Seminary such out-
standing service that Synod should in some way take cognizance of
their death in the form of a memorial service or by resolutions to be
placed in the minutes of the coming convention.

Because of the death of Dr. Pieper a new president had to be
chosen, and the Electoral College chose, and the Board of Control
called, Prof. L. Fuerbringer, D. D., who has served the institution as
teacher for thirty-eight years. Dr. L. Fuerbringer has accepted the
presidency and is now faithfully discharging the duties of this im-
portant office.

Two new professors joined the Faculty during the past trien-
nium, Professors E. J. Friedrich and T. Hoyer. The vacancy created
through the death of Dr. F. Pieper has up to the present time not
been filled.

Also a number of students died during the past three years:
Gerhard Hinck of Great Bend, N. Dak., R. Wolff of Cambridge, Wis.,
and R. Zwintscher of Plato, Minn., during the school-year 1929—30,
and Alfred Discher of Wall Lake, Iowa, Charles Eckert of Alsace,
France, and Earling Teigen of Princeton, Minn., during 1930—31.
The Board of Control extended the families sincere sympathy in their
bereavement, and in each instance the student-body, together with
the Faculty, held memorial services.

The greater part of the student-body enjoyed excellent health
during the three years. The Christian and the Lutheran character
of the institution likewise has been preserved. The Faculty has ap-
plied itself very faithfully to its class-work and its editorial work, so.
that all classes received their instructions regularly and all periodicals
appeared on time.

Prof. Martin Sommer was absent from the institution for one
semester. The Foreign Mission Board had asked him to visit the
nission-fields in India together with Pastor H. M. Zorn. At the direc-
tion of the Board of Directors of Synod his salary was paid during
his absence by the Board of Control.

The Postgraduate Department was closed during the school-year
1931—32 because of the small number who had enrolled.