# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1932_S63
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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1932. 63

te last triennium, especially through the financial assistance of
Synod. Special mention should be made of a liberal donation of books
from the library of the late Dr. Joseph Schmidt of Fort Wayne, In-
diana, for which we owe the family of the esteemed deceased hearty

nks.
tha THE Boarp or Controu or Porto ALEGRE, Braziu.

Action.

Upon recommendation of Committee 1 Synod voted grateful ac-
knowledgment to the family of the sainted Dr. Joseph Schmidt for the
valuable collection of books presented to the library of the Porto
Alegre Seminary.

Memorial 136, submitted by the faculty of the Porto Alegre Sem-
inary, advocated the return to the former arrangement of admitting
new students only every third year, while Memorial 137, submitted by
the local Board ‘of Control, requested the establishment of a new pro-
fessorship for Porto Alegre for the pedagogical department. Com-
mittee 1 recommended that both the matter pertaining to an enrolment
only every third year and that relative to the establishing of a chair
of pedagogy be submitted by the Board of Control at Porto Alegre to
Synod’s Board of Directors, and that Synod give the latter board power
to act. This recommendation was adopted by Synod.

Request for a New Professorship at Crespo, Argentina.

The Board of Control of the District institution at Crespo, Argen-
tina, had asked for permission to call a third regular professor for this
institution. Upon recommendation of Committee 1 Synod resolved
to submit this request to the Board of Directors for further investiga-
tion and action.

B. Memorials Pertaining to Theological Seminaries
in General.

Postgraduate Examination for Candidates of the Ministry
Before Ordination.
(Memorial 117.)

“Stop the leak!” has become a favorite slogan in the mission en-
deavors of our Church. This same principle might as well be applied
on our field of education.

We believe that too much of our precious educational efforts be-
stowed upon ministerial students is lost through lack of personal
application to study in the ministry. And we believe that a poor be-
ginning in the ministry is largely responsible for this. We believe
that our ministerial candidates should at once, upon entering the
ministerial work, foster the acquired habit of diligent, systematic