# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1935_S81
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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1935. 81

I. SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES.

A. Report of the Committee on Higher Education.
(Memorial 126, p. 42 ff.)

EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT, WITH ACTION TAKEN.

Your Committee on Higher Education consisted of the following mem-
bers: Prof. L. Fuerbringer, D. D.; Prof. F. E. Mayer; Prof. J. T. Link, Ph. D.;
Prof. H. Stein, Ph. D.; Rev. Henry A. Grueber; Rev. W. E. Hohenstein; Rev.
K. Kretzschmar; Rev. W. Nordsieck; Rev. Martin Walker, A.M.; the Hon.
John W. Boehne, Jr.; Mr. A. O. Leutheusser, A.M.; Mr. Martin E. Strieter,
B.S.; Mr. Eugene Wengert, LL.B. A.M. Rev. Henry A. Grueber acted as
chairman, and Rev. W. E. Hohenstein was elected secretary of the Committee.
Numerous memorials were sent to your Committee. Your Committee held
seven plenary meetings, sitting in all nineteen days. In addition to the plenary
sessions, work was done by various subcommittees. Your Committee appre-
ciates the work done by the previous Survey Committees of Synod and ex-
presses its gratitude to all who extended aid in various ways.

PART ONE. MINISTERIAL TRAINING.

A. Objectives.

The objectives of our ministerial training include: —

a) The development of Christian character, personality, and Christian
leadership.

b) A thorough knowledge of the Bible and of the four branches of theology
(exegetic, doctrinal, historical, and practical).

c) The ability to write and speak an idiomatic and forceful English;
a reading, writing, and fairly good speaking knowledge of German; a reading
knowledge of Latin, Greek, and Hebrew.

d) An understanding of the modern world through courses in the exact,
the natural, and the social sciences, which will arouse and satisfy from the
Christian’s viewpoint the student’s interest in the problems of modern life.

e) A reasonable acquaintance with, interest in, and appreciation of, the
literary and other artistic products of man (the humanities).

f) Development of the ability to think clearly and properly to analyze,
organize, and present the acquired material.

B. The Need of an Improved Ministerial Education.

Your Committee shares the conviction expressed in several overtures to
the synodical convention that in this day of rising standards in education and
of the changing social conditions the Church ought to raise the standards of
our ministerial education. We realize, of course, that no school can really
“make” ministers, but can only prepare them for their life’s work. The edu-
cation and training given at our schools must be supplemented by ministerial
experience and continued study in the ministry. Neither do we wish to be