# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1935_S49
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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1935. 49

3. That..Synod continue for the next three years the present
arrangement that the student after completing his second year inter-
rupt. his studies at the Seminary for a year before completing his

theological training.
eological training. Action of Synod.

These recommendations of Committee 1 were adopted.

(Compare also the resolution in the Report of the Committee on
Higher Education, under “Plan Five,” Point 6.) mS

Concordia Seminary, Springfield, Ill.
(Memorial 102.)

The Board of Control of your college and theological seminary at
Springfield, Ill, herewith submits to the Hon. Synod the following
report, covering the years 1932 to 1935. _

Faculty. — Since the last convention of Synod we have been
obliged to operate with a reduced teaching force.

After forty years of blessed work at our seminary Prof. Louis
Wessel, D. D., was called to his eternal reward on January 31, 1933,
and early in 1934 Prof. O.P. Kretzmann left our faculty to become
the Executive Secretary of the Walther League. ,

Following Dr. Wessel’s passing a temporary rearrangement was
effected, which obviated the calling of a new professor at the time.
With the additional vacancy caused by Professor Kretzmann’s leaving
another redistribution of teaching subjects became necessary, and
although the Board of Directors granted an assistant in the person
of Graduate Frentzel, an added burden was laid on the shoulders of
the remaining members of the Faculty, so that we now have the
president and six professors carrying the same number of courses and
periods in the two departments as we did when we had nine pro-
fessors, with the assistant taking over some of the subjects in the
proseminary.

Despite the obvious handicap we are pleased to state that there
has been no lowering of the standard of scholarship.

Board of Control. — A number of changes have taken place in
the membership of the Board during the last three years.

In October, 1932, Pastor Paul Schulz, after ten years of -service,
left the Board to become a member of Synod’s Board of Directors.
His place was taken by the Rev. Ph: Wilhelm of Rock Island, who
succeeded Pastor Schulz as President of the Central Illinois District.
We were privileged to have President Wilhelm on the Board for only
a very short time; for on March 7, 1933, following a meeting of the
Board held the night before and while he was addressing the District
Officers’ Conference, he succumbed to. heart attack. Pastor. W. E.
Hohenstein of Bloomington, II1.,.the successor of -Pastor Wilhelm to

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