# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S63
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

‘Action Regarding Individual ‘Institutions 63

_ Pursuant to Synod’s régolution at Cleveland, O., a third’ year
has been added to our'college department. ; ,
, . The enrolment during the present triennium was as follows:

High School | College Department ‘potq}

Boys Girls Totals Male Ladies Totals Students
1935-36) 261.0 EB 66 40 28 68 134
1936-87 2.45... lL? . 62 60 35 95 157
1937-38 ...... 46 . 19 65 48 31 79 144

The result of the small enrolment on account of the drought
in the territory of our institution may be a scarcity of teachers in
the coming years, which a larger enrolment in the future will help
to overcome.

Since our last report it has pleased the Lord of His Church to
call unto His rest the soul of one of our professors, Dr. J. T. Link.
He departed, trusting in his Lord and Savior, on December 19, 1936.
The death of this gifted, tireless, humble Christian servant of the
Lord was a great loss to our college and the Synod.

In the same year Prof. Karl Haase suffered a severe attack of
sickness, which brought him so near to death’s door that all hopes
for his reeovery had been abandoned. Yet the Lord heard our
prayers and not only spared his life, but gave him health and
strength, enabling him to return to his-work. But the Lord asked
another sacrifice from him: He, through. death, called away from
his side his helpmate, Mrs. Anna Haase, née Meyer, whose con-
dition had made an operation necessary.

Since the vacancy in the faculty caused by Prof. August
Schuelke’s death had not been filled on account of the depression,
the passing away of Dr. Link made it necessary that a call for
candidates be issued for the purpose of filling one of the vacancies
before the beginning of the new school-year. For the second
semester the remaining members of the faculty together with an
assistant teacher took care of the work of the departed members.

The newly elected professor, Dr. Walter H. Beck of Immanuel
College, Greensboro, N.C., accepted the call and was inducted into
his office in a service held in St. John’s Church at the beginning of
the present school-year. . aoe

_ ~Miss Marga Link, assistant music’ teacher, ‘resigned: and was
Succeeded by Miss Esther Schwermann. The assistant teacher
Ralph Schuessler was also retained, with'the consent of the Board
of Directors, for the present school-year. nn

Prof. Wilfred F. Kruse accepted a~call to Concordia Teachers
College at River Forest; Il, but will remain-at’ Seward until the
end of the preserit ‘school-year. Thus again two vacancies in the
faculty must be filled;‘ especially since ariother member, ‘on accourit
of hi8 age, is not expected to carry a full load of the work. ---~: