# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S64
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

64 Action Regarding Individual Institutions

With the consent of the Board of Directors a call for candidates
has been published, and candidates have been nominated for the
election of a professor who is to teach in the field of biological
sciences. An assistant teacher will be sought to teach in the fields
of natural sciences and mathematics.

We can testify that in the cases of emergency the members of
our faculty proved their faithfulness and their Christian willingness
to serve the best interests of the student-body and the Church by
rearranging the schedule and adding to their teaching load. The
relationship between the members of the faculty and the students
was, generally speaking, very satisfactory and helpful and the atti-
tude of the students to their teachers respectful.

The Board of Control has endeavored to discharge its duties to
the best of its knowledge and ability. Regular monthly and also
extra meetings were held for that purpose. A number of changes
in the membership have taken place. Mr. Fred A. Koltermann took
the place of Mr. Robert Buchholz, who had resigned. In 1936 the
Southern Nebraska District elected Rev. Albert J.C. Moeller Presi-
dent, who thereby became ex-officio member of the Board of Con-
trol in place of Rev. H. E. Meyer. Rev. Moeller, living at Grand
Island, Nebr., appointed the First Vice-President of the District,
Rev. I. C. Heinicke of Seward, Nebr., his representative, who was
then elected chairman by the Board. When Rev. Moeller accepted
the call to the presidency of St. Paul’s College at Concordia, Mo.,
Rev. Heinicke became Acting President of the District and of the
Board of Control.

Our commissary department had some very anxious moments
in the past triennium on account of the drought in our State, in
consequence of which crops were diminished and destroyed, which
cut short the income of our treasury and the contributions of
victuals by our fellow-Christians in our congregations. All the
more we are indebted to the ladies’ aids and to individuals of our
churches, who gave us even of their own scanty supply. May the
Lord be their great reward!

Requests

1. Since the public authorities are continually making higher
demands upon our Christian day-school teachers before they will
accredit them and our graduates, under the present arrangement of
our college department with only a three-year course, would be
obliged to earn the lacking credits at a State school to gain the
certificate permitting them to teach in Nebraska and other States,
it is not only desirable that a fourth year be added to our college
department, but is actually necessary. Thereby not only the future
graduates would receive their necessary credits from our college,