# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S69
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

Action Regarding Individual Institutions 69

meetings numerous extra sessions were held during the past three
years. Much time was devoted to the calling of a director and two
professors, to the repair and up-keep of Synod’s property, and to
the planning of necessary equipment and facilities,

Last spring Mr. Paul Dietz, who had served the institution
faithfully since the summer of 1929, was called to his eternal rest.
He had been treasurer since the death of Mr. Milton Kaiser in 1932.
The vacancy was filled by Mr. Alfred Boedecker. Mr. Theodore
Krueger took over the duties of treasurer of the Board.

The Faculty

The end of this triennium marks the resignation of the last
member of our “Old Guard,” Dr. O. F. Hattstaedt, Prof. G. W.
Mueller felt constrained to resign in 1936 because of impaired hear-
ing, and Prof. M. J. F. Albrecht, former president of the school, fol-
lowed in 1937. Their old colleague, Dr. Carl Ross, who had re-
signed August 3, 1927, passed away June 22, 1937. The second
generation of teachers is now carrying on the work of their fathers
in the same spirit of faithfulness and consecration.

After a vacancy of one and a half years the presidency was
again filled when Prof. L. C. Rincker accepted the call in March,
1936. His place as professor of History and English was filled by
the calling of the Rev. Ewald M. Plass in the summer of 1936. As
compensation for the loss of Professors Mueller and Albrecht the
faculty has recently been augmented by the calling of the Rev.
Oliver Rupprecht of Evansville, Ind., to the English department.

With the exception of Prof.C. A. Hardt, who in the spring of
1936 lost several months as a result of a serious throat infection,
the members of the faculty have enjoyed good health. May God
bless these men in their difficult and important work!

The Students

During the past three years the enrolment at our institution
has steadily decreased — from 276 to 214. In June, 1937, we grad-
uated a class of 49, the largest in the history of the school. This
fact, together with the fear of an oversupply of ministerial can-
didates, largely accounts for the decline in numbers. We feel, how-
ever, that we have reached bottom and that subsequent years will
once more bring larger classes to Concordia. There is reason again
to be grateful for the fine Christian character of the boys at our
institution. They have given much evidence of a high spirituality
and especially during the vacancy in the presidency cooperated
loyally with the faculty and the Board. The past years have been
marked by unusually good health among the students, so that in-