# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S96
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

96 Action Regarding Individual Institutions

of fields, and that it offers this instruction in an environment that
is positively Christian and conducive to the moral and spiritual
welfare of our young people. Valparaiso University today has
an enrolment of approximately five hundred students, who come
from twenty-six States in the Union. It is equipped to serve
many more. In view of the many advantages which Valparaiso
University offers to the youth of our Church, we respectfully ask
Synod to urge our people to avail themselves of this agency in our
Church for the higher education of their sons and daughters and
once more to commend this institution to the whole-hearted sup-
port of our pastors and congregations.

IV. Suggestions have come to us from various quarters from
time to time urging us to offer Synod the facilities of Valparaiso
University for the further education of the graduates of our pre-
paratory schools and perhaps the students at our St. Louis Sem-
inary. It has been suggested that the graduates of our synodical
junior colleges take a year or two at Valparaiso before enrolling
at our Seminary for their theological studies. We are very eager
to serve Synod in any way which our facilities permit. We be-
lieve that a plan could be agreed upon which would enable Synod
to control the education of pretheological students at Valparaiso
in a way entirely satisfactory to it, and we are prepared to present
such a plan to Synod for its consideration.

Praying God’s richest blessing upon your deliberations, we are,

Fraternally yours,
W. C. DicKMEYER

President of the Lutheran University Association

Pau F. MILier
Secretary of the Lutheran University Association

O. C. KREINHEDER
President of Valparaiso University
Items I, II, and IV of this memorial were disposed of under
the report of the Committee on Higher Education.

As to item III, Committee 1 reported:
Your Committee recommends that Synod take note of the plea
of Valparaiso University contained in this paragraph: “In view of

‘the many advantages which Valparaiso University offers to the

youth of our Church, we respectfully ask Synod to urge our people
to avail themselves of this agency in our Church for the higher
education of their sons and daughters and once more to commend
this institution to the whole-hearted support of our pastors and
congregations.”

Action of Synod: This recommendation was adopted.

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