# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S111
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

Elementary Education . 11t

The Most Necessary Things in Our Elementary Education

1. Far more elaborate and systematic work in behalf of
the home.

2. More all-around aggressiveness in the establishment of
schools.

3. A much more effective and systematic upbuilding of all our
educational work through the Circuit Visitors in conjunction and
cooperation with District Boards of Education.

4. A more uniform and liberal practise throughout all Dis-
tricts with regard to subsidizing schools.

5. Much more work in Christian education by approximately
one half of our congregations, which maintain only a Sunday-
school, if they are in a position to do more.

6. The careful weekly or biweekly guidance of Sunday-school
teachers and their special training in institutes and by means of
special courses.

7. More systematic supervision of our educational work, espe-
cially of the schools, and therefore a wider establishment of the
regular superintendency. (The present school superintendents also
supervise the other educational work.)

8. Adequate man-power for the office of Synod’s Board of
Christian Education.

9. A concerted effort to bring some of the millions of un-
churched men, women, and children of America into the church,
the school, and the Sunday-school.

Recommendations
The Board of Christian Education recommends

1. The employment of an additional man to assist in the school
office. The Board is ready to call an Executive Secretary, as
authorized by the Milwaukee Convention, but finds it necessary to
request an additional man to take care of the increasing work.

2. The establishment of a research department in Synod to
serve elementary and higher education as well as other endeavors
of Synod. For the time being, we recommend that Synod set aside
a minimum sum of $2,500 annually for this purpose and designate
a board or committee to administer this fund. We presume that
the research work would be carried on primarily by our colleges
and seminaries, but also by our Board of Christian Education, the
Committee on Higher Education, and other units or individuals of
Synod, under the supervision and by the approval of the afore-
mentioned administrative board.

3. Improvements with regard to subsidizing schools, according