# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S112
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112 Elementary - Education

to our recommendations in a special memorial, entitled “School
Extension Fund.” This memorial is submitted in answer to a
request of the Cleveland Convention in 1935.

4. Particular attention, especially in the circuits and by Circuit
Visitors, to the establishment of central or union schools on the
part of two or more congregations where it is difficult for in-
dividual congregations to maintain schools alone.

5. Continuation and increase of the effort in behalf of the home.
We suggest that Synod provide the necessary means and help to
carry out an adequate home program.

6. We recommend that Synod define, the status of the woman
teacher in our parochial schools.

7. In the interest of our parish-school system we recommend
to the serious consideration of Synod the proposal of adding a
fourth college year at our normal schools.

Tue Boarp oF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
Pau. Koente, Chairman
Joun M. Runes, Secretary

On the first part of this report Committee 7 brought in the fol-
lowing report and recommendations:

With fervent gratitude to God we are happy to report to the
Centennial Convention that after one hundred years of the existence
of our Church in this country the important matter of Christian
education is still receiving wide-spread interest and the active
attention on the part of the various Districts of Synod. We wish
to commend the Board of Christian Education, the Secretary of
Schools, the editor of the Sunday-school literature, the District
boards of education, as well as all other workers for their faithful
and efficient services for the promotion and improvement of Chris-
tian education. We are mindful of the sacrifices that congregations,
teachers, and pastors have brought in the interest of maintaining
Christian education on a high level, so that in spite of great dif-
ficulties the number of our Christian day-schools has remained
practically constant. Greater efforts are made than ever before to
improve also other agencies for Christian education in our circles,
the Sunday-school, Saturday-school, the daily vacation Bible-
school, confirmation and postconfirmation instruction. Improve-
ment has also become apparent in our teachers’ colleges, the
scholarship of teachers, school-buildings and their equipment,
books and literature for the educational agencies and pupil achieve-
ment, also in the preparation of pastors for educational work in
their congregations. We wish to commend also those teachers who
availed themselves of the benefits of summer institutes and other

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