# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S118
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118 Elementary Education

2. Owing to the increased amount of work in the School Office
of the Board of Education your Committee furthermore recom--
mends that Synod approve the Board’s request for an additional
man to assist in the school office.

Action of Synod: Paragraph 1 was adopted. Paragraph 2 was
referred to the Board of Christian Education jointly with the Board
of Directors.

Research Work in Lutheran Education
(Memorial 123)

WuereEAS, Research and testing in secular education has done
much to improve teaching in those branches; and

Wuereas, Much that should be known about the results of
education cannot be determined in any other way than by research
and measurement; and

Wuereas, Even in the field of religious education there is much
that can and should be determined by research and measurement
and our Church should not be denied the benefits that come from
the results of such study; and

Wuereas, We believe this can be effected by having more
research work in Lutheran education done under the control of
Synod; and

Wuereas, At the present time a number of men in the faculties
of the normal schools have sufficient interest and training in the
field of research; and

Wuereas, None of them have the necessary time and funds to
devote to research projects, though several years ago a complete
plan has been adopted by the faculty and the Board of Control of
River Forest for conducting research through the summer-school;
therefore be it

Resolved, That we petition the Hon. Synod to establish a re-
search bureau in Lutheran education at our Concordia Teachers’
College at River Forest and provide sufficient funds to do this work

properly. SoutTHERN Ixiinors District. TEACHERS’ CONFERENCE
H.C. F. Roest, Chairman

On this, Committee 7 brought in the following recommendation:

Acting on Overture 123 and an endorsement of this overture
by the Board of Christian Education, your Committee recommends
that Synod make provision for research in Lutheran elementary
education by appropriating $1,000 per annum, the work to be done
under the direction of, and the fund to be administered by, the
Board of Christian Education.

Action of Synod: This recommendation was adopted.