# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S129
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Young People’s Work ; 129

B) To request the Fiscal Conference to include an annual ap-
propriation of $5,000 for Student Welfare Work in Synod’s budget.

In explanation of paragraph A we would say that the proposed
secretary for Student Welfare Work should be called by the Stu-
dent Welfare Committee, with the advice and consent of the
President of Synod, to work under its general supervision according
to regulations to be prepared by the Committee and approved by
the President of Synod. The duties of the student secretary would
include the following:

1) Taking an annual student census, making the returns avail-
able to the pastors in charge of the various schools of higher
education, and acquainting Synod with the trend of enrolment and
other pertinent data;

2) Following up this student census to ascertain whether our
students have found their way into our congregations;

3) Editing a suitable student publication;

4) Developing the present National Association of Lutheran
Students and giving guidance to other similar organizations that
may exist in our circles;

5) Arranging for an annual university pastors’ conference;

6) Visiting periodically, as much as possible, the various in-
stitutions where our Lutheran students are enrolled and discussing
the problems of Student Welfare Work with the pastors;

7) Giving particular attention, either through personal visits
or through correspondence, to our Lutheran students who are at-
tending schools in communities in which our Church is not rep-
resented;

8) Acting as adviser to the Church Extension boards where
loans are asked for in behalf of Student Welfare Work;

9) Arranging to have prepared for every District of Synod a
list of all colleges and-universities where our Lutheran students
ordinarily are enrolled, together with the names and addresses of
pastors serving these institutions or stationed in the vicinity, and
annually making these lists available to all pastors of Synod to the
extent needed; ,

10) Presenting the cause of Student Welfare Work at con-
ferences, synods, and through the columns of church periodicals as
opportunity is afforded;

11) Ascertaining, on the basis of the annual student census,
where the enrolment of our Lutheran Students is sufficiently large
and stable to warrant more intensive Student Welfare Work and
suggesting methods to make this possible.

In explanation of suggestion B we would say that this sum
represents, in our opinion, a very modest amount, which is to.coyer

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