# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S355
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Miscellaneous Matters 855

Vice-President of Synod, the Rev. F. Randt of St. Paul, Minn.; the
President of the Eastern District, the Rev. F.C. Verwiebe of Buf-
falo, N. Y.; Statistician E. Eckhardt of St. Louis, Mo., and Mr. Eugene
Harms, member of the Board of Control of Concordia Seminary,
St. Louis, Mo.; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Centennial Convention assembled in the
year of our Lord 1938

1) Instruct the Secretary to convey expressions of condolence
to the bereaved families;

2) Do hereby gratefully acknowledge the loyal services of these
esteemed leaders.

Greetings Extended

The Milwaukee Concordia Alumni Association presented the
following resolution, which was adopted by Synod:

Wuereas, on June 10 of this year Dr. Otto Hattstaedt terminated
his teaching at Concordia College, Milwaukee, Wis., having served
this school for fifty-four years as professor of German language and
literature; and

Wuereas, The resignation of Dr. Hattstaedt brings to a close
the first chapter in the history of the Milwaukee Concordia; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Hattstaedt was the last of the original faculty, the
famous “Old Guard,” that laid the foundations of the school and by
a lifetime of faithful service developed an institution that has pre-
pared several thousands of young men for the glorious work of the
Gospel ministry; and

Wuereas, Three other members of this “Old Guard” are still
living: Prof. Emil Hamann, first director and teacher of science;
Prof. G. W. Mueller, head of the English Department for over half
a century; and Prof. M. J. F. Albrecht, for twenty-eight years presi-
dent of the institution; therefore be it

Resolved, That Synod send its greetings to these faithful ser-
vants of the Church, thank God for the many blessings He has
showered upon us through these able teachers, and implore the
benediction of our Lord upon the eventide of their life.

Greetings Received

Greetings were received, mostly by cablegram or telegraph,
from the following: President W.Janzow, D.D., President of the
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Australia; Dr. and Mrs. J. H. C. Fritz,
who were in Australia at the time; President R. Kretzschmar, D. D.,
and Mr. W. F. Weiherman, who were starting out on a Walther
League tour to Europe; the North Wisconsin District of the Joint
Synod of Wisconsin and Other States, by their President and Secre-