# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S14
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

12 President’s Report

extended to the candidates as they were received throughout the
course of the year under the direction of the faculties and the
respective District President. A special committee of the College of
Presidents met recently with representatives of the faculties of
River Forest and Seward to assign calls to graduates from these
colleges. In this way it is hoped that a better order in the placement
of young men and women into this field of work may be restored.
We hope that as soon as possible such allocations of calls may be
ade also to graduates of our theological seminaries.

Synod has requested the College of Presidents to direct the
preparation of a list of woman teachers in our schools. The College
of Presidents then asked the faculties of our teachers’ colleges to
take this matter in hand. However, it was not found feasible to
compile a strictly “certified” list of woman teachers. This would
not be fair to such woman teachers as have done faithful and effi-
cient work in our schools though they may not have fully reached
the high academic standards. A list which has been prepared will
be published in the Lutheran Annual and the Kalender.

The Call of the Cross Committee continued its work during the
past triennium. Our church periodicals brought considerable in-
formation to our people of activities throughout Synod at the insti-
gation of the Call of the Cross Committee. Special emphasis was
placed upon personal evangelism and sacrificial giving in a series of
meetings which were conducted and which, under God’s blessings,
proved to be very successful and beneficial.

bd Because of our national emergency, on account of which young
men have been summoned for military training, much additional
work was assigned to our Army and Navy Commission. A full
report, which because of rapid changes and developments is no
longer fully up to date, is afforded the convention in its Book of
Memorials. To defray the costs of the work of caring for the spir-
itual welfare of the men called to the colors, the Board of Directors
authorized a special collection for this work, which was lifted
throughout Synod on May 11.

The dreadful war conditions, especially in lands where foreign
missions are carried on, have wrought great havoc and distress be-
cause many of these missions were supported by mission societies in
countries now engaged in war. So many of the missions became:
orphans. Asa result there was much physical suffering. Upon con-
sultation with our Board for Foreign Missions and the Board of
Relief, some sums of money were granted for physical relief to these

‘ orphaned missions. More recently an attempt was made to have
certain Lutheran missions allocated to us that we might supply them
with the necessary physical relief. Since these efforts failed, a spe-
cial committee was appointed, which has now undertaken the work