# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S39
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

Seminaries and Colleges. — Individual Institutions 39

2. (Housing of professors.) We recommend that this be re-
ferred to the Board of Directors.

Action of Synod: These recommendations of Committee 1 were
adopted by Synod.

Reducing the Teaching Schedule of Dr. Walter A. Maier
(Memorial 907)

Wuereas, The Lord of the Church has bountifully blessed the
testimony of the Lutheran Hour during its eight seasons on the
air; and

Wuereas, Especially the past season has been replete with
evidences of His abundant benediction, more than 250 stations
having broadcast our message, approximately 30 of these in
foreign lands, and more than 200,000 communications having been
received from grateful listeners; and

Wuergas, The challenge for a courageous testimony to the
truth as it is in Christ is extremely imperative in this grave hour
of mankind’s history; and

Wuereas, We recognize that our Church, by virtue of the
powerful facilities which the Lord in His unmerited providence
has placed at our disposal, has a unique opportunity to send forth
His light into a darkening world by means of the miracle of
radio; and

Wuereas, The unparalleled growth of this mission of the
air has been accompanied by an attendant increase in the demands
which are being made upon the time and energies of the Lutheran
Hour speaker, these demands having been excessively heavy
especially during the past two seasons; therefore be it

Resolved, That we, the Board of Governors of the Lutheran
Laymen’s League, regularly assembled in St. Louis on the 22d day
of February, 1941, respectfully petition the Synod of Missouri, Ohio,
and Other States, assembled in convention at Fort Wayne, Ind.,
June 18 to June 28, 1941, to authorize the Board of Directors of
the Missouri Synod in conjunction with the Board of Control of
Concordia Seminary, St.Louis, to take such steps as may be
necessary to reduce to a minimum the number of teaching hours
required of Dr. Maier at the Seminary in order that he may have
more time to devote to the preparation of his addresses on the
Lutheran Hour broadcasts.

Respectfully submitted,
Boarp oF GOVERNORS OF THE LUTHERAN LAYMEN’S LEAGUE
E. J. GALLMEYER, Chairman
Oscar T. Dorrr, Secretary
By T. G. Eccers, Executive Secretary
(Also Memorial 910 and unprinted Memorials 77 and 156)