# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S91
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

Seminaries and Colleges. — Individual Institutions 89

cultural center for Pan-American relations in the United States (at
the University of Texas); 2) public elementary and high schools,
which all offer and emphasize Spanish as a matter of course and
in response to definite demand; 3) several Mexican Lutheran
churches and parochial schools; 4) personal incentives and interest
made available through direct contacts with both the State univer-
sity and our Spanish missions in Texas and in Mexico; 5) a Lu-
theran high-school department at our Concordia College, which has
had experience in training six Spanish-speaking students (three of
whom are now working on the Lutheran Hour — one. graduated
from Winfield in June, 1941, one is at Seward, one left the institu-
tion); therefore be it ;

Resolved, That Synod authorize its high-school department at
Concordia College at Austin, Tex., to introduce into its curricular
offerings courses in which the Spanish language will be taught; and
be it further

Resolved, That an annual appropriation of $350 be made to
cover the instructional costs connected with this work; and be it
further

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education is hereby en-
couraged to make whatever adjustments in the individual program
of ministerial students become necessary to accomplish this aim;
and be it finally

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education be instructed
to present to the next convention of the Synod a plan whereby
the said instruction in the Spanish language might be conducted on
the college level and in our theological seminary if conditions indi-
cate such procedure to be of value at that time.

Respectfully,
Tue Boarp or ContROL
Concordia College, Austin, Tex.
F. H. Steuzer, Executive Secretary

Report of Committee 1
Committee 1 endorses the overture. In the second resolution
above we recommend the insertion of the word “approximately”
before the sum of $350.

Action of Synod: This recommendation was adopted.

Seminario Concordia, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Report of Board of Control
(Memorial 115)

The Board of Control of Seminario Concordia, Porto Alegre,
Brazil, herewith begs leave to submit to the honorable synodical
convention the report on its activities for the past triennium and at
the same time pleads that the requests herein set forth be granted.