# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S101
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Report of Board for Higher Education : 99

calling, ordination, or installation as pastors and parish-school
teachers. Thus the position and status of a director of religious
education is covered in all essentials by the traditional terms
“teacher” and “assistant pastor” as currently used in our Church.

We further submit that our so-called candidate problem would
be more readily solved if even half of the other third of our con-
gregations would heed the prophetic words of Luther spoken for
our time four hundred years ago: “Almighty God has truly granted
us a gracious visitation, and favored us with a golden opportunity.
We now have excellent and learned young men, adorned with
every science and art, who, if they were employed, could be of
great service as teachers.... Since God has so richly favored us,
and given us a great number of persons who are competent
thoroughly to instruct and train our young people, it is truly
needful that we should not disregard His grace and let Him knock
in vain.”

C. The resolution of the synodical convention of 1938 concerning
the granting of the A.B. degree at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis,
after the second year is now in effect. The degree is being granted
to such students as meet the necessary academic requirements.

D. The synodical convention of 1938 instructed the Board for
Higher Education to give financial aid to professors at our institu-
tions for whom it becomes necessary to take advanced work. In a
number of cases this resolution has been carried out. It has been
of marked value in increasing the efficiency of our instructional
staffs at individual institutions. Your Board recommends that
this practice be continued. In every case the grant was’ approved
by the local Board of Control and the Board of Directors.

E. In order to prepare a complete history of our synodical
institutions the Board appointed Prof. W. H. Beck, S.T.M., Ed., D.,
of Concordia Teachers’ College, Seward, Nebr., as official historian.
In cooperation with the Board and Dr. Karl Kretzmann of Orange,
N.J., Professor Beck is now gathering materials which will be
a valuable source of information for future reference.

F. The Board for Higher Education was instructed by the
synodical convention of 1938 to conduct a thorough survey of the
libraries and laboratory facilities of our individual institutions.
The Library Survey was conducted by a sub-committee of the
Board, consisting of Prof. H. C. Grunau, M.A., Concordia Collegiate
Institute, Bronxville, N. Y., and Prof. H. O. A. Keinath, Ph. D., Con-
cordia Teachers’ College, Seward, Nebr. The Laboratory Survey
was conducted by Prof.O.B.Overn, Concordia College, St. Paul,
Minn. The thoroughness with which both surveys were conducted
enables your Board to’present its recommendations on these matters
with great confidence that the changes and appropriations suggested
are reasonable and necessary.