# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S132
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

130 General Institutional Matters

Student Employment
(Memorial 129)

Wuereas, Indigent students’ funds have been provided by
Synod for the support of needy and worthy students for the holy
ministry and the teaching profession; and

Wuereas, Students receiving such support ought to be given
an opportunity to offer some services to the institution at which
their support is being provided; and

Wuereas, Concordia Teachers’ College at River Forest has
found great advantage in the arrangement, which gave employment
to students, thus enabling them to earn moneys necessary for their
support; and

Wuenreas, Such an arrangement seems to have worked out to
the benefit of both students and the institution; therefore be it

Resolved, That we, the Northern Illinois District, memorialize
a venerable Synod to appoint a committee to study the entire
problem of student support and make the necessary recommenda-
tions to the Board of Directors of Synod, who shall be empowered
to act in accordance with the committee’s recommendations.

F. L. Genes, Secretary

The committee also considered the following letter from
President Ottomar Krueger on this same problem:

Student Employment
(Unprinted Memorial 119)

The matter of employment of indigent students at our various
institutions has caused much discussion and not a little confusion
during this past year.

According to the present proposed plan every supported stu-
dent is to be assigned some work at the institution, so that he is
enabled to offer his labor as payment for moneys received from
student funds or other sources.

A number of difficulties have presented themselves which
ought to have definite clarification and formation of some uniform
policy. May I point out the difficulties first.

A. Some pastoral conferences which are supplying support
for students are strongly objecting to this plan of having indigent
students work for their board because they feel it stigmatizes the
students, it makes them self-conscious; it is sufficient if they
pledge themselves to serve the congregations of their circuit later
with preaching; or they insist that the people who donated this
money actually wanted to give it outright, without any conditions
attached to it.

B. Students who are needy usually apply for N.Y. A. work