# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S154
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152 Elementary Education

Wuereas, Though many remedies have been recommended,
little progress has been made to eliminate the defects; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That the Northern Illinois District Teachers’ Con-
ference, assembled at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Chicago, Ii,
on November 22, 1940, petition Synod to use its resources, in-
fluence, and power to promote and conduct a definite Synod-wide
program for the expansion of our educational system as an integral
part of the “Call of the Cross” in

1. Planning on all levels (parochial; community; District;
Synod) by all individuals and agencies concerned: (teachers, pas-
tors, vestries, schoo] boards, congregations, parents, mission boards,
boards of Christian education, fiscal conferences, District and
synodical officials, including Visitors particularly; professional con-
ferences) for the cooperative neutralization of these factors;

2. A Church-wide system of supervision, classification, and
accreditation;

3. A program of postprofessional training;

4. Adequate, comprehensive, and up-to-date statistics on the
effectiveness of school systems and individual schools;

5. Adequate publicity material (tracts; a manual for local
Christian day-school publicity; courses on public relations in
teachers’ colleges, summer-schools, etc.) ;

6. Preparing and distributing literature for preschool children
and parents; and,

7. Insisting upon the need of a Church-wide program of higher
Education (Christian ):

a) Establishment of the ninth grade — junior high school;

and university (1);
That we also petition Synod to direct each District to conduct
a parallel (or cooperative) program.
Resolutions Committee: ARTHUR W. Gross, Chairman
Wm. A. HetmKamp
Wo. F. Wirrmer
M. C. Pieper

Report of Committee 4
We recommend that the memorial be adopted with the fol-
lowing changes:
That we delete the words “as an integral part of the Call of
the Cross” and that we refer the matter recommended in this
‘overture to the Board of Christian Education.

Action of Synod: This recommendation, with the change, was
adopted.