# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S157
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

Elementary Education 156

: . WHEREAS, Our present attempts have been haphazard and repel

‘rather. than attract, hurt rather than help, the cause, since the
“quality of work produced has been far below modern standards;
‘therefore be it

Resolved:

1. That Synod institute a modern department of visual edu-
cation, whose purpose shall be:

a. To make the modern inventions in the audiovisual field
available to our churches and schools and adapt them to the
needs of our institutions;

b. To produce lectures and distribute them. These lectures
shall cover the field of church and Bible history, ancient and
modern, the missions of the Church, its charitable and educational
projects, its doctrines and faith. As need presents itself, the
department will work out lectures and presentations to cover the
needs of the Church and its various boards, etc.;

c. To record photographically, and to secure and make récord-~
ings of, all important events in the life of Synod;

d. To review the field of motion-pictures and slides in the field
of entertainment, and make helpful suggestions;

e. To gather and produce modern illustrations for our periodi-
eals, our church and Sunday-~school and day-school literature.

2. That a competent man be called for this office and all neces-
sary facilities for the active propagation of this work be provided.

3. That this man, if not already trained for the task, be given
the necessary preparation and training wherever this may be
available, granting him ample time to familiarize himself with the
work and to make well-considered plans for a long-range program.

4. That a budget be provided, as determined by Synod, to
cover the cost of this work until such a time as the revenue from
this department shall pay for its own operating expenses.

Sr. Marx’s Ev. LUTHERAN CuHurRCH, YONKERS, N. Y.

(The Committee also considered Memorial 206, and Unprinted Me-
morials 62, 63, 64, 111, and 171.)

Report of Committee 13

Wuereas, The Department of Publicity and Missionary Educa-
tion has during the last three years prepared, issued, and dis-
tributed valuable items for the better understanding of the
Church’s work at home and abroad; and

Wuereas, In addition to the attractive and informative Mission
Forward Series, the department has also developed its work in the
field of visual and audio-visual education, notably through the
preparation of slide lectures and of films depicting missions in
South America, India, China, Africa, Negro Missions, and other
fields; and