# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S170
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168 Young People’s Work

with the Army and Navy Commission, namely, the ten points
listed above in the report of the Board.

7. Resolved, That we draw the attention of congregations and
pastors to the unusually urgent problem of safeguarding the
church-membership of young people away from home by using
the Christian Service Directory appearing in the Annual.

Whereas, In 1943 the International Walther League will ob-
serve the golden anniversary of its organization; and

Wuereas, With the help of God it has been a powerful agency
for keeping the youth with the Church and training it for Christian
service; be it therefore

Resolved, That we offer our felicitations to the International
Walther League upon its golden anniversary and wish it the
blessings of God for continued effective service to the Church.

Wuergas, Dr. Theodore Graebner has for 20 years served as
a member and chairman of the synodical Board for Young People’s
Work and has found it necessary to relinquish this position; and

Wuereas, Dr. Theodore Graebner in this capacity rendered
signal and faithful service toward the training, guidance, and
conservation of the Church’s youth; therefore be it

Resolved, That we express our gratitude to Dr. Graebner for
this service and wish him God’s blessing for continued successful
labors in the kingdom of God.

Action of Synod: These resolutions were adopted.

Report of Student Welfare Committee
(Memorial 302)

The Student Welfare Committee acknowledges with joy and
gratitude the removal of all barriers and financial obstacles, which
enabled your Committee in 1940 to carry out the resolution of the
1938 convention that Synod call a Student Welfare Secretary who
shall devote his full time to general Student Welfare Work under
the guidance and supervision of the Student Welfare Committee,
according to regulations approved by the Board of Directors of
Synod.

Your Committee extended the call to this office to the Rev. R.
W. Hahn, who had served as university pastor at the University of
Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., since 1929. Subsequent to his accep-
tance of the call, Rev. Hahn was formally inducted into office in
Jehovah Church in Chicago, September 29, 1940, by the chairman of
the Student Welfare Committee. Dr. J. W. Behnken, Synod’s Presi-
dent, preached the installation sermon. The Student Welfare Sec-
retary for the present maintains his office in his home at 2309 N.
Ridgeway Ave., Chicago, II.