# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S844
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

344 Financial Matters

in South America such as we have in our country. The question
of separate schools for the higher education of Birls is therefore
being given consideration,

8. Through the Advisory Committee for Valparaiso University
we kept in touch with developments at our Lutheran University,
At least one of the members of this committee attended the board
meetings of the University Association, Our Board willingly
granted permission for an annual congregational collection early
in the year for the University and believes that this is one of the

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higher education, The Valparaiso board is striving valiantly, in
the face of serious obstacles, to serve the Church by offering our
young people this opportunity to get their higher education under
Christian influence and thus to develop loyal Christian lay leaders
in our Church. In this the school should have the whole-hearted
moral and financial Support of our people.

D. Business Administration

1. In the first meeting of your Board after the last convention

the matter of the Centennial Thank-offering was taken up. (Syn-
odical Proceedings, 1938, pp. 265, 276.) As we had anticipated, the
Precentennial Debt Liquidation effort Soon came to a close after
paving the way for the larger and more general effort. The result

blessing of God, to the Thank-offering Committee, under the
leadership of Vice-President Harms.

2. The annual budget was inaugurated by the Board and
submitted to the Fiscal Conference. With God’s gracious help
and through the cooperation of our People the resolution of Synod