# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S56
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a Concordia Teachers College‘ operates its campus practice teach-:

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~" thg in conjunction’ with ‘the Christian day school of Grace Lutheran
Church, River' Forest, Fhis school has made rapid strides during

the past triennium and now has four well-trained ‘and experienced .
teachers, two men ‘and two. women, who are vitally -interested in

adding to the experience: and training of Synod’s future teachers _
. in ‘co-operation with: our.:own Director of ''Teacher Training. In

addition to regular supervised teaching at this comparatively large
campus: school, students also. do a considerable amount of ob-
servation and’ some practice teaching in three fine Lutheran one-
room schools of'the Chicago’ area in order to: acquaint them with

_ the specific needs of that type of school, which mahy of them -will

be called upon to teach when.they enter the educational service

of: the ‘Church. The co-operating schools care: Immanuel Lu-

theran School, Hinsdale, IIL, Teacher A.W. Obermann; St: John’s’

a ‘Lutheran School, Bellwood, Ill., Teacher Milton Eggerding; and

the Colored Mission School, Chicago, Ill, Teacher ¥H. Colba. -The
latter School is adjacent to the Tda B: Wells Housing Project, where
work is carried on by the Northern Illinois Mission: Board as a

- direct result of a canvass initiated by the Concordia Teachers

College Mission: Activities’ Group. As a broadening experience,

“a limited’ amount of observation is also: done by students in larger °

neighboring Lutheran schools and in: selected public: schools of

. River ‘Forest and Oak Park,

' The Board of Control gratefully acknowledges the valuable

service rendered by all co-operating schools and their respective
‘i: - Extracurricular Activities - .
The extracurricular program of the college department con- .
tinués to be more and more closely linked with the life work of
the future, teacher. The members of the Mission Activities Group,
a voluntary organization begun four years ago, assist in spreading

7 God’s Word through canvassing, teaching Sunday: school classes, °

Serving as organists and choir director's and ‘giving instruction .to

young people’s societies in carrying on mission ‘work. All ac-

tivities are under the control. of faculty. advisers and the Northern -

*. Illinois Mission Board, under the direct deadership of the Rev. D.C.

“Hennig, whose services are herewith gratefully acknowledged.

.. In.gratitude to. God we note that while all other extracurricular.

- “activities have ‘suffered. and. some have -even been.’ discontinued, .
Owing to the accelerated Program and the. -work which: many. stu-
: dents ‘must .do. in order jto.pay. their. own ‘college expenses,

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