# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S57
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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‘all teacher candidates have found time. and inclination to volunteer
£6 mission’ activity. at some period of their college’ life: . cote
“iy Oh ‘Future ‘Teachers. Organization lias recently been: begun un-) ye
der the leadership of the Director’ of Student Teaching in order .
give additional. opportunity for extracurricular study, observa- ne
‘on,’ and: ‘discussion of any ‘subject related to the future teacher's -
ctivity..in the’ ‘local- congregation ér.mission field. '
Ass loyal citizens ‘of the minunity, students, faculty familibs,~:
| staff personnel have. participated in’ Red Cross ‘work, the: sale ws
‘of Bonds. and Stamps, Civilian Defense, and other wartime ‘ace
; ivities. : . : .

: Student: Employment: Maintenance of ‘Buildings and Grounds 7 int

In’ harmony, with’ the resolution of. ‘Synod in 1938, we have.
continued . to give supported ‘students’ an. opportunity for service ‘
to. the institution. They have’ gladly: ‘co-operated in the work. of a4
“maintenance and other ‘service to the school. > a
. Due to the. skyrockéting wage ‘scale in the Chicago aréa and

the increasing necessity to pay for all or part of their own college
expenses, added to the limited working hours of students due to
the accelerated program, it. has‘ become more. and, more difficult’

. to secure students for college employment. Much necessary’ work
has, however, been paid for by donations to the Student Employ- :

* ment Fund. by the ‘congregations of the Michigan and Northern
-YIlinois Districts. In addition, all students have cheerfully co- :
operated: with the Board: of Control by donating. a minimum. of, |
10 to 20 hours annually of. unpaid service to. the institution: in.
addition. to the care. of. their own study rooms and dormitories. ~~
“Thus, in: spite of the. scarcity: of paid. labor. for commissary’ and.
“maintenance, the work of . the school has. not been ° seriously “
handicapped. Coe Mop Tk

"Acknowledgments core
. | The’ Board of Control deeply appreciates the advice ‘and as- © :,.
sistance’ rendered | Concordia’ Teachers College by.. the ‘President

Of Synod, the Synodical’ Board of. Directors, the. Board for Higher

Education, and the. Electoral College.

. We gratefully acknowledge . the: faithful services of the whole’
“faculty: and particularly the untiring | devotion of ‘the. President. and os,

_ his loyal staff of curricular, business, and student ‘personnel. officers.
.in carrying out the program of. acceleration’ and other. staggering

“wartime tesponsibilities with. an inadequate teaching: staff, Jn- =
sufficient secretarial, maintenance, and cornmissary help): and): “the: :
lanifest student: enrollment’ in ‘the’ history ‘of the school: ©

_ The, continued support of. the Student. Employzitent Fund: and on