# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S124
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124 . Elementary Education

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Interest,”‘a new series of readers for Grades I—VI, with practice
books and teacher’s guide, 1943 and-1944; Memory Books for Lu-
theran Schools, 1944; Physical Education for Elementary Grades,
‘1944, At the suggestion of the Board the Lutheran Education As-
sociatiori has completed the Lutheran School Record, 1944. The
Board has plans’ of preparing additional materials in the: fields -of
. primary’ religion, science, and other subjects as this is found
feasible and financially possible. The cost of some of these projects
is almost prohibitive for a school system like ours, and the time

may come when Synod will have to provide a substantial subsidy
' for the production of textbooks and materials of instruction in:
order to make their publication financially possible.

Suggested Action

The Board recommends the following as problems to be
studied and acted upon by Synod:

1, Encouragement and acceleration of the present trend to-
ward expansion of our parochial school system;

2. The encouragement of Lutheran high schools wherever their
introduction is possible and feasible;

3. Regular calling of teachers and the payment of adequate
salaries in order that progress. may not be hindered by unnecessary
restrictions upon the servants of the Word;

4, Increasing the enrollments of our teachers’ colleges to pro-
vide a sufficient number of men and women to fill the teaching
' positions in existing and prospective schools; ,

5. Support of the production program of the Board with sub-
‘sidy for costly projects, for example, producing attractive science
Materials;

6. Encouragement of congregations and schools to use’ the
textbooks and other materials prepared under the auspices. of the
Board for Parish Education and published by Concordia Pub-
lishing House.

. ACTION

Concerning these suggestions, Committee 4. brought in the fol-
lowing resolutions, which were adopted:

A. Wuereas, The congregation as such also has the obligation
to feed'the lambs of Christ; and
. Wuereas, The full-time parish school has proved itself in the

past to be the most effective means of doing this work; and

’ ‘Wuereas, There is a definite revival of active interest in
establishing and re-opening Christian day schools in various sec-
tions of our country; therefore be it.