# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S127
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: Hlementary, Education” a _ 127

mpleted.. during :the preseht.year.::The new lesson: quarterlies
1 to-teachers and pupils alike and have received much favor-
at. It is the intention. of the, Board to improve. all the
and to.,continue, research and. publish materials for
. there is a demand. A _graded. memory. course, originally
mpiled by brethren in the ‘active ministry and growing out of
tual experience in the field, is being printed and distributed by
cordia Publishing House. The publication of a graded séries
of Sunday school papers is being considered. —
Teacher ‘Training ee tes :
The report of the synodical Teach r’ Training Committee will
found on. another page of this: volume. Intensive instruction
systematic training of teachers is more vital today than ever
cause of the breakdown of moral standards and Jamentable social
ditions generally. Consecrated and well-trained teachers are
eeded to guide our children and youth through those critical
éars‘which determine the future course of the child. Moreover,
immature and inexperienced church members are being drafted .
‘or the teaching staff, many of them too young to be sensible of |
‘the great responsibility attending the office of teaching. We should
‘ot be led by present-day conditions to follow the. line of least
resistance and lower our standards: of indoctrination. In many in-
_Btances teachers” meetings are held infrequently. A large number
of pastors either do: not train their teachers or they failed to re-
port teacher training. In the interest of raising the educational.
standard of our Sunday.schools and the professional standard. of
our teachérs, pastors should recognize the necessity of holding reg-
ular teachers’ meetings and of adopting the synodical training
‘program. . =

“~~ The same subject was covered by the following memorial:

Sunday School Teacher Training
“tu "" "(Memorial 202)

During the six years in which the Concordia Teacher Training
.. Program has been in operation, growth has been steady and.con-
istent, It has enjoyed a favorable reception; . it has firmly en-
trenched itself, and indications are that it will ‘continue to grow.
artime conditions have effected ‘the enterprise to a degree hardly

perceptible. ‘The over-all‘picture is encouraging. For the success
of this major undertaking we praise and thank God. Progress eén
ast be shown by means of comparative data; we therefore place
ie figures of 1941 and 1943 side by side.’ (1) Distribution, of :text-

soks:  -80,000—-128,000;"- (2) -groups’ reported..in training: .683
to,971; (3) teachers reported. enrolled: . 9,000—13,895; . (4): credits