The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1924, Page 84

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

ago and there celebrated its golden jubilee, Rev.
George Kase * became acquainted with several Col-
ored Lutherans from North Carolina. Services
were arranged, and he instructed a class of twelve
adults, who are now ready to be confirmed. Last
spring the six white congregations of Cincinnati
(though all of them together number only 1,200
communicants), decided that they would gather
$10,000 to furnish the Colored mission with a work-
ing plant. The plant has been secured, and now
the brethren ask the Board to furnish a white
teacher for the school which is to be opened and
to pay half the salary of the missionary. In view
of the active mission spirit shown by the brethren
in Cincinnati, the Board has decided to enter upon
the plan and begin missionary operations among
the 35,000 Negroes of that city. May our Lutheran
congregations in other Northern cities having a
large Negro population follow the fine example of
our Lutherans in Cincinnati!

Our Higher Institutions.

Entrance conditions for our higher institutions
have until recently been low, as is generally the
case with Colored institutions. However, a little
over a year ago, at a conference of Board officials
and representatives of our colleges, plans for the
reorganizing of our higher schools were formulated
and later sanctioned by the Board. In future the
work of the higher institutions is to begin with the
eighth grade. The institutions at New Orleans

and at Selma are to do the work of junior high .

schools, and the school at Greensboro is to be a full
high school.

1. Immanuel Lutheran College, Greensboro,
NV. C.—In the school-year 1922—23 the enrolment
was 178. The faculty then consisted of eight white
teachers and two Colored female instructors. In
consequence of the change in entrance conditions,
the enrolment during the last school-year sank to
143 students, who were taught by seven white
teachers. ‘This coming year the last preparatory
class will have been dropped, and for this reason
it is to be expected that the enrolment will fall
still lower. ‘The high school classes will be taught
by four teachers, and the theological classes will
haye two teachers. Our future Negro pastors will

have a course of seven years, four years in the high
school and three years in the seminary. — For the
teachers of our southeastern field we have arranged
@ summer school, which has the purpose of making
them more competent as religious instructors. This
year’s summer school was attended by twenty-two

teachers and was conducted by Professors Berg and
Naether.— Last year Immanuel College was ad-
mitted into the ranks of the accredited standard
high schools of the State. — A new professor’s
dwelling was erected last fall at a cost of $5,400.
Another dwelling is needed. Repairs made last
year on the home of the Director and the main col-
lege building cost $4,000. The dormitory for girls
could not be erected for want of funds.

2. Luther College, New Orleans. — The interior
and exterior of the college building have been
greatly improved by extensive repairs and a coat
of paint. It is the intention to install a laboratory
and a serviceable library this summer. The enrol-
ment has steadily increased during the past few
years and has now reached 60. Missionary Stoll,
of Philadelphia, was transferred to Luther College
and is now serving as the third teacher at this
institution. At the end of the school-year 1922—23
Luther College had four graduates from its Normal
Department. Five students graduated last year,
among them two young men who intend to enter
the theological seminary at Greensboro.

8. Alabama Luther College, Selma, Ala. — The
Board was instructed two years ago to carry out
the resolutions the Synodical Conference passed
two years previously concerning the opening of a
higher institution in the Alabama field. The
Board decided to give this institution a Colored
faculty and called Missionary Otho Lynn in 1922
and Pastor Paul Lehman the following year as
teachers. The first year the enrolment was ten,
who were instructed by Professor Lynn and Mrs.
Nettie Moore. The home of the school is a rented
cottage in the northwestern part of Selma. Miss
Rosa J. Young acted as matron. Last year Pro-
fessors Lynn and Lehman were assisted by Miss
Chinetia Smith. During the summer of 1923 Pro-
fessors Lynn and Lehman were given an oppor-
tunity to attend Chicago University, and Professor
Lynn has been in attendance at the same institution
this summer. The number of students increased so
much last year that another cottage had to be
rented. The writer spent several days at the in-
stitution last March. The fine deportment of the ©
students, their attentiveness in the classrooms, and
the efficient work of the teachers made a most
favorable impression upon him. The teachers and
students are all Lutherans. All the students have
the intention of serving the Church as teachers in
the Alabama mission-field.— The Board has ac-
quired a building site for the institution in the
northwestern part of the city. ‘This site cost