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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

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train teachers for the mission-schools. ‘The faculty
is composed of colored professors and instructors.

The older of the two institutions — Immanuel
Lutheran College — is in Greensboro, N.C. It was
established in 1903. Immanuel has two depart-
ments, a high school and a theological seminary, the

Graduated from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo.,
shortly before Easter in 1878 and was soon there-
after ordained and installed by Rev. Chas. Ober-
meyer in Little Rock, Ark., as our first resident
missionary. In October, 1881, he accepted a call to
the white congregation near Decatur, Ind. Ten

Our Faculty at .Greensboro.

Lower Row (left to right) :
Upper Row:

former comprising a four years’, the latter a three
years’ course. About a hundred students are en-
rolled this year. ‘These are taught by six white
professors. It will doubtless interest the readers of
the LurHERAN PIoNEER to read a brief biography
of these Greensboro professors.

1, Prof. Frederick Berg. Born March 20, 1856.

‘Lutheran College.

Prof. IF. Berg; Prof. Henry Nau, Ph.D.; Prof. F. C. Lankenau.
Prof. H. Naether, M.A.; Prof. Wm. Kampschmidt; Prof. W. H. Beck.

years later he followed a call from the congregation.
at Beardstown, 1 In 1911 our Mission Board
called him as professor and president to Immanuel
He served as president till the
summer of 1919. Professor Berg teaches in the
theological department exclusively. He is one of
the ablest Lutheran theologians in the United