The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1926, Page 40

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States. Should God grant him grace to continue in
service two more years, Berg will have rounded out
half a century in the service of the Church.

2. Prof. Henry Nau, Ph. D. Born September 21,
1881, at Beltershausen, Hesse-Nassau. Having
passed his theological examination at St. Louis in
1905, he followed’ a call to far-away India to be-
come a’ foreign missionary among the heathen
Hindus. During’ the World War he served as mili-
tary chaplain in the hospital at Chemnitz. In 1919
the University Halle-Wittenberg conferred upon
him the degree of Doctor of Philology. He served
as vacancy pastor in Berlin for half a year, where-
upon he and his family came to this country. In
March, 1921, our Board called him as professor
of Luther College in New Orleans. When this
institution was closed in June of last year, the
Board called him ‘as professor and president of
Greensboro college.

3. Prof. F.C. Lankenau. Born March 13, 1897,
in New Orleans, where his father was missionary
for seventeen -years.. He studied at Fort Wayne and
St. Louis,- graduating from Concordia Seminary in
1921. In the fall of that year he began to teach at
Immanuel. He teaches history and English. Being
an athlete, he also serves as athletic director.

4. Prof. H.Naether: Born February 7%, 1886, at
Torgau, Germany. He was baptized’in the church
in which Luther’s wife lies buried. From 1905 to
1908 he studied at Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque,
Jowa.. In 1916 he received the B. A. degree from
Lenox College, Iowa, and a year later the M. A.
degree from the State University of Iowa. He
taught two years at Martin Luther’ Academy in
Sterling, Nebr. Then he carried out a former
resolution to become a missionary and entered the
service of the Lutheran mission on Porto Rico,
where he soon became a proficient student: of
Spanish. There he also found a helpmate. In 1922
both moved to Chicago. In the spring of 1923 he
passed a colloquy at our Springfield, Ill., Seminary,
and in the fall of that year our Mission Board called
him to Greensboro. He teaches Latin, German, and
history.

5. Prof. Wilkam H. Kampschmidt. Born April
17, 1894, in St. Louis, Mo. In 1907 he was con-
firmed by the writer of these lines. He studied at
St. Paul and St.Louis. Having graduated in 1917,
he accepted a call to Roseau, Minn. From Roseau
he went to Wadena, Minn. July 10,1918, he mar-

~ried Miss Irma Bode, of St. Louis. In August, 1924,

he arrived with his wife and two little girls. in

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Greensboro. He teaches mathematics and science
and also serves as musical director.

6. Prof. Waller Beck. Born November 7, 1898,
in Milwaukee, Wis. He studied in Milwaukee,
Watertown, and Wauwatosa, Wis. Having passed
his theological examination in June, 1922. he
accepted a call to Mount Zion Congregation in New
Orleans. He is the first missionary furnished by
the Wisconsin Synod to our Colored Missions. In
the summer of 1925 the Mission Board called him
as professor at Immanuel. He teaches science and
religion and assists Professor Kampschmidt in the
singing-lessons.

May God, who has given us these gifted, con-
secrated, and energetic Christian professors, abun-
dantly bless them and their self-sacrificing labors!
And may He also raise up a host of warm friends
who will help early and according to their ability to
provide these teachers with the necessary equipment.
The greatest and most urgent need is a dormitory.
God willing, this building will be erected this sum-
mer. But we are still in need of about $30.000 for
this dormitory. Please’ help! C.F. D.

The Southeastern Field.

Greensboro, N. C. — Prof. Theo. Graebuer,
chairman of the Mission Board, and Mr. Theo.
Steinmeyer, an architect of St. Louis, Mo., spent
several days in January here in the interest of the
proposed girls’ dormitory at Immanuel - Lutheran
College. The faculty of the institution was glad to
have the opportunity of discussing with the chair-
man certain recommendations it is making to the
Mission Board. The writer was glad that the chair-
man also took time to:talk with him about the work
of the Southeastern field.

On Sunday afternoon Prof. W. H. Kampschmidt
and family went out for a visit. When they re-
turned at night, they found the rear door of their
home slightly ajar, and this made them realize that
some person had broken into their house. Careful
investigation revealed that nothing was taken but
a small savings-bank belonging to one of the chil-
dren and $28.36 belonging to the institution. Pro-
fessor Kampschmidt receives the money for board
and tuition from the students, but fortunately most
of the money he had on hand was not in the form
of cash, and the burglar did not care for the checks

‘and money-orders.

Pritapetruta, .Pa.— On the last Sunday in.
January, Pastor Trumpoldt confirmed three adults,