The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1926, Page 168

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

sider that these six congregations number only
about 1,200 confirmed members. Should not their
example be an incentive to other and larger congre-
gations in the North to follow? During the past
two years Pastor Kase has won 27 souls, of whom
17 are communicant members, who have been
received into the Lutheran Church after a long and
thorough catechetical instruction. He is at present
preparing 5 children for confirmation.

Our CoLLEGEs.

At the present time we have two colleges where
colored pastors and teachers (both men and women)
are being prepared for missionary work. One
college — Luther College in New Orleans — was
discontinued at the end of the school-year of 1925
because it no longer fulfilled the real purpose for
which it was intended. The Board took this step
after long and earnest consideration. Professors
H. Nau and W. Beck were transferred to the
college in Greensboro. The college building is now
used by the school of St. Paul’s Congregation.

1. Immanuel Lutheran College in Greens-
boro, N.C. (Organized 1903. Director: Dr. Henry
Nau,* since June, 1925.) ‘The -college last year
numbered ninety-one students, six professors, and
one matron. Seven students are in the theological
seminary. The behavior of the students was quite
satisfactory. Two girl students were baptized and
confirmed. As there was a change in the faculty,
it was not necessary to build the professor’s resi-
dence which was asked for in 1924. - For this
purpose the children of Illinois, likewise those of
the Norwegian and Slovak synods, contributed
$5,092.09 ($5,500 had been called for). Under
the circumstances the Mission Board recommends
that the money collected ($5,092.09) be used for
the Girls’ Dormitory, which is greatly needed.
Since the meeting of the Synodical Conference in
1914, $15,231.97 has been collected for this dor-
mitory. Architect Steinmeyer has worked out
plans, which are now in the hands of several con-
tractors, and we are awaiting their bids. ‘The
building is to cost not over $50,000, and so $30,000

is still needed. The present college building,
occupied since 1907, must have a new roof and
ought to be remodeled into a dormitory for boys,
which would entail a cost of $7,000 to $8,000. An
administration building is needed and would cost
$50,000. In view of this large sum, about

$108,000, needed for buildings, the Mission Board ~

resolved on July 12 of this year to ask the Synodical

Conference to give due consideration to our college
in Greensboro as a school for higher learning.

2. Alabama Luther College, Selma, Ala. (Organ-
ized 1922. Director: Prof. Otho Lynn, since 1922.)
The faculty consists of four colored teachers: Prof.
O. Lynn, Prof. Paul D. Lehman, Prof. I. Holness,
and Miss Anna J. Hudson. Mrs. Jenkins is matron.
Forty-five students were enrolled during the last
semester. Thirteen of these attended the elemen-
tary school situated on the college grounds, and all
of them lived in the dormitory. All the students
are Lutherans, and this explains the fine Christian
behavior of the student-body. It is the purpose of
the college to prepare teachers for the ever-growing
Alabama field. The first four graduates passed
their final examinations this year. Superintendent
Schmidt makes the following report: “One of the
four girls, when told that she might receive a
salary of but $20 a month, while a much higher
salary is paid in the public schools, replied: ‘Con-
sidering what I would have been were it not for
the Lutheran Church, I shall work for the Church
regardless of how low the remuneration may be.’
May God preserve this spirit among our students!
Then .all will be well with our Church.” The
building site, which had been purchased in 1924
for $4,722.50, could. not be used because that
particular section of the city had become somewhat
“white” in the mean time. Thirteen acres were
then bought in the northeastern part of Selma.
A frame cottage is located here, which serves as
a dormitory for the thirteen boys. ‘The total cost
of the ground, including the college building and
dormitory, was $48,948.92. This sum by far exceeds
the sum granted two years ago ($20,000). Since
another recitation hall has become necessary, it may
be seen that we did not build too large. This will
cost about $6,000; and another dormitory is badly
needed. But our Board told the faculty that for
the present we must content ourselves. $20,000
was asked for buildings two years ago; however,
children of the Atlantic, Eastern, Colorado, Michi-
gan, North and South Wisconsin, Southern, and
South Dakota Districts, as well as other friends
have contributed $26,845.

OruER ITEMS.

1. Golden Anniversary of Our Negro Misssions.
The Synodical Conference, at its sixth meeting,
in Immanuel Church in Fort Wayne, in 1877, joy-
fully and unanimously resolved to “establish and
maintain a mission for heathens and to begin this
work among the religiously neglected Negroes of