The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1928, Page 57

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER. 57

Orleans. They are doing a great work for the
Lord’s kingdom in their section of the city.
Mr. Wiley, who is also an old pupil of the writer’s,
is doing postgraduate work in one of the colored
colleges of the city and will soon receive his degree.
We understand that one or several of the lady
teachers of our New Orleans colored schools are
also doing extension work, and all our mission-
teachers are held to attend some summer-school to
increase their efficiency.

At the present time Bethlehem has the largest
school enrolment, and we were told that such is its

his forty-five pupils in the chapel, and the pews
must serve his children for desks. Miss Taylor is
teaching her forty-five boys and girls in a space
hardly large enough comfortably to accommodate
twenty-five. The seats in this miniature school-
room were made by Teacher Robinson. Despite
these handicaps, however, we found both teachers
enthusiastically interested in their work, and we
had scarcely shaken hands with our old friend Peter
when he was already submitting plans for our con-
sideration which had in view the good of his school
and that of the station in general.

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reputation for efficiency that the enrolment could
be even greater if the congregation could furnish
the necessary room.

Concordia School.

After a hurried call at the home of Pastor
Kramer to assure us of his recovery from the acci-
dent he had met with a few days before, we rushed
to the Concordia School in Carrollton, a suburb of
»New Orleans. However, to our great disappoint-
ment we arrived too late to find the school in
session, and we were only able to meet the two
teachers, our good old friend and pupil Peter
Robinson, and his assistant; Miss Taylor. These
two teachers are working under great difficulties.
Carrollton itself is a hard field, and added to this
hindrance to successful work is the most primitive
equipment of the school. Mr. Robinson is teaching

A Workers’ Conference.

The writer’s main purpose in New Orleans was
to attend the sessions of our Southern District’s
annual convention, and so he made his visits to the
colored schools after the convention had come to
a close. However, as usual, there was only a morn-
ing session on the Saturday of the convention, and
this afforded him an opportunity to meet with all
the New Orleans Colored Mission workers on the
afternoon of Saturday. Pastor Kreft, the mis-
sionary in charge of our colored work in Mobile,
Ala., was also present at this meeting. We spent
three pleasant hours in friendly conference. Mis-
sionaries and teachers openly and frankly gave ex-
pression to their thoughts and ideas, and, best of all,
not a single word showing despondency was heard.
While there was an inclination to smooth over exist-