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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1926, Page 119

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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1926. 119

6. Lent, on deposit of the cost price, 729 New Testaments.

7. Sold 658 New Testaments to Jews.

8. Gave 167 private lessons.

9. Delivered 18 sermons and lectures before various congrega-
“tions in the interest of Jewish missions.

These tracts, etc., are all written in the Jewish language.

Report of the Committee.

1. We recommend that Synod increase the regular budget by the
. um of $250 for the printing of pamphlets and, if possible, a periodical.
2. We recommend that, in the interest of more successful work
; among the sick and the women, Synod encourage the Board for
5 E Jewish Mission to employ a deaconess and that it appropriate $100
*a.month for this purpose.

4 Both recommendations df the committee were adopted.

Spiritual Care of Students of Our Church
at Non-Synodical Institutions.
(Student Welfare.)

Report of Student Welfare Committee.
(German Report, p. 206.)
The Fort Wayne Convention, three years ago, instructed Presi-
dent Pfotenhauer to appoint a committee to consider the spiritual
needs of our students at non-synodical institutions of higher learning.
The duties assigned to this committee were briefly as follows: —
To take a census of our students at non-synodical institutions
f learning, to study the situation and consider ways and means of
E meeting it, and to disseminate the information gathered to the best
dvantage.
The undersigned, appointed by President Pfotenhauer, organized
October 5, 1923, as the Student Welfare Committee. An annual
dget allowance of $600 was granted by the Board of Directors.

To determine the number of students and their whereabouts,
estionnaires were sent all pastors of Synod at the opening of each
jcholastic year. The names and addresses of students reported in
his way were transmitted to pastors who were, or seemed to be, in
‘a position to serve the students. A conservative estimate, based on
ather incomplete returns, puts the number of students at 2,500.
e These are scattered among, roughly, three hundred institutions, in
umbers ranging from four hundred to a single one.

To make contact with these widely scattered children of our
ousehold and to create a bond among them, the Committee thought
well to establish a periodical, the Lutheran Student. Since no
gsynodical funds were available for the purpose, the American Luther