LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1929, Page 36

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36 Proceedings of Thirty-Fourth Regular Convention; -

D.D., as professor of Concordia Seminary and the thirty-fifth anni-
versary of Mr. A. G. Brauer as member of the Board of Control.

The Board of Control calls attention to the fact that Dr. F. Bente
is not receiving any remuneration from Synod. The Board of Control
feels that Synod ought to take note of the outstanding, self-sacrificing

service which Dr. Bente has rendered Synod for many years as pro-

fessor, editor, and author.

The Postgraduate Department has now been conducted for seven
years. The results have been very satisfactory. Foreign missionaries
on furlough in this country have also availed themselves of the op-
portunity of attending some of the classes in this department. During
these seven years sixty-three students and two visitors attended the
Postgraduate Department. Five of these came from other synods.

The Correspondence Course, established according to resolution
of Synod six years ago, has been continued through this past trien-
nium. At the present time ninety-six are enrolled, and forty-seven of
these are doing regular work. Special gifts by alumni and friends
have enabled this department to establish a Loan Library of 340

volumes, which are at the disposal of men taking the various courses. |

Twenty-seven different courses are offered.

During the last triennium a number of bequests were made to
Concordia Seminary: $500 from Miss Elvina Pohlman, $10,000 from
Mr. Theo. L. Lamprecht, and $10,000 from Mr. Fred G. Haueisen for
the Students’ Endowment Fund.

Through the kindness of the Lutheran Publicity Organization of
St. Louis, Mo., the statue of Martin Luther was removed at a cost of
$800 from the old Seminary grounds to the new institution and has
been placed so as to face the proposed Martin Luther Tower.

During the past triennium the Building Committee, consisting of
the Board of Control and a number of men who were asked to assist
in this important work, completed its work. The following men served
on the Building Committee with the Board: Messrs. A. W. Thias,
Wm. Wischmeyer, L. Stockho, Hy. W. Horst, Samuel Kowert, L. J.
Rupprecht, Chas. J. Wehking, Jr., J.P. Hahn, Hy. Bente, deceased,

Professors L. Fuerbringer, D. D., Theo. Graebner, and John as
C. Fritz. Mr. Chas. Wehking, Jr., has been retained, and he.
still continues to serve the Board of Control as advisory member.

Also Mr. J.P. Hahn, a former member of the Board, has been re
quested to continue as custodian of the old Seminary buildings.
Special gifts were made by Mr. Henry Horst for the purpose of
establishing a playground for the children of the professors and a horse-
shoe court for the students. Mr. Horst has likewise, in memory of
his sainted wife, placed a number of memorials at the various en-

trances of the institution in the form of shrubberies, trees, and :

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