LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1932, Page 77

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80 Proceedings of Thirty-Fifth Regular Convention

We recommend: —

1. T iy’ i
hat Synod recommend to Districts, conferences and j
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vidual congregations to
dua adopt the above resoluti i
principles in granting support to students: mon as their fuiding

2. That Synod enjoin upon the boards of ¢

Association.

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he Advisory Board for the N ational Lutheran Education Asso.

ciation had brought in a re i
com i i
toe 1 repneeet mendation concerning which Commit-
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Your Committee is of the opinion that this m
erly belong before the forum of Synod and th
Synod to decline it.” es

Synod adopted this report.

atter does not prop-
fore recommends to

t in establishing the Hi t
(property value) of our institutions. This recom ade fonwert
adopted by Synod. mendation was

D. Matters Pertaining to the Survey Committee’s
Report.

; At the last synodical conven
in conjunction with the Vice
nine from our own circles to s
Teport at the next convention

tion, Synod instructed its President,
-Presidents, to appoint a committee of
urvey the entire enducational system and
of Synod. This committee consisted of

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the following members: Prof. P. E. Kretzmann, D.D., Ph. D.; Prof. L.
Wessel, D. D.; Prof. O. F. Rusch; Rev. Herman A. Steege; Mr. Ralph
Richman ; Prof. W. H. Kruse; Rev. Th. H. Schroedel; Rev. A. Wis-
mar; Mr. Carl Zorn. In keeping with Synod’s resolution the report of
this committee was submitted to all the conferences of Synod, and a
copy of it was mailed to every pastor.

The report of the committee contained ten chief subdivisions.
Under I. were given a “Statement of Objectives and Standards,” “Gen-
eral and Specific Aims, or Objectives, in our Normal Schools,” “The
Place of Languages in Ministerial Training,” and “Recommendations
to Instruct Faculties to Follow Synod’s Outlines.”

Under II. the report dwelt on the “Extension of Pretheological
Training and the Rearrangement of the Institutions.” Part III spoke
of the “Extension of the Normal Course.” Part IV gave “Suggestions
for the Course of Study, Seventh Year of Pretheological Work.”
Part V dwelt on “Sports and Athletics at Our Institutions.” Part XI
brought recommendations on “Hymnology and Music in Our Institu-
tions.” Part VIL mentioned “A Few Suggestions to Improve Our
System of Electing Professors.” Part VIII recommended the estab-
lishment of a “General Board of Higher Education.” Under Part IX
recommendations were made “Concerning the Institution at Spring-
field.” Part X brought “Miscellaneous Matters and Recommenda-
tions” regarding a new plan of tuition for Synod’s educational institu-
tions, the holding of degrees, religious instruction, and rules of polite
behavior.

Memorials on the Survey Committee’s Report.

A large number of memorials were submitted to Synod on the re-
port of the Survey Committee. Memorial 125, by the faculty of Con-
cordia Teachers’ College, River Forest, Illinois, submitted a plan on
the reorganization of our colleges. Memorial 123, by the Ev. Luth.
Trinity Church, Springfield, Illinois, petitioned Synod to table the
report of the Survey Committee, particularly the part referring to the
Concordia Seminary at Springfield. A number of unprinted memorials
offered many recommendations regarding various items in the report
of the Survey Committee.

The whole report, together with the memorials pertaining to it,
was given careful consideration by Committee 1, which brought in its
recommendations to Synod, whereupon Synod passed the following
resolutions : —

Concerning Sections I and II (pages 1—19) : —

a. That Synod at this session do not formulate or adopt permanent
plans for a reorganization of our educational system;

b. That the Board of Directors be, and herewith is, empowered to
appoint a committee of 13, to be known as Committee on Higher Edu-
cation ; ,

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