LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1932, Page 79

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84 Proceedings of Thirty-Fifth Regular Convention
Wuereas, We are convinced that thj
, this duty can b
through the Seminary at Springfield as it now is: and Pe *lflied
WuerEas, We Sincerely thank God for the blessi
pave derived, and are deriving, from this Semina
1m to preserve unto us the manifold gif i
im gifts whi :
building of His Church: and Oh He uses in the
WHEREAS; This institution at no time h
peded, the work of Synod’s other schools nor has had any

effects upon their scholastic standards, but has modestly pursued ;
own purpose, namely, to be a special school for special students us
has thus relieved our other institutions of a °

very difficult task.
Wuerras, It is an obvious fact that this Seminary ha ,

as interfered With i

S always

and enthusiastic Supporters of our colle,
Seminary at St. Louis; therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the members of the Central Hlinois Distr;
express ourselves ag sincerely Opposing any Proposal that wo Wa
Prive Synod of the valuable and still indispensable services of he
Seminary and that we view with grave apprehension the effects nas h
the acceptance of such a proposal would have on Synod; and be it ie
Resolved, That we earnestly petition Synod no thi,
Seminary nor to change its character, but to Bive to thi

its further fostering care for the ever better accomplishment of the
Purpose which this institution serves 3 and be it finally

its singular and noble mission in the Kingdom.
Adopted Tuesday, October 18, 1981, at Danville, il,

Pau Scnutz, President.
Emi ©. Wecenaurr, Secretary.
Regarding this matter, Committ
ommendations : —
a. That Springfield be continued;

b. That the age of entrance at Springfield be fixed from eighteen
to twenty-five;

e. That all matters relating to this institution be considered by
the Committee on Higher Education.

Synod adopted these recommendations.

ee 1 brought in the following rec-

Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1932, 85

& Section X of the Survey Committee’s report had advocated a new
plan of tuition for Synod’s educational institutions, namely, that a

-enter the service of the Church, the money thus paid in to be returned

-- after graduation to the students or such party as supplied the funds.
< -[he intention was that each institution should receive the interest on

all sums paid as tuition to said institution, such money to be used for
the improvement of grounds, repairs, library or laboratory equip-
ment, etc.

Regarding this matter, Synod resolved, on recommendation of
Committee 1, although it recognized the merits of this plan, not to
adopt it under present conditions.

Hl. ELEMENTARY EDUCATION.

Young People’s Work.

Report of the Board of Christian Education.
(Memorial 201.)

Three years ago Synod established a single Board of Christian
Education to supervise and foster the various agencies of elementary
Christian education of our congregations. Because of the location of
its thirteen members the Board appointed the Chicago and Milwaukee
groups a Committee on Schools and the St. Louis group a Committee
on Sunday-schools. To each of the committees were allotted several
of the other agencies for attention.

The committees met monthly and had a plenary meeting twice
a year. The Board also arranged for, and conducted, educational
conferences of boards of education and our seminaries and normal
schools, as decided by Synod, although in 1931 this conference was
dropped for the sake of economy. Further contact was maintained
with District boards of education, superintendents, and Presidents
by quarterly letters and with our seminaries, normal schools, and
colleges partly through official communication and partly through
representation of these institutions on our Board.

During the past year the two secretaries had also been instructed
to visit all District boards of education and on such occasions to meet
as many members of mission boards, visitors, and other officials as
possible, to discuss the educational work; but by the advice of Synod’s
Board of Directors the trips were canceled. For economic reasons
other traveling was also kept down to a minimum. We do not favor
this practise, however, as a standing policy because we believe it im-
portant for our Board to have personal contact with the field: