LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1932, Page 82

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90 Proceedings of Thirty-Fifth Regular Convention

inform them, and to help in promoting the cause of th
day-school. But additional articles were also written for our
papers and the School Journal; conference papers were delivered
onthe utions were made to the messages that went out to Distr; ;
cornea eT guar “ ly letters and special communications; a Jiy rf
then renee was ept up with superintendents, boards, and ia
ers ; ucational Conference was arranged for, and ae
cational problems were presented and discussed there; th hs
intendents’ Conference was attended; many private ‘consalane .
were held, not to speak of similar other activities too ny ere
memo in the space of this report. An extra-special effort ene ha
i ‘noe ofa enathy communication to District boards known to i
a re ° chon, in which definite suggestions were made for
estas ng more schools. it seems to have met with general favor
rsne ae PreK ree some action. It is even now reechoing the cal] for
Fr heals eae sections of Synod. Another effort was made
cue me I the campaign for missionary expansion, where we
emphasize inner expansion through more schools. We hav
eed me " flea calls for our teacher graduates. Congrega.
at tor financial reasons they could n in
schools any longer were advised not to close the schools bebe thelr
ing District boards about help from the District. In sh a
took every step that seemed necessary and that our ability and

Synod’s financial condition allowed to brin, about ei
& ua need d 1

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church.

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continned on whe general curriculum for our schools is being
ed under the auspices of our commj

mmittee. A new serie

naman readers was finally gotten under way. An elementary Charch

is ory was planned and an author found. A course in music was

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Panne and an editor and author secured. Additional school plans

wen nate wale as an aid to congregations intending to build

er architectural drawings wer i i

ae € secured in the interest of

history aia Unite Gen 7 pamphlet that will correlate our church

: ite ates history is in course of i
superintendents were suppli i a uniform receca
pplied with forms for if
system. A rather elaborate sur “of seligion inne
vey of the teaching of religion j
schools is being made thro i erintendentes other
ugh several District i ;

surveys are under consideration. Superintendents; other

original of arvees, entitled “Practical Advice in Teaching,”

requested for theological students, ; i inued

; » is being continued.

wien ne platform, under the title of “School Policies,” was com-

» ; ec an anepted by the committee. Similar policies were laid down

ane ear to other agencies under the care of this committee. The

Sone “ference Catalog was continued under our auspices by

perintendent S.J. Roth. The list of text-books for our schools and

_ taken.

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of professional books for our teachers was revised with the help of the
superintendents. Suggestions for the work of District boards were
written and forwarded to these boards.

A tract, entitled Congregational Boards of Education, was pub-

lished. Three other tracts were prepared and will soon be published:
a canvass tract, a tract on the cooperation of the home with the school,
and a tract on Christian education in the home. A selection of
suitable primary and elementary United States histories was under-
A number of statistical compilations for various purposes
were made. The school record of Synod was kept up to date.
District boards were advised regarding the collection and use of
school statistics. A beginning has been made with the collection of
historical data on our schools and the writing of a manuscript.
District boards have also been asked to collect such material and to
publish it periodically. By request the committee also took up the
collection of entertainment material for the schools.

There was much correspondence with teachers about methods,
books, school organization, conference papers, calls, and the like, and
with pastors and professors about various subjects pertaining to the
school and its promotion. Upon the urgent request of one of the
college presidents an appeal was made to all presidents of our colleges
to take up or increase school promotion at their institutions. In-
formation was obtained ffom these colleges and from the seminaries
as to the educational status of boys from our schools and boys not
from our schools. Advice and opinions were given with regard to
children’s services. Your Committee concerned itself considerably
with the question of Boy Scouts. The questions of kindergartens,
parent-teachers’ associations, pageants, children’s choirs, District
school policies, confirmation instruction, teaching pastors, woman
teachers, temporary calls, the call of the superintendent, junior high
schools, consolidated schools, pupil transportation, the exact sphere
of boards of education, the combining of our two offices, visits to,
and contacts with, District boards, articles appearing in our church-
papers and many others, came up from time to time.

Our secretary participated in the arrangement of summer courses
for teachers at River Forest and Valparaiso. Books and other pub-
lications or manuscripts were examined for Concordia Publishing
House. Text-books and teachers’ books by various publishers were
examined and opinions written. A school exhibit for the Century
of Progress Fair in Chicago, 1933, is under advisement. Reports of
District boards were solicited, and a digest was made of them.
A survey of Saturday-schools was made, and a manual and course
of study is in preparation. This is not a complete catalog of our
activities, but will suffice to give the brethren some insight into

our work.