LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1932, Page 88

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102 Proceedings of Thirty-Fifth Regular Convention

m our Church. The other 60 per cent. are, and i
ave to be, satisfied with the religi raini
gious tr
Sunday-school. ° mn
Since the Christian — and the official — duty of our past
our parochial-school teachers extends not only to those child re and
attend their schools, but, as far as their time en ho

' and strength perry;

all children with whom they can establish a legitimate teaching” ‘°

tact; and since the Sunday-school has become definitely establin
1shed

and offers a large opportuni

n many instances
received in the

ty for mo igi i i

less fortunate children (and may also Be Tased ae a pnstruction a ;
ing station for the Christian day-school), we are of the . Tinie tt
all our candidates for the teaching profession and for the hole that
istry should receive expert and specialized instruction ; Sy mie
school organization, management, and teaching in order that
render. more ficient and more valuable service i “ee
supervising Sunday-s i ini

supe Sana ey chools and in training other
Our Teachers’ College in River Forest has been awak
situation and has offered a special course on “organizati ‘nando
ministration, literature, and methods of instruction in sn ae
schools” for several years; but we find no such courses I ae
indicated) in the catalogs of our other finishing-schools Wea oa
fore petition Synod to instruct the boards of all ete

to include in their curriculum adequate courses i
overture.

unday-
ey may
N organizing and
s for teaching in

n the subject of this

coal We consider this especially necessary in the case of our theolog-
a Sass since most of our pastors must avail themselves of
@ Sunday-school as the chief a i i i
gency in the instruction of child
° ren
at a time when they are still young and inexperienced and when they

can, as a rule, not avail themselves of the help of teacher

samy aS a 8 trained for

Respectfully submitted,
Trinity Ev. Lura. Cuurcu, WinrFiEtp, Kans.
A. M. Renwinke.

I. J. Koster.
G. C. Scuroepet.

Committee.

which wae adsoled to ee the following report on these memorials,
the we ie Committee were assigned various memorials dealing with
vt a chool Board. Your Committee has studied the record

re one by the School Board in both of its sections — parochial
and Sunday-schools — and commends these boards, and particularly
Secretary A. C. Stellhorn and Secretary William Luke, for the con-
Scientious and effective manner in which they have performed the

our finishing-schoolg °

aN oo nen we NNER

Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1932. 103

duties of their respective offices. Both sections of the Board, the Com-
mittee 07 Schools and the Committee on Sunday-schools, have worked
harmoniously, emphasizing for each department sane principles and
high ideals. In the general improvement of our work, both in the
Christian day-school and in the Sunday-school, we see the blessing of
our Lord on the work of this Board and of its secretaries.

In order further to simplify the work of this Board, a number of
memorials recommend that the Board hereafter function as one body,
poth: with reference to parochial schools and other agencies of child-
hood training. Your Committee has carefully studied these memorials
and makes the following recommendations : —

4. That the Board of Christian Education consist of nine mem-
pers: three pastors, three teachers, and three laymen, all living within
the same area. ,

9, That, in order to secure the desirable guarantees for a strong,
unified policy, both as to the day-school and the Sunday-school and
other agencies, the functions of the Board be amalgamated by assign-
ing to the entire Board the supervision both of our parochial- and Sun-
day-school work. ;

3. That the Board elect from a list of candidates nominated by our
congregations an executive secretary, whose field of activities shall be
our entire work of Christian childhood-training under instruction of
the Board. Until such action the present Secretary of Schools shall
continue in his office.

4. That the office of an editor for our Sunday-school literature be
retained and that vacancies in this office shall be filled by the Board
of Education.

5. That Synod not only reiterate and reassert its stand toward the
Christian day-school, but also insist more and more on the founding
and maintaining of such schools also in new mission-congregations and
to use all its resources and agencies to the fullest extent to. expand,
strengthen, and improve its Christian day-school system everywhere.

6. With regard to the other agencies, especially the Sunday-school,
we recommend that a conservative-progressive policy be continued : —

a. That we continue to give the Sunday-school its due attention;

b. That we develop the Sunday-school wherever possible with, for,
and around the Christian day-school ;

c. That continued and increased attention be given to the prepara-
tion and training of Sunday-school teachers, so that they will become
intelligent and efficient supporters of the whole program of elementary

Christian education and of the Christian day-school in particular.

7. That the needs of Christian education be regarded as an im-
portant determining factor in planning the curricula of our colleges,
normals, and seminaries. ,